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Saturday 09 December 2023
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met vertraging binnen. Soms valt het mee en duurt het slechts 2-3
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wachten. We doen ons best om alles zo goed en snel mogelijk te
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Productdetails |
| Artiest | Divae Project |
| Titel | Stratosferico & Other Stories |
| Medium | CD |
| 2e HANDS | Nee |
| Genre | Progressive/Neoprog/Symphonic |
| Omschrijving | First Cd for the roman Divae Project, descendants
of Divae, the band which released the album
DETERMINAZIONE in 1995. Following the release of
STRATOSFERICO (vinyl, 11 June 2021) only on vinyl
and PROG WILL NEVER DIE (vinyl, 23 June 2023), and
the single “After The War” (vinyl, 2023),
dedicated to John Wetton.
STRATOSFERICO
The project was conceived by Guido Bellachioma
(music critic, director of «Prog Italia» magazine
and of the Progressivamente Festival since 1993)
and Davide Pistoni (multi-instrumentalist and
uniquely talented composer), who developed and
worked on the ideas together, right up to the
final mix, obtaining a full-bodied and nuanced
sound. Around them they gathered some of the best
Italian musicians of yesterday and today, as well
as creating some new music to match the voice of
Demetrio Stratos - the song “Stratosferico”,
taking the original file of the tongue twister “O
tzitzeras o mitzeras”, included in the 1978 FUTURA
box - and Giulio Capiozzo`s drums - “L`urlo” –
thanks to the collaboration of Daniela Ronconi,
Demetrio’s wife, and Christian Capiozzo, Giulio`s
son. “Rawon” is the significant tribute to
Demetrio and Giulio by their great friend, Gianni
Nocenzi (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso), who offers the
listener restless and beguiling atmospheres with
his Bechstein A-228 acoustic piano.
The second side is occupied by the revisitation of
three songs from Osanna`s first album, L`UOMO. In
the suite, which combined “Introduction” and
“L`uomo”, Lino Vairetti, the heart and soul of
Osanna, is present on vocals and harmonica;
“L’amore vincerà di nuovo” is sung by Gazebo, an
icon of the 80s with “I Like Chophin” and
“Masterpiece”, who demonstrates his great love of
seventies rock.
This songs tells six stories, suspended between
rock and experimentalism, connecting prog, hard-
rock, psychedelia, classic-contemporary music,
electric and acoustic instruments, vintage and
modern sounds, melody and rhythms which refuse to
stand still.
OTHER STORIES
“È la guerra” (“That`s War”): Romantic and
chiaroscuro piece that reflects on the various
meanings of the word "war" and on the ways to
combat the resulting cultural brutalization,
including that of never betraying one`s ideas.
“Lampo” (“Lightning”): Symphonic prog with the
expressive urgency of punk. We liked the idea of a
prog synthesis, almost an oxymoron.
“After The War”: Homage to John Wetton with a
"forgotten" piece by "his" Asia, which concluded
their third album, ASTRA (1985). It was also
chosen for the value of the anti-war lyrics. The
group`s approach was not philological, avoiding
the photocopy effect. The song is devoid of the
original smooth atmosphere. It is practically
played live with a decidedly powerful style
compared to the original version.
“La follia che diventa realtà” (“The madness that
becomes reality”): A lyric written by Gianni Leone
of the Balletto di Bronzo. Recorded for another
project of ours (Sinfonia) for the anthology
PROGRESSIVAMENTE 1973-2003 (Cd). The first part is
sung and apparently reassuring on a melodic level,
even if it features an odd time signature, with
the second, only instrumental, part which explores
the depths of the darkness of the human mind. Sax,
violin and a choir in Latin (using only phonemes
that sounded in tune with the rest, without
finding the meaning in the lyrics). A song that I
have always loved and of which we had not created
the "right" version yet.
“È la guerra” (“That`s War”, orchestral version):
The music, deprived of its lyrics, almost takes on
another meaning, also thanks to some changes in
the arrangement.
“A Gift For Keith Emerson”: HE is the character
who gave equal dignity to keyboards in rock.
Dutiful homage in three instrumental movements…
A) The Beginning
B) From The Beginning To The Top
C) From The Top To The Hell
D) Goobye Life
This minisuite describe his problematic life,
which ended in suicide on 11 March 2016 The
formation is triangular like Emerson, Lake &
Palmer but involves the use of the electric guitar
instead of the bass, a role covered by the
synthesizers. Keith was an absolute master, at
least among the key artists of the music that
exploded in the 70s, on the piano, Hammond organ
and synthesizers. In 1967 he began his climb to
success with the classic band Nice. He exploded in
1970 with the supergroup par excellence...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer. But from the top you can
only go down! After the ecstasy of success comes
torment! In the 90s he discovered the disease
which severely limited the use of his right arm.
On the night between 10 and 11 March, now aware
that the disease could no longer be cured and
afflicted by a profound depression, the king of
rock keyboard players committed suicide with a
gunshot to the head. The last movement describes
the moments in which he thinks back to his
beginnings, when he had yet to begin traveling in
music. He needs it to find the courage to end it,
because his music is more important than his own
life to him. The final noise, after the last note,
symbolizes the closing of the piano lid, perhaps
due to the fall of his body on it, perhaps due to
a compassionate hand that prefers to remove the
sight of Keith`s lifeless body from those magical
keys in white and black.
1 Stratosferico 2:03
2 L’urlo 2:33
3 Rawon 5:17
4 Introduzione 4:31
5 L’uomo 4:34
6 L’amore vincerà di nuovo 3:36
7 È la guerra 3:24
8 Lampo 1:29
9 After The War 5:05
10 La follia che diventa realtà 6:48
11 È la guerra (versione orchestrale) 3:24
12 A Gift For Keith Emerson 8:38
Demetrio Stratos: voice (1 - Area) - Davide
Pistoni: piano, keyboards, synthesizers, effects,
orchestrazioni (1/12 – Zucchero, Enzo Avitabile,
Rovescio della Medaglia), Giulio Capiozzo: drums
(2 - Area) - Gianni Nocenzi: acoustic piano (3 -
BMS) - Lino Vairetti: harmonica, voice (4/5 -
Osanna) – Gazebo: voice (6) - Luca Velletri: voice
(9/10 - JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, EVITA, NOTRE DAME
DE PARIS, Jon Anderson & Vangelis, Phil Collins) -
Francesco Isola: drums (4/6, 8/10, 12 - Mo Foster,
Alex Britti, Rovescio della Medaglia) - Fabio
Cerrone: guitar (4/6, 8/10, 12 – Divae, Virtual
Dream) - Lorenzo Trincia: bass (9/10 – Floydiana,
Rovescio della Medaglia) - Fabio Trentini: bass
(4, 6 – Le Orme) – Carlo Maria Micheli: sax (4, 10
– Vittorio Nocenzi, Tullio De Piscopo) - Paolo
Lucini: flute (4/5 – Ezra Winston) - Enzo Vita:
guitar (4 – Rovescio della Medaglia) - Alessandro
Costanzo: voice (5 - Divae) - Dahl Ah Lee: violin
(10 – Conservatorio S. Cecilia) - Elio Volpini:
bass (5 – Flea, Uovo di Colombo, Etna) - Pericle
Sponzilli: acoustic guitar (4/5, Reale Accademia
di Musica) - Guido Bellachioma: voice (7).
Art production: Guido Bellachioma & Davide Pistoni |
| Extra informatie | Expected releasedate 1st December |
| Prijs | €17,00 |
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