GERMINALE
Germinale
•Rock Progressivo Italiano
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Studio Album, released in 1994 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Intro (0:18) - Saverio Barsali / electric & Classical guitars CD Mellow Records - MMP 214 (1994, Italy) Thanks to ProgLucky for the additionand to Quinino for the last updates Edit this entry |
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GERMINALE Germinale ratings distribution
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Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(10%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(25%)
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SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Folk

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As an example Soffi Sonori is starting very quiet with soft piano, shifting to organ sound and uplifting tempo when the vocals come in. After another short quiet silent part with tender acoustic guitar there is an extreme shift to a quite cacophonic section with a free-jazz sax solo. After this short heavy breakout the song returns to its mellow melodic mood from the beginning with flute and piano followed by another quite sudden shift to vocals accompanied by acoustic guitar and some piano tunes and a final flute/organ part. Really an amazing track and excellent for a debut. This one is a highlight of the album, but all the other songs are very good as well. Other highlights are La Strega , featuring a nice flute solo, Lo Sguardo Nello Specchio, containing more rocking elements and Il Mago, which has a slightly jazzy section in the beginning with nice sax playing.
This is the only album I listened from them so far, but I'll try to get their second, which must be a masterpiece obviously. But their first one was already very good and IMHO HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to all lovers of Italian symphonic Prog. Although it might be considered a non essential one in general I can't give less than 4 stars for this one!!
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The album starts with a pretty weird and short intro track (18 seconds - what's the use of this ???). Second track "La Strega" is very good but this CD really starts with the beautiful & melodic instrumental "Bruma - Quietesmo" which is quite ... quiet. Very classical & calm : to be listened to when you're angry to calm down.
Next track, "Lo Sguardo Nello Specchio" is built crescendo : slow intro with vocals & piano in the foreground growing faster after 90 seconds or so. The middle section contains some "Gabrielesque" flute passages which are quite nice to listen to. This track is probably one of the best constructed of this CD.
"Soffi Sonori" is a very pleasant track that combines melody and jazzy impro (à la VDGG who they will cover on their second album). This is a good illustration of Germinale's music : complex but melodious.
The next three songs are not so interesting but not bad either. Three stars for this very accessible album.
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog-Folk Team

SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator

There's not much guitar-oriented stuff to be found in here,as the band's sound is strongly based on flutes,organ and piano.Certainly having symphonic leanings,GERMINALE present also a heavy tendency on pastoral musicianship with nice flutes dominating here and there.Vocals ,where added,are quite good, supported by sensational grooves and some HACKETT-like electric guitars,but often limited,giving space to the interactions between the strong rhythm section and organist/pianist Gabriele Guidi.Generally this is a light symphonic release with straight comparisons to the 70's Italian scene,especially P.F.M., CELESTE, MADRUGADA or REALE ACCADEMIA DI MUSICA.A well-crafted work,which could be of great interest for fans of symphonic progressive rock!
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Saving the planet by reusing the old RPI sound.
Germinale only released three studio albums in their short career. This is their debut album.
When other new RPI bands refined and developed the RPI sound from the golden 1970s,
Germinale confined themselves to faithfully replicate this sound.
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