QUIA NESCIUNT QUID FACIUNT

Dear friends, good afternoon! Today I want to write about the new album of the very famous progressive rock band Roz Vitalis from St. Petersburg. The album "Quia Nesciunt Quid Faciunt" (from Latin - "They do not know what they do") is the 11th album, it took the musicians long time - four years to compose. This album began to be created in 2019 and then the main compositions of the album were recorded. And it seemed that it happened, the album could be released, but musicians made a very difficult decision: to rework the material completely and record it again, so the recorded material at past time was considered inappropriate to the level of the band! And only in 2023 the album was released finally! The music of Roz Vitalis is interesting and multifaceted! Listening to the new album you can hear rock and piano sketches, salon music of the 18th-19th centuries (when the harpsichord is played), brass music, some church music, when we hear an electric organ, ragtime 20-30s. XX century, something reminiscent of music for films of the 70-80s. Also the work of the Roz Vitalis group is distinguished by the complex construction of compositions when one track can have 2, 3 or 4 parts, and each of that can be very different from the previous one, so in fact these are 2, 3 or 4 separate compositions united by one tittle. Dear friends! In my opinion, this is a great album! After listening to it, you will get a lot of positive emotions! The musicians have made high-quality interesting music, excellent composition, memorable melodies! This album will stay in your heart forever! The title track "Bait of success" is, without exaggeration, a masterpiece! It starts at a fairly fast pace. This composition consists of 3 parts. The first part - the sound and melody is reminiscent of music from films popular in the 70s and 80s. This fragment could even be heard in the classic James Bond movies. You can especially highlight the sound of bass and synthesizer. But after the second minute the music stops... only to begin again with lovely single notes and harpsichord chords. This is the second part of this wonderful composition! Yes, we are immersed in the atmosphere of romances of the 17th and 18th centuries. Then we move back in time again, we hear the ragtime of the 20-30s. But not for long, literally a minute. And then the third - final part - begins. We are already back in the 80s, the drums come in, a romantic saxophone solo sounds, the electric guitar gradually enters into a kind of dialogue, then the bass immediately joins. And then the trio - solo guitar, bass, keyboards. They sound intertwined. At the end of the composition, the sound of brass is added again, the keyboards follow rhythmic chords and the lead guitar turns into rock distortion. That's all! The sound cuts out and echoes for 10 seconds. The orchestra called "Roz Vitalis" has finished playing! And it's not immediately clear that this masterpiece is finished! And also the fact that 6 minutes passed simply unnoticed! Bravo! The second composition "Daybreaking" has a very gentle introduction, brass, acoustic and electric guitars shimmer in a single sound. But then, after the second minute, this lyrical part ends, and the second, fast one begins. The tempo increases, and something nervous begins to brew in the music; the mood is created by the pseudo-moog synthesizer of Ivan Rozmainsky. It is also worth noting the interesting drum moves and sounds of the Spanish guitar in the magical hands of Vladimir Semyonov Tyan-Shansky. After another 2-2.5 minutes, the tempo of the music calms down again, we hear the solo of a lonely and romantic trumpet, and at the end of the track the music fades away, as if it were being gone away with the wind. The third composition "Fountain" was written and played by the band's drummer Evgeniy Trefilov on keyboards. Sentimental piano. This leisurely musical sketch is like a sip of fresh water from a fountain on a hot day! After two previous such powerful-sounding compositions this track gives you the opportunity to "unload" and feel that the creation of the Roz Vitalis band is so diverse! The title of the fourth track is in Italian - "Se Camminiamo Nella Luce (LP Version)" and means: "If you walk in the light." The composition begins with the piano, as if it were a continuation of the third composition. The theme develops, and someone of you can think this is also a piano composition, especially when the virtuoso hands of the master begin to play the overtones as if at a "Chinese tea ceremony," we even hear the rustling of the clavier sheets being turned over. But no. The ensemble enters. Brass, electric guitar. It is worth to underline the sound of bass guitar, in places it is in the foreground, a very interesting shift in the melody towards this instrument. And now when almost four minutes have passed at a leisurely pace, great rock begins! Solo guitar and horns are in the lead! High tempo. Close your eyes and imagine it's like a night, summer, you are alone or with a girl, driving a beautiful car at high speed motor way along to the sea! And you listen to this wonderful music, it is very romantic. The ending is divinely lyrical, as if autumn is coming after summer and the sea! The fifth piece on the album "Premonition" begins again with a reference to the 80s of the 20th century, alarming and exciting-sad music, but this track is a continue of the rock started in the 4th track. There is quite fast and powerful rock with channel stereo separation of instruments. And in the middle of the composition, the music breaks away from the near-Earth orbit and flies into space! The band "moves" into a spaceship and flies between alien planets to a distant star, we hear the breath of the galaxy and the sounds of the cosmic ether! And that's it, in the final part we hear slow pleasant music, pleasant and melodic, but still the same native and classic rock! I believe that the composition "Premonition" is a classic, it is an absolute gem of the rock genre, it should be included in the collection of the best rock compositions, or at least in the symbolic collection of the best compositions of the band! The composition, which is number 6 on the album, "Walking" begins with electro-jazz. Very beautiful melody, delicate performance. We hear a kind of jazz ballad performed by 2 guitars, bass and gentle drums. Then a guitar solo is heard, a rock edge. Again a small return to jazz, the winds coming to the fore, again jazz and... salon romance performed by a harpsichord, melodic bells. And in the third movement there is again slightly modified jazz, the initial melody, but with wind instruments. The rhythm is quite fast, I think the drummer would definitely warm up after performing this composition. At the end, the guys from Roz Vitalis again refer to rock and that's it! The 7th composition "Wides" begins that we are again flying in space between asteroids, then we fly out into clear space, but the flight is slow at first. Brass and guitars lead the way, and the sound of the lead guitar intensifies. And now we feel that our ship is accelerating, nothing is stopping it. Because of the sound of the electric organ and other instruments, I got the feeling that my parents were young again, on the threshold of the 70-80s. 20th century, and I'm listening to a record of popular Western European dance music at that time, and I imagine I watch like my favorite hero from a children's cartoon is running through the streets! Please pay attention it was played very masterfully! There is no doubt that you will really like it! Track number 8 is "The Man Whose Wings Were Cut Off (LP Version)." It begins with the distant sound of a lonely guitar, which becomes closer as the melody develops, then the rest of the instruments start to play. The sound is somewhat muffled at first, apparently to create an underground atmosphere, according to my feelings. The composition makes good use of the move to separate the solo instruments for the listener into right and left channels. The composition is very complex technically: frequent changes of rhythms and instruments, deviding into channels and mixing back into a single musical stream. In this composition, in addition to classical instruments, you can hear such an interesting Asian plucked instrument - the rubab, the Uzbek version. You can hear more of this instrument if you listen to the albums of another project of Ivan Rozmainsky ? "Compassionizer". This composition is the story of "a man whose wings were cut off." The rocky sound of the first and main part of the composition seems to tell us about the development of this person, his ups and downs, but moving forward and upward. But then, apparently, there was a fall. This man is like Icarus, whose wings came unstuck after he began to approach the Sun and he burned up while falling. And in the second, final part of this composition we hear an acoustic guitar, harpsichord, keyboards, electric organ and spiritual music, which already suggests that the soul is eternal, the wings, the body burns, but the soul is eternal, it remains, it turns into space, it is getting everywhere! A leisurely ballad is the ninth track of "Beautifulness (LP Version)", this is a romantic composition. Brass, harpsichord, guitars, leisurely drums. This is a chamber track. Playing keys on a piano, playing wind sounds, playing guitar strings. Small musical fragment from the Chinese tea ceremony, a short segment when all the instruments of the band play together. Who composes this cool music? - Roz Vitalis! The end of the composition brings us to the next track. The band has very talented musicians. And the final tenth composition "Nocturne" is an excellent proof of it: so the band's drummer sat down at the piano again and composed such a wonderful composition! I would call this romance "Nocturne Of Love". This is a farewell track, and it's a small, no, honestly, very, very sad that this, I'm not afraid of the word, great album ends with this bright and beautiful composition! But, time moves forward, the band creates new compositions, and we will hear their next singles and albums! And this thought takes us away from sadness and gives us hope! And, if you liked the new album of the band Roz Vitalis, then you can also enjoy other tracks from previous albums. Dear friends! Thank you for reading to the end! The band's contribution to the development of progressive rock is invaluable! I wish you good music to listen like this and take care of yourself!

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