Gruppo D' alternativa (ITA) - Ipotesi (1972, Prog Rock)
Guasconi mieli projekt albumu koncepcyjnego którego motywem była śmierć w wypadku drogowym przyjaciela wokalisty grupy (Tino Guasconi). Był on przedstawiany podczas występów
zespołu w styczniu 1972 roku w Teatro Uomo w Mediolanie. To bardziej teatralne przedsięwzięcie
stało się punktem wyjścia do wydania płyty. Album - "Ipotesi" został wydany w 1972 roku przez Harvest Records (EMI Italiana S.p.A.). Płyta zebrała kilka pochlebnych recenzji, co skłoniło wytwórnię do złożenia grupie propozycji nagrania kolejnej (drugiej) płyty z sugestią (tzw. propozycja nie do odrzucenia) umieszczenia na niej bardziej komercjalnego materiału (podobno proponowano im także występ na otwarcie koncertu Deep Purple). Najprawdopodobniej ten warunek (sugestia) był nie do przyjęcia dla zespołu i grupa uległa rozwiązaniu. Leonardo Dosso, w latach 1976-1977 zasilił szeregi grupy Stormy Six, a Paolo Rizzi w roku 1975 nagrał bardzo dobry album z
zespołem Maxophone.
Gruppo D' alternativa (ITA) - "Ipotesi" (1972, Harvest - EMI Italiana, nr 3C 064-17837, Italy)
1A Quando Le Parole...
2A Incidente
3A Infanzia (I - Movimento, II - Movimento)
4A Voglia Di Essere
1B Solitudine
2B Appare La Forma
3B La Tua Lotta
4B Messaggio Libero
5B Ipotesi
Paolo Rizzi - bass
Leonardo Dosso - acoustic guitar, bassoon
Nino Flenda - drums
Rodolfo Pace - guitar
Gianfranco Fumagalli - flute
Roberto Romano - keyboards, narrator
Tino Guasconi - vocals
Ipotesi" , hypotheses are erected on the only album the Milan line up Gruppo d'Alternativo. This is a concept album about the enigmatic accidental death of a young man, to the question of whether he might have committed suicide. The album represents the (unfortunately quite short) extract a lot live longer work, a kind of free rock opera that (which can be heard on the album) from different-composed numbers, text recitations and extensive, improvisational sections existed.
OdpowiedzUsuńA very own mixture of classic Italo prog, jazz-rock and chamber rock offer Gruppo d'Alternativo on "Ipotesi". On the basis of drying bass, guitar and drums Milan spinning complex sound textures, dominated by flute, guitar and keyboard (electric piano and organ) and sonically enhanced by chamber musical interludes by the bassoon. The result is a very independent mixture of jazz, rock and classical music, a Canterbury-style, complex, but quite earthy jazz rock, which also markedly classical-oriented at the same time, having symphonic component to chamber music embossed Prog bands such as Gentle Giant recalls. However some getting used to is Tino Guasconis vocals which comes jumped cutting and somewhat jarringly out of the speakers and your ears irritates unpleasant. "Ipotesi" was first released on CD of 2007. Unfortunately, it's AMS / Vinyl Magic failed raise the master tapes of the album. The LP, which therefore served as a template for CD production was, however, not in perfect condition. Grinding grooves make noise unfortunately the quieter parts of the album - of which there are few - unpleasantly. Otherwise, the whole thing is powerful and transparent produced. "Ipotesi" is certainly one of the most interesting and most original Prog-productions that have arisen in Italy in the first half of the 70s. I speak, therefore - despite the sonic shortcomings and somewhat annoying song - a recommendation for this album. Anyone interested in the Italian prog, complex jazz-rock and chamber progressive should go for it!
Little is known on the subject of the members, after the group disbanded. Leonardo Dosso after some time has been operating as an occasional guest at the Stormy Six in Their album Cliché and The Apprentice and at the end of his musical studies he devoted himself to chamber music,forming the Arnold Wind Quintet, and playing with them for over 20 years. He is therefore a teacher of bassoon and collaborating with ensembles of Baroque Music.
Thx for reminding me :)