I.N.R.H.

Having disbanded many years ago, Synderesi were brought to attention through bandcamp, where they exposed their demo ''I.N.R.H.''.This Italian group from late-90's hailed from the small town of Pederobba in the Treviso region and featured Giovanni Panno on keyboards/flute, Ronny Tittoto on guitar, Alberto Bazzaco on drums, Ivan Capraro on vocals/percussion and Gianluca Lombardi on bass.They gained some publicity through the 2002 "Una suite per un anno" prog competition (winners of which were Floating State) and in May 2003 they recorded the demo ''I.N.R.H.''.

Their sole release was a mix of soft vocal-driven Italian Progressive Rock with light doses of Jazz, Folk and Heavy Prog at moments, which seems very nice written on paper, but the truth is it lacks consistency.For the most of its part this demo is loaded with deep background synthesizers, light Mellotron parts and smooth, psychedelic guitar-based grooves with vocals playing the basic role.The overall approach is highly atmospheric and lyrical, but musically the themes sound abstract and rather uninspired with a few good instrumental moments.A couple of tracks contain some folkish flute work, percussion and acoustic guitars, but these moments are limited and mediocre, '' La parabola del seminatore'' even sounds a lot like ALAN SORRENTI's more experimental stuff.I guess the more decent tracks are the opening ''Annunciazione'' with a nice KING CRIMSON-esque middle part, based on the nice guitar work of Tittoto, and the closing ''Ultima cena'' with his delicate Italian Symphonic Rock approach, containing some great instrumental madness and lovely shifting moods.

It seems that the press did not respond well to Synderesi's self-produced demo and the group dissolved soon after ''I.N.R.H.'' with drummer Alberto Bazzaco appearing several years later in the line-up of a new Italian band, Safara.Synderesi's only release sounds to me as a sparse collection of mellow Prog-related music, but anyway the album is a free download from the band's bandcamp site.