(ItaloProgRock) Areknames - Areknames (2003), Italy - 2003, FLAC (tracks)

Areknames - Areknames (2003), Italy

Страна: Italy
Жанр: ItaloProgRock
Год выпуска: 2003
Формат: FLAC (tracks)
Продолжительность: 54:23
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Tracklist:
1. A Day Among Four Walls (12:04)
2. Wasted Time (5:40)
3. Down (10:28 )
4. Season of Death (8:43)
5. Boredom (8:33)
6. Grain of Sand Lost in the Sea (8:55)
Доп. информация: Line-up:
- Michele Epifani: organ, electric piano, Mellotron, synthesizers, harpsichord, acoustic & electric guitars, recorder, vocals
- Piero Ranalli: bass
- Mino Vitelli: drums, djembe, Arabian tabla, spring drum

Credits:
music and lyrics by Michele Epifani
recorded, mixed and producted by Areknames
(P) 2003 Black Widow

This is an Italian trio featuring Michele Epifani (keyboards, guitars and vocals) as the musical brainchild. On their eponymous debut-CD we can enjoy pleasant progrock that frequently alternates from mellow or compelling to sumptuous delivering a lush organ sound and melancholic vocals. In general the compositions are based upon creating symphonic landscapes with analogue keyboards like the Hammond and Farfisa organ, Mellotron and Fender Rhodes electric piano. The electric guitarwork is sensitive and in combination with the lush organ sound a very compelling element. Although at some moments my attention fades away, the music from Areknames contains lots of strong breaks and captivating accelarations and changing climates. The information booklet mentions many bands that were an inspiration, in my opinion VDGG, early Pink Floyd, Atomic Rooster and Il Balletto di Bronzo were the main sources. This is not a very memorable of inventive CD but if you like to dream away on warm, keyboard-oriented prog, this one is a pleasant surprise.

Maybe the best dark prog album I've listened till now, surely the best Italian dark prog album.