QUANAH PARKER – Nel Castello Delle
Fate
Scivales
Music
Distribuzione:
Ma.Ra.Cash Records
Genere: Rock Progressivo
Supporto: cd – 2024
La
storia dei Quanah Parker inizia a Venezia negli anni ’80, quando il genere Rock
Progressivo ha vissuto il momento a cavallo fra la crisi e la nascita del Neo Prog.
La passione per i Genesis, i Led Zeppelin, Weather Report, Rick Wakeman, Yes, e
il Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso, ha cominciato a plasmare il sound della band che
nel tempo si va a modificare con innesti di nuovi componenti, ma l’avvento del
militare stoppa per alcuni mesi il proseguimento degli intenti. Registrano un
demo che nel circuito riceve buoni apprezzamenti, e alcuni brani si troveranno
inseriti nell’album d’esordio intitolato “Quanah!” nel 2012. Uno stop
importante lo subiscono verso il 1985 e Riccardo Scivales, musicologo e
insegnante leader della band, si dedica per un lungo periodo al Jazz dalle
origini al Bebop. Frequenta scuole e scrive diversi libri con esercizi tecnici
da eseguire alle tastiere. E’ nel 2005 che Scivales riprende in mano le redini
della band ricomponendola. Nel 2015 è la volta del secondo album intitolato “Suite
Degli Animali Fantastici” e vede nella formazione Elisabetta Montino (voce), Giovanni
Pirrotta (chitarre elettriche e acustiche, basso), Paolo Ongaro (batteria,
percussioni) e Alessandro "Unfolk" Monti (basso, voce, flauto Moeck,
tabla, percussioni), quest’ultimo già noto nel circuito progressivo italiano con
Unfolk.
Ma
veniamo a oggi e all’album “Il Castello Delle Fate”, di per se già il titolo
lascia trapelare gli intenti strutturali di questo concept che racconta
attraverso la musica e la voce della nuova cantante Meghi Moschino,
ambientazioni medioevali dove streghe fatate e fate stregate intercedono in un
castello in cui l’esoterismo è di casa. Il tema riguarda il potere guaritore
della musica. Questo disco prende forma da performance live e diventa realtà
dopo il lungo lockdown pandemico.
Salta
subito all’occhio lo splendido artwork cartonato realizzato da Barbara Bergomi
con le belle fotografie di Francesca Barriviera, un valore aggiunto all’opera
per fare entrare a pieno titolo l’ascoltatore nel concept composto di
quattordici movimenti. La formazione odierna della band vede Riccardo Scivales
(tastiere e composizione dei brani), Meghi Moschino (voce e autrice dei testi), Giovanni Pirrotta
(chitarra), Alessandro Simeoni (basso), e Paolo Ongaro (batteria). Nel brano
conclusivo dell’album intitolato “Giochi Di Fate Al Piano” c’è la
partecipazione straordinaria di Martina Scivales al piano e voce.
“Verso
La Porta” introduce a tutti gli effetti l’ascoltatore nel castello, dove in “Intrada
E Voci Di Fate” si resta ammaliati dal luogo sottolineato con suoni Hard Prog dall’infinita
storia. Per gli appassionati posso dire che non esulano richiami a K. Emerson, R.
Wakeman e al Prog nostrano degli anni ’70, il tutto rafforzato dalla chitarra
ruggente di Pirrotta. La voce di Moschino (di natura Jazz) dona fascino, sembra
quasi di trovarsi all’interno della struttura e di sentirne l’odore tanto si è
inseriti adeguatamente nel contesto. L’inizio scoppiettante dopo la breve “Primo
Interludio Esoterico” prosegue con “Stanze Di Luci Antiche”, qui il Prog prende
una forma maggiormente legata al significato stesso del termine, attraverso
cambi strutturali e di tempo, il tutto infarcito da un velo di antichità che
aleggia sopra i nostri capi. Ed eccoci giunti a “La Fata Tentatrice”
canticchiante una nenia che si trasforma in una melodia suadente e ammaliante,
si resta stregati in tutti i sensi. L’incanto prosegue attraverso “Danza
Esoterica”, nella quale le lunghe vesti sembrano gonfiarsi al roteare durante
il ballo delle fate. I cantici dal sentore medioevale fanno da base alla
struttura compositiva. Affascinanti i due minuti onirici de “La Fata Dormiente”
per poi gettarsi nuovamente in un nuovo balletto, la “Danza Della Fata
Selvatica”, dove le tastiere restano protagoniste come stile Quanah Parker ci
ha abituati nel tempo. All’interno molta storia musicale, un ampio spettro di
stili e decenni in cui questo mondo sonoro si è saputo far distinguere.
“Nella
Stanza Di Un Carillion” gioca con le voci delle fate e conduce nel mondo dei
sogni. Grazie al suono delle chitarre, si possono apprezzare richiami al Neo
Prog di matrice Marillion.
