CONTAMINATION

In my opinion their third album entitled "Contaminazione" is their best. It is a fluent and symphonic record delivering great Italian vocals and a heavy Hammond organ sound that reminds Keith Emerson in his heyday but also Trace and Ekseption (both featuring Dutch keyboard-wizard Rick van der Linden). The instrumentation is very impressive: violin, harpsicord, heavy electric guitar, a violin section, piano, church organ and classical guitar. At some moments the music sounds a bit freaky or experimental but in general RDM plays melodic in the tradition of the Italian Seventies progrock, inspired by a certain J.S. Bach ("Toccata in D-Fuga").