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gouzou
Forum Newbie Joined: March 16 2015 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 5 |
Topic: ciao form Italy Posted: March 16 2015 at 11:38 |
hi all ! I'm Davide, guitars and keyboards in a couple of prog or near-prog bands from Genova.
I've been browsing for long time PA reviews and now I'm glad to participate to the forum :-)
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addictedtoprog
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 16 2014 Location: india Status: Offline Points: 1422 |
Posted: March 16 2015 at 13:13 |
Welcome dude. Happy Progging.
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addictedtoprog
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 16 2014 Location: india Status: Offline Points: 1422 |
Posted: March 16 2015 at 13:14 |
What are ur fav prog bands Davide?
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Windhawk
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 28 2006 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 11400 |
Posted: March 16 2015 at 13:37 |
Hmm, I see you credited on releases by Ballo delle Castagne, Egida Aurea and Runes Order - of which the first is in the database here. Any other band projects you're involved in? Hope you enjoy the contents of these archives :-) |
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http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
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gouzou
Forum Newbie Joined: March 16 2015 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 5 |
Posted: March 16 2015 at 16:02 |
I admit I never would have thought I'd be identified so quickly ! That is really impressive sir, and thanks heartly for your interest :-) At the moment I'm working with Il Segno Del Comando and with Zena Soundscape Project : the first one is also reviewed in your database, I recoderded in Il Volto Verde and am playing live with the band. As for my favorites in prog music, I'd like to say that I love lurking in the no-man's-land that blurs progressive music bonduaries, so these years I loved Secret Chiefs 3, Universal Totem Orchestra, Ozric tentacles, Tessetact, a few things form Infected Mushroom, Gordian Knot, Gong ( Allen and Moerlen's versions ) ... while keeping close to classics as some Pink Floyd, Early Golbin, PFM possibly with De André, Cynic's Focus and some Opeth. thanks for your warm welcome :-) Edited by gouzou - March 16 2015 at 16:05 |
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Windhawk
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 28 2006 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 11400 |
Posted: March 16 2015 at 16:37 |
Ah, I knew I had stumbled across your name somewhere - while site editor Vitaly cut down the credits list I did note down all the people involved when writing this review. As your name rang a bell I used Google, and it didn't take too many minutes before I got information. I tend to hit the search engines when I'm curious about stuff.
Personally I'd say quite a few of the artists you mention are fairly deep in the heartland of prog - but that's just me. I'll toss something to you that you may not have come across that might interest someone that enjoys music that cross some boundaries here and there. |
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gouzou
Forum Newbie Joined: March 16 2015 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 5 |
Posted: March 17 2015 at 06:27 |
Ah ah then I'm glad you've been curious and found my tracks ! Thanks alot for the suggestion :-) I'm browsing a few Redd's composiitons, and it's a rela nice discovery for me. They achieve having this dry, not over-effected wibe that makes a quite defined and punchy sound, while retaining enough layers and dynamics in compositions and mix, to make thier music colorful and interesting. And thanks also for the nice review! I had read only the short version here on PA, and the extended part is both an enjoyable read and an accurate analysis of the album ( at least I find it is ! ). The "constant undercurrent of unnerving and ominous moods throughout this album" is really spot-on, as Diego is fond of having a real grooving and driving rhymic section in his writing, that links directly to the way his bass guitar is mixed... needless to say that it's a blast to play guitar and have solos in this kind of context :-) If I may add, I feel the mix has that 70's vibe on purpose, as to move further from "Der Golem" sound, and its somewhat 90's prog-metal influenced sound. |
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Windhawk
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 28 2006 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 11400 |
Posted: March 17 2015 at 07:46 |
Glad you found Redd to be enjoyable. To be a 70's band I find their style rather peculiar - not too many others I know about from that era that explored music in such a manner. Brittle, dry, delicate, but also using textures in a manner many post rock bands might find familiar I suspect. And forceful and powerful when needed. Personally I'm charmed a lot by their drummer, who to my mind is the centre of the band, and also have great fun listening to the guitarist adding a bluesy detail there and what I'd describe as sleepy jazz-tinged details to the proceedings on occasion too. That is speaking from the point of view of someone who just listen to music though - I've never played an instrument nor studied it. As for your comment above, it's typical of a description that I feel should come from a participating musician rather than a reviewer. If I had listened to Der Golem (I can't recall if I ever did...) I might have observed the difference, but as to putting it into such a context would have been speculation on my part. I would probably have described it instead - something along the lines of "unlike their previous albums more contemporary, metal-oriented style this most recent release have a stronger focus on a vintage 70's sound" would have been a typical description from me. Interesting to know though, thanks :-) It's not all that often I make observations of this kind I'm afraid, when going through 200+ albums each year I fear on most occasions I have a hard time recalling a band's previous album other than on more superficial terms. |
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gouzou
Forum Newbie Joined: March 16 2015 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 5 |
Posted: March 19 2015 at 17:07 |
200+ reviews each year is an impressive record, I understand it is not possible to kepp in mind the whole band history for each of them.
I'm sorry I sometimes forget that not everyone can be "inside" the project as much as a collaborating musician, I was just developing the subject out of enthusiasm, but the review was spot-on anyway :-) |
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Windhawk
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 28 2006 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 11400 |
Posted: March 20 2015 at 00:50 |
Oh, I understand where you're coming from. Which is why I described how I regard such matters in some detail. This is stuff that is obvious to me, but I fully understand that when you're deeply involved and invested in a project, you'll generally be unable to reflect upon how matters appear to those that doesn't have that connection. So this was an explanation, and a glimpse into how my mind works on such matters :-) |
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Websites I work with:
http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
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