“Fata
Nel Vento” è fra i movimenti che ho apprezzato maggiormente nell’album, con il
suo fascino misterioso altamente evocativo per merito di una voce ancora una
volta “stregante”. “Secondo Interludio Esoterico” è uno strumentale misterioso
che porta a “Le Pozioni Delle Fate” dall’andamento maggiormente Rock. Altra
gemma dell’album è “Strega Fatata, Fata Stregata”, la canzone più lunga
attraverso otto minuti e mezzo di spettacolari arie incantate. La conclusione
spetta a “Giochi Di Fate Al Piano”, dove la magia del piano e voce sugella in
maniera più che degna l’opera.
La
musica dei Quanah Parker oggi è più ricca d’immagini che mai, una vera
telecamera che coglie in alta definizione ogni particolare trasmettendolo alla
nostra fantasia. Se pensate che la musica serva per far viaggiare la mente, allora
benvenuti nel “Castello Delle Fate”! (consigliato l’ascolto a luci soffuse). MS
Versione Inglese:
QUANAH
PARKER – Nel Castello Delle Fate
Scivales Music
Distribution: Ma.Ra.Cash Records
Genre: Progressive Rock
Support: cd - 2024
The story of Quanah Parker begins in Venice in the
1980s, when the Progressive Rock genre experienced the moment between the
crisis and the birth of Neo Prog. A passion for Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Weather
Report, Rick Wakeman, Yes, and Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso began to shape the
band's sound, which over time changes with grafts of new members, but the
advent of the military stoppages the continuation of intent for a few months.
They record a demo that in the circuit receives good appreciation, and some
tracks will be found included in the debut album entitled “Quanah!” in 2012. A
major stop they undergo around 1985 and Riccardo Scivales, musicologist and
teacher band leader, devotes himself for a long time to Jazz from its origins
to Bebop. He attended schools and wrote several books with technical exercises
to perform on keyboards. It was in 2005 that Scivales took over the reins of
the band again, reassembling it. In 2015, it was the turn of the second album
titled “Suite Degli Animali Fantastici” and sees in the lineup Elisabetta
Montino (vocals), Giovanni Pirrotta (electric and acoustic guitars, bass),
Paolo Ongaro (drums, percussion) and Alessandro “Unfolk” Monti (bass, vocals,
Moeck flute, tabla, percussion), the latter already known in the Italian
progressive circuit with Unfolk.
But let us come to today and the album “Il Castello
Delle Fate”, in itself the title already hints at the structural intent of this
concept that tells through the music and voice of new singer Meghi Moschino,
medieval settings where fairy witches and bewitched fairies intercede in a
castle where esotericism is at home. The theme concerns the healing power of
music. This record takes shape from live performances and becomes reality after
the long pandemic lockdown.
Immediately jumps out at you the beautiful hardback
artwork created by Barbara Bergomi with beautiful photographs by Francesca
Barriviera, an added value to the work to make the listener fully enter the
concept composed of fourteen movements. Today's lineup of the band features
Riccardo Scivales (keyboards), Meghi Moschino (vocals and coauthor of the
songs), Giovanni Pirrotta (guitar), Alessandro Simeoni (bass), and Paolo Ongaro
(drums). The album's closing track titled “Giochi Di Fate Al Piano” features
the extraordinary participation of Martina Scivales on piano and vocals.
“Verso La Porta” introduces the listener for all
intents and purposes to the castle, where in ‘Intrada E Voci Di Fate’ one is captivated
by the place emphasized with Hard Prog sounds from the endless story.
For aficionados, I can say that references to K.
Emerson, R. Wakeman and homegrown Prog of the 1970s do not exude, all
reinforced by Pirrotta's roaring guitar. Moschino's vocals (Jazz in nature)
lend charm, almost seeming to be inside the structure and smelling it so much
you are properly placed in the context. The crackling start after the brief
“First Esoteric Interlude” continues with “Stanze Di Luci Antiche”, here Prog
takes a form more related to the very meaning of the term, through structural
and tempo changes, all infused with a veil of antiquity hovering over our
heads. And here we come to “La Fata Tentatrice” humming a dirge that turns into
a persuasive and bewitching melody, one is bewitched in every sense. The
enchantment continues through “Danza Esoterica”, in which the long robes seem
to swell as they twirl during the fairies' dance. Canticles with medieval
overtones underpin the compositional structure. Fascinating are the dreamlike
two minutes of “La Fata Dormiente” and then throw themselves again into a new
ballet, the “Danza Della Fata Selvatica”, where the keyboards remain
protagonists as Quanah Parker's style has accustomed us over time. Within much
musical history, a broad spectrum of styles and decades in which this sound
world has stood out.
“Nella Stanza Di Un Carillion” plays with fairy voices
and leads into the world of dreams. Thanks to the sound of the guitars, hints of
Marillion-derived Neo Prog can be appreciated.
“Fata Nel Vento” is among the movements I enjoyed most
on the album, with its highly evocative mysterious charm due to once again
‘bewitching’ vocals. “Secondo Interludio Esoterico” is a mysterious instrumental
that leads into ‘Le Pozioni Delle Fate’ with a more Rock progression. Another
gem of the album is “Strega Fatata, Fata Stregata’, the longest song through
eight and a half minutes of spectacular enchanted tunes. The conclusion belongs
to “Giochi Di Fate Al Piano’,” where the magic of piano and vocals more than
worthily seals the work.
