Celeste - Echi Di Un Futuro Passato CD
SKU
33-MMP 560
Ciro Perrino: Mellotron, Solina, Eminent, Hammond, Minimoog, ARP 2600, Voce solista
Francesco Bertone: Basso e Fretless
Enzo Cioffi: Batteria
Marco Moro: Flauto, Flauto in Sol e Flauto Basso, Sassofