ECHOES FROM THE UNDERTOW

B-RAIN is the solo project of the percussionist, handyman Davide GUIDONI who has worked in number of more or less known groups like THE FAR SIDE, GALLANT FARM, personally I will quote TAPROBAN, DORACOR and currently DAAL which blends planantly metal, stoner, violin and melancholic spaces, quite confusing! Here, we are in a very soft space where the atmospheres give priority to percussions of all kinds, low, almost sub-low, punctuating the different pieces of this album. There are also noises of the heart, noises of a windshield wiper, loud voices and noises from beyond the grave. To this come inlaid disparate limpid, crystalline notes from synths, violins (like, DAAL is not far!), Flutes and trumpets, making me say that the new Canterbury school is making its way currently (I just quote ARGOS working remarkably in this area). So we're in experimental New-age, in environmental pieces and compositions that wouldn't denote in certain films.

In short, GUIDONI surrounded himself with beautiful sizes for that, taking with him R. VITELLI from Ellesmere, L. PIETROPAOLI from FONDERIA and A. COSTA from DAAL. These pieces, 7 in number, follow one another quite naturally to make us plunge into sound atmospheres at the SERRA ("Far from the Madding Crowd" and "Homeward Bound" with its symphonic organ and its small violin-cello of the evening. ), in the footsteps of TANGERINE DREAM on "Lakeshore" and "Overwhelming" (yes "force majeure" remains one of my favorites and I heard it a little above). On the next title, the title of the album, it is towards the Canterbury school that we start directly with a progressive trumpet and a Genesis guitar. "The Cold Time of Solitude" prolongs the symphonic and almost meditative prog atmosphere by bringing violin and cello as on D. DARLING albums and this time the purely Hackettian guitar: listen again, you will see! As for "Descending Mist", the river's album title with its 20 minutes on the clock, we literally plunge into an end-of-the-world atmosphere with the sounds of the woods (and not forest fruits which would be too colorful!) And binary rhythm in sixteenth note (no, I laugh, I know nothing about it, but I wanted to slip a musical term once in my notes so as not to fall asleep and see if you follow!), in short, a cavernous alphorn will come to you ask around 14 minutes if you are not asleep; I note in this title some reminiscences of "Supper's Ready" by GENESIS, voices and "Sorcerer" synths by TANGERINE DREAM and a rise that even K.SCHULZE in person could not contradict, my favorite piece of the album!

As you can imagine, this album has two functions: on the one hand, a contemplative, relaxing disc, which can be used as background music; on the other, a prog-hovering disc with a lot of different tones and catchy tunes allowing you to listen to the album to ask yourself, like a party night. A disc finally two speeds with which I did not bother a single moment.