Quanah Parker's music today is richer in imagery than
ever before, a true camera capturing in high definition every detail
transmitting it to our imagination. If you think music is for traveling the
mind, then welcome to “Fairy Castle”! (Recommended listening under dim lights).
MS
QUANAH
PARKER – Nel Castello Delle Fate
Scivales Music
Distribution: Ma.Ra.Cash Records
Genre: Progressive Rock
Support: cd - 2024
The story of Quanah Parker begins in Venice in the
1980s, when the Progressive Rock genre experienced the moment between the
crisis and the birth of Neo Prog. A passion for Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Weather
Report, Rick Wakeman, Yes, and Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso began to shape the
band's sound, which over time changes with grafts of new members, but the
advent of the military stoppages the continuation of intent for a few months.
They record a demo that in the circuit receives good appreciation, and some
tracks will be found included in the debut album entitled “Quanah!” in 2012. A
major stop they undergo around 1985 and Riccardo Scivales, musicologist and
teacher band leader, devotes himself for a long time to Jazz from its origins
to Bebop. He attended schools and wrote several books with technical exercises
to perform on keyboards. It was in 2005 that Scivales took over the reins of
the band again, reassembling it. In 2015, it was the turn of the second album
titled “Suite Degli Animali Fantastici” and sees in the lineup Elisabetta
Montino (vocals), Giovanni Pirrotta (electric and acoustic guitars, bass),
Paolo Ongaro (drums, percussion) and Alessandro “Unfolk” Monti (bass, vocals,
Moeck flute, tabla, percussion), the latter already known in the Italian
progressive circuit with Unfolk.
But let us come to today and the album “Il Castello
Delle Fate”, in itself the title already hints at the structural intent of this
concept that tells through the music and voice of new singer Meghi Moschino,
medieval settings where fairy witches and bewitched fairies intercede in a
castle where esotericism is at home. The theme concerns the healing power of
music. This record takes shape from live performances and becomes reality after
the long pandemic lockdown.
Immediately jumps out at you the beautiful hardback
artwork created by Barbara Bergomi with beautiful photographs by Francesca
Barriviera, an added value to the work to make the listener fully enter the
concept composed of fourteen movements. Today's lineup of the band features
Riccardo Scivales (keyboards), Meghi Moschino (vocals and coauthor of the
songs), Giovanni Pirrotta (guitar), Alessandro Simeoni (bass), and Paolo Ongaro
(drums). The album's closing track titled “Giochi Di Fate Al Piano” features
the extraordinary participation of Martina Scivales on piano and vocals.
“Verso La Porta” introduces the listener for all
intents and purposes to the castle, where in ‘Intrada E Voci Di Fate’ one is captivated
by the place emphasized with Hard Prog sounds from the endless story.
For aficionados, I can say that references to K.
Emerson, R. Wakeman and homegrown Prog of the 1970s do not exude, all
reinforced by Pirrotta's roaring guitar. Moschino's vocals (Jazz in nature)
lend charm, almost seeming to be inside the structure and smelling it so much
you are properly placed in the context. The crackling start after the brief
“First Esoteric Interlude” continues with “Stanze Di Luci Antiche”, here Prog
takes a form more related to the very meaning of the term, through structural
and tempo changes, all infused with a veil of antiquity hovering over our
heads. And here we come to “La Fata Tentatrice” humming a dirge that turns into
a persuasive and bewitching melody, one is bewitched in every sense. The
enchantment continues through “Danza Esoterica”, in which the long robes seem
to swell as they twirl during the fairies' dance. Canticles with medieval
overtones underpin the compositional structure. Fascinating are the dreamlike
two minutes of “La Fata Dormiente” and then throw themselves again into a new
ballet, the “Danza Della Fata Selvatica”, where the keyboards remain
protagonists as Quanah Parker's style has accustomed us over time. Within much
musical history, a broad spectrum of styles and decades in which this sound
world has stood out.
“Nella Stanza Di Un Carillion” plays with fairy voices
and leads into the world of dreams. Thanks to the sound of the guitars, hints of
Marillion-derived Neo Prog can be appreciated.
“Fata Nel Vento” is among the movements I enjoyed most
on the album, with its highly evocative mysterious charm due to once again
‘bewitching’ vocals. “Secondo Interludio Esoterico” is a mysterious instrumental
that leads into ‘Le Pozioni Delle Fate’ with a more Rock progression. Another
gem of the album is “Strega Fatata, Fata Stregata’, the longest song through
eight and a half minutes of spectacular enchanted tunes. The conclusion belongs
to “Giochi Di Fate Al Piano’,” where the magic of piano and vocals more than
worthily seals the work.
Quanah Parker's music today is richer in imagery than
ever before, a true camera capturing in high definition every detail
transmitting it to our imagination. If you think music is for traveling the
mind, then welcome to “Fairy Castle”! (Recommended listening under dim lights).
MS
Nessun commento:
Posta un commento