REPOSTYEAR: 2004
STYLE: RPI/ Symphonic Progressive Rock
FORMAT: FLAC (Tracks + Log + Cue + Scans + 5% Recovery)
SIZE: 333 Mb
COUNTRY: Italy
THE BAND:
Gianluca De Rossi - keyboards and vocals; Guglielmo Mariotti - bass, bass-pedals,12 strings acoustic guitar and vocals; Davide Guidoni - drums, percussions and sound effects; Alessandro Papotto - guest on soprano saxophone I agree fully with my alien colleague "klingonian" ,who enjoyed this record probably more because of him being spaced out (not a bad thing ,by the way!) and the theme being of a crashing russian cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov in Soyuz 1 . But this is no Hawkwind clone , but really quite daringly in the trio format a la ELP, Triumvirat Ars Nova etc... This is a prog style I often find lacking as it has a tendency of becoming a showcase for a virtuoso keyboard dazzler's rather multi-level ego. When adding guitars and woodwinds or strings, the vanity is spread thinner. But to my utter surprise, this new offering by Taproban knocked me for a loop , as I did not like their debut disc all that much. But "Outside Nowhere" is another kettle of fish alltogether. Yes, GianLuca DeRossi's keys dominate the grooves with a vast array of delicious runs on organ, synth and piano, but with a less flashy demeanor , looking for substance rather than talent display. Its Guglielmo Mariotti's wicked Rickenbacker bass that steals the show here , with an exhilarating display of bass technique, at times fat and trebbly a la Squire and then propulsive in the fine tradition of Wetton, Howlett, Geelani, Kollen & Reeves. Together with the exotic drumming of Davide Guidoni , this trio positively cooks throughout this diversely interesting set of pieces. The only little caveat is the same old/new Italian Prog School habit of making records in the 40 minutes range or less (Le Orme: can you please, just once, release a 60 minute set of tunes, per favore?). Definitely the big surprise record of recent times. 4 Rickenbackers
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Track Listing:1. At the Fifteenth Orbit (1’16’’)
2. Outside Nowhere (19’03’’)
a) The Mission
b) The Last Goodbye
c) The Launch
d) Outside Nowhere
e) Return to…
f) …a new world
3. Broken Shell (1’37’’)
4. Il difficile equilibrio tra sorgenti d’energia (7’41’’)
5. veS ml’ taHghach (4’59’’)
6. Pieces Left Behind (5’08’’)
7. In the Deep (2’32’’)
8. Nexus (4’16’’)
The Band:Gianluca De Rossi - keyboards and vocals (4 - 8)
Guglielmo Mariotti - bass, bass-pedals,12 strings acoustic guitar and vocals (3 - 6)
Davide Guidoni - drums, percussions and sound effects
Alessandro Papotto - guest on soprano saxophone (2 - 8)
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