Beginning on a tide of oscillating harmonium drone and plangent vocalizing, Essenza opens deep chasms into the roiling psyche of it's creator, evident even to those like me with zero grasp of the Italian language. This particular third eye-opening Italian cosmic-folk-prog outing (Rocchi's fouth) comes courtesy of a one-time member of Stormy Six and operates in the grand tradition of folk-inflected higher key Italian head music of the era, glancing particularly off of tendencies established or later elaborated on by Alan Sorrenti, Franco Battiato, Lucio Battisti and Mauro Pelosi, with flute-y folkloric passages melting into string drones that in turn morph into bongo driven acid folk with the phaser set to 10. Ravishing and not to be missed.
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ReplyDeleteThis is great! Can anyone tell me what's with the Italian fascination with children's voices?
ReplyDeleteWoah, wonderful stuff! This guy can definitely be put in the same league as Battiato and Sorrenti after making this gem.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I highly recommend you guys listen to his first two albums as well as this, Viaggio and Volo Magico N.1. Probably equally as good as Essenza and well worth picking up.
ReplyDeleteThank you, it's a beautiful record! Very strage, it reminds me some Amon Duul 2 and Italian psychedelic music...
ReplyDeleteGreetings!
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