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Saturday 11 May 2024
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| Artiest | Arcansiel |
| Titel | Hard Times |
| Medium | CD |
| 2e HANDS | Nee |
| Genre | Progressive/Neoprog/Symphonic |
| Omschrijving | Arcansiel were born in 1986 from the meeting
between keyboardist Marco Galletti (author and
composer of all the songs) and drummer Gianni
Lavagno. The publication of the first two albums
"Four daisies" and "Stillsearching" was favorably
received in the world of Italian prog by critics
and the public, especially the suite "I`m Still
Searching", present in the second. In the 90s
Galletti was replaced by Paolo Baltaro, with whom
the group released "Normality of Perversion" and
"Swimming In The Sand".
After exactly twenty years from their last work
and with a lineup renewed for 4/5 compared to the
original one (only one of the founders is present,
Gianni Lavagno), Arcansiel is back with their
fifth album, co-written by the Lombardo triad -
Sorella-Valvo, in which each of them puts their
own cultural background in the music and lyrics of
the four songs that compose it.
Already from the title you can guess what the
atmospheres and topics present in this new work
will be: the difficult times we are facing from a
social, cultural and ethical point of view, for
which the band enjoyed creating an analogy with
the difficult times that distinguish Progressive
Rock, imagining the latter as a metaphor for the
former (it is no coincidence that the word "times"
is written using, for some letters, the "leet"
alphabet, in which the similarity of the numbers
to the letters that replace, in this case odd as
often, the tempos of the Prog, still make the text
understandable). The album opens with “Too Late”,
a suite that lasts almost 18 minutes, in which
Davide Sorella, author of music and lyrics,
contrasts an elaborate musical texture with clear
references to the Baroque, alternating with almost
jazzy atmospheres, with a heartfelt
environmentalist complaint against the damage that
man is perpetrating against our planet.
The next song, "Puppets & Puppeteers", the result
of the collaboration between Sebastiano Valvo and
Felice Lombardo, has a musical structure that
alternates sung parts with pressing rhythms and
unpredictable melodies, with solemn atmospheres
and "epic" moments. The song is a criticism of the
arrogance and arrogance that are rampant in a
society in which anyone can "go on air" without
filters, pontificating on any topic without having
the necessary competence.
The third song, “Heaven Is Not Here”, music and
lyrics by Felice Lombardo, is the story of a woman
who is convinced, with the promise of a better
life, to abandon her roots. It opens with an intro
with a bucolic flavour, which flows into a ballad
where the protagonists are the guitar arpeggios
and the singing, characterized by a melody that
puts the voices of Marco Leccese and Sebastiano
Valvo to the test. A long instrumental moment
follows which leads to a more peaceful ending.
The album closes with a song by Davide Sorella and
Sebastiano Valvo, "My Old Same Mistakes", in which
the protagonist is a man struggling with her
fears, desperately seeking her help. Here the
atmosphere is more relaxed, with an instrumental
part centered on medieval and prog-jazz
references, at least until just over a minute from
the end, where, when the song seems finished, an
unexpected bass line appears from nowhere, kicking
off a minute of pure Canterbury delirium.
ARCANSIEL:
GIANNI LAVAGNO - Drums & Percussion
MARCO LECCESE - Lead Voice
FELICE LOMBARDO - Fretted & Fretless Six-string
Electric Basses
DAVIDE SORELLA – Keyboards
SEBASTIANO VALVO - Electric & Acoustic Guitars,
Vocals |
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| Prijs | €16,00 |
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