CHANCE:RISIKO
Crossover Prog • Italy
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Italian outfit CHANCE:RISIKO started out back in 2003, at that time named Non Compliant Cardia. Under this moniker they issued the demo The Place Where, The Month When in 2004 and the album Non Compliant Cardia in 2006. This act didn't go any further though, and in 2007 Paolo D'Alonzo set up Chance:Risiko as a solo project. Later the same year the EP Qualts Arts/Teex Deleo! was issued on the net-based label Rudimentale.
Following this production D'Alonzo expanded the scope of his project to become a full-fledged band unit, and joining him were former bandmates from Non Compliant Cardia; Giacomo Di Paolo, Emilio Trevisani and Gregorio Salce. Chance:Risiko were signed by Italian label AltrOck in 2009, who subsequently issued their full length album Sleep Talking.
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Chance:Risiko Crossover Prog
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At first listen, one may think he has figured this band out; being able to point out their influences and pigeonhole their style. But that would be only a partial picture of what stand behind their music. Yes, the vocalist's voice reminds of Thom Yorke, and yes, there are some Radiohead characteristics here: a certain subtleness and abstractness that permeates throughout the entire album as well as a sense of mystery and magic, a place where time seems to move slower.
But that is not all.
In fact, this amorphic nature, combined with sudden gushes of precise and determined guitar playing, brings forth another layer and approach. One may be reminded of Time Of Orchid's music, with its complexity, density and heaviness of mood. The way some songs are connected creates a sense of ongoing journey; a cohesion that achieves a far greater impact had these songs not been somewhat alike in sound (most of them at least) and fused together at their "joints". This connectivity is not always in the "physical" sense of non-stop music, but also in spirit, as if the following song continues from the emotional ground its previous one reached and builds on from there. The way the core of the music flows, medium paced, mostly calm, but prone to abrupt surges of intensity and emotion, serves as a plateau for the listener to lean on and be carried away with. Then come the different toppings of each particular song, its melody, specific intricacies, sounds, instrumentation, manipulations. There is delicacy in some songs (Monday Morning Motivation), and there is more punch in others (Oompa Loompa, which is also a different side of the band and quite different than the rest of the album in its heaviness, loudness and aggressiveness).
This is one of those albums that take you somewhere else (if you let it and you devote yourself to it while listening). While some may find it derivative from other bands mentioned above, I find that they have created something unique enough to not only satisfy my musical "taste buds" but also to want to come back to this album for more. It took me some repeated listening to be able to "crack" open the door to fully enjoy this album. It requires your full attention. Then you'll be able to know if this is for you or not. In my case, I know it's for me.