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COGLI IL GIORNO

Luciano Basso

 

Rock Progressivo Italiano

3.23 | 30 ratings

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2 stars In autumn 77' Basso started working on his second personal album, which was eventually finished in spring 78'.It was again released on the Ariston label under the title ''Cogli il giorno'' and features a different line-up than on Basso's debut release.Only Massimo Palma remained in his place and this sophomore effort features New Trolls's Giorgo Baiocco on flutes and Leonardo Dosso from Gruppo D'alternativa on bassoon among others.

Basso characterized this album as a work full of Classical experiments and that is more or less the truth about this release, which sees him somewhat moving away from his previous more progressive style.''Cogli il giorno'' is closer to Avant-Garde/Chamber/Classical music than Progressive Rock despite the important number of guest musicians and especially the long tracks are quite experimental with Basso's piano on the forefront and sporadic contributions from the other musicians.The more used instruments are definitely the string ones with Basso's workouts surrounded by depressive cellos and violins as well as some cosmic sitar strings.His playing is both romantic and dramatic depending on the track, but the evident lack of additional instruments make it a hard-to-follow experience.The overall atmosphere is haunting, outlandish and bizzare with no particular changes.Actually only the pair of short, opening tracks seem to be the best ones for a prog fan, offering melodic, pleasant and delicate symphonic music with some great work by Baiocco on flutes.

This was not an accidental step towards more Classical-inspired works by Basso, as with each work he moved even closer to contemporary Classical music, setting up arrangements for orchestras, most of which have been released on Ariston over the years.

Great work if you consider it more of an acedemic or experimental work, but with little lack to satisfy fans of Progressive Rock.

apps79 | 2/5 |

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