MALEDETTI

The political rebellion by Demetrio Stratos is a strong sarcasm about the lack of respect for the majority of women,as well as his real disappointment for their unconsidered civil rights, talking about the promulagated laws in Europe, during the seventies...this is the main reason for what concerns the main concept of the album;nevertheless you can find other interesting music features within, such as the splendid transposition from Bach's "Brandenburgische Konzert", entitled " Il massacro di Brandeburgo numero tre in sol maggiore", and other unforgettable moments of such "progressive jazz", enriched with a lot of improvisation (well perhaps the song "Giro, giro, tondo" is the most typical example of their versatility). Besides I like to remark other "stormy" moments of jazz, more and more getting confused behind a certain rationality, which is not clearly apparent in every break through, anyway consisting of the most crazy ideas by Demetrio (listen to "Caos parte seconda")...I don't know whether this album is a must-have or not, but for sure it's well worth checking out at least...after "Arbeit macht frei"- a real gem- you can also appreciate the present "Maledetti"; and moreover some bands like "Deus Ex Machina" could not exist today without an important music background of the seventies like that one represented by Area. Think of their important role and forget only a few "confusional" music passages which characterize the main "jam-session" of the album!!