From East to West
Tradition or innovation? Instinct or reason? Technical precision or pure passion? Does come from Eastern or western way of thinking?
Can’t we just once we say that it is possible that tradition works with innovation, instinct can exist along side with rationality, technical precision is really helped by passion, eastern thought stimulates western way of thinking and vice versa?
These adjectives are generally considered opposites of one another, however, in reality they are really the two sides of the same coin. The very essence of the idea of ying and yang.
Believe me if you listen to the group called Farabutto you can help to understand this complex concept a bit more.
Luca, Sbibu and Niccolò are able to break down those compartmental stereotypes that many of us have .They are very convincing by giving the listener the key to unlock the secret of their music.
Their use of instrumentation that goes beyond traditional canons containing an interesting combination of classical guitar , electric mandolin and ground drums. The trio from Verona are able to unite a catchy yet experimental sound that is able to ideally connect a mixture of styles whether it be singer song writer songs and avant -jazz or a combo of rock and folk.
The lyrics by Luca Zevio work with the music perfectly to create a true sensation of sound and emotions. ‘Gioia’ and’ Retorica’ are only two simple yet magnificent masterpieces of this CD.
Don’t let this unique and total experience escape you.
Stay tuned
Jacopo Ravagnan
English translation by Karin Andrea Halliwell
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Kvasar: music from another galaxy
Every time I need to get my hardrock retro 70’s haircut look in perfect order, I naturally head to my hairdresser’s. Inevitably, people there are chatting, scissors are snipping and the same old is playing on the radio. It is the kind of music, in my opinion, of what nightmares are made of: mindless, droning electronic dance music. The kind of music that thanks to the technology spews out an infinite and usually taunting bass loop. It is the kind of music that takes fewer minutes to create than to actually listen to. I ask you. Can we really consider the creator of this stuff a “real” artist?? Even if the sound of the song has interesting components in the end it is usually bores one to tears thanks to its banal repetitiousness.
I have always thought that there must be an alternative to this kind of music. The great spirit in the sky of Rock and Roll must have heard my thoughts and decided to answer my prayers that sacred day I came across the CD called "Geometrice" by a band from Barcellona called Kvasar. This quartet presents an interesting combination of musical styles from psychedelic to post rock with touch of fusion. Their sound starts off at a slow pace but quickly without you realizing it picks up with head spinning speed. It seems to seep into the operating system of your brain hypnotically. The thing that I like the most about this music is that there are no vocals. In the absence of this distraction the pureness of the music is able to work its wonders and when the song finishes you are left longing to hear more. Geometrice" is a double CD and I must say that I find the second CD a bit too experimental compared to the supreme fury of the first one. They made a very intelligent by separating the two styles which surely favours the complex tastes of their more refined fans such as yours truly.
Franco Rigato
English translation by Karin Andrea Halliwell
http://www.myspace.com/quasarbcn
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