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DItalian formation Mass Media made music in the Seventies
but they have reunited because the label Electromantic invited
the band to make a new album, the current line-up features
three original members.
The CD Criptoidea contains 13 songs, four have (Italian)
vocals, the rest is instrumental. The music often delivers
swinging and fluent jazzrock (echoes from Mahavishnu Orchestra
and Brand X) with lots of guitar and Fender Rhodes electric
piano (along Hammond organ and synthesizers) and a very
adventurous, often propulsive rhythm-section. I am impressed
by the musicians their skills and interplay, it’s obvious
they are very experienced and know each other very well
in musical terms. I am delighted about the parts in which
the guitar is supported by strings/ a propulsive rhythm-section
and the duels between guitar and keyboards, what an energy.
The final composition Suite Del Ringraziamento is a tribute
to some classical composers and keyboardists Rick Wakeman
and Keith Emerson. It is recorded live in the studio and
contains short renditions of compositions by Bach (Badinerie
and Preludio), Mozart (Rondo A La Turca), Bernstein (America),
Brubeck (Blue Rondo A La Turk), Copland (Hoedown) and Wakeman
(Catherine Howard). We can enjoy sparkling piano and fiery
guitar and great interplay between guitar and keyboards,
remarkably is the fiery electric guitar in Hoedown instead
of the fat synthesizer sound. This CD wil please many jazzrock
fans, what a stunning band and what an exciting CD!
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