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Rough English Translation:
17 pygmies Cover Album Quanto are far the distressing palpitations post-punk of early eighties for the column of experimental and obsessive Republic Savage, Philip Drucker alias Jackson Del Rey; thirty-two years to the outside out of the band of "Tragic figures" the prolific Californian guitarist is still on the scene thanks to yet another ambitious work of his 17 Pygmies, the project gave birth with the help of his friend keyboardist Robert Loveless, in the aftermath of Licher and away from shareholders.
Dark plots by new wave and alternative work at an initial complex and intricate crossover infused with folk, prog symphonic and space rock; synthesizing the artistic evolution of the 17 Pygmies passes across from here. Active from 1983 to 1991, during which time he had become architect of the construction of four significant works of study, the ensemble ritrovatosi US in 2007 has experienced a second youth artistic flourishing of compositions daughters of a striking metamorphosis expressive music.
17 pygmies Cover Booklet gave rise to the trilogy dedicated to the ship Celestina and his travels deep into the cosmos; 2008-2012 Del Rey & C., inspired by an ancient text of Fernando de Rojas in 1449, spared no effort in making real music for images cloaked black holes and peaceful robots that animated their futuristic stories.
Among the protagonists of these fantastic events the character of Dr. Isabel has carved a prominent role, so that in January 2013, the 17 Pygmies have well thought of giving a sequel to the novel starting dedicating a specially heroin disk space. The new "Isabel II: Abaddon Rising" resumes with its ten movements (ordered from the twelfth to the twenty-first) the continuation of the previous album. The fight against evil Abaddon project and the risk of human transformation into insensitive killing machines is the leitmotif of the new chapter of the saga created by Del Rey. Ten tracks that emerge all the talent and skill of sensual vocalist Meg Maryatt (adept at dispensing peaceful and distended sensations through the rarefied tones) and superfine melodies of violins and synthesizers intersected in the appendices aftertaste krautrock and new age.
It is in this context constantly hovering between neo-prog and electronic, in its center (moving from the seventeenth to the twentieth), found its way even fascinating evidence traits bucolic folk confirming a drawing shades wide and hard to categorize a genre defined. In the current line-up alongside the factotum Del Rey and the 17 Pygmies are Maryatt, percussionist Dirk Doucette and guitarist Jeff Brenneman; appear in the role of special guests Julien Imstepf on bass, Lea Reis choirs and Jean Sudbury violin. As usual, even for Isabel II: Abaddon Rising 17 Pygmies have not spared in the packaging of wrappers and special enclosures for their sound recordings.
For the occasion, the compact is accompanied by a booklet of twenty-six pages printed on high-quality paper and bound by an elegant silver ribbon containing the narrative threads of the concept. All set in a refined sugar-colored envelope paper marked by shining engravings. Fine and shiny as the artistic ambitions of this unique idea made in California.
Voto: 7.5/10
Alessandro Freschi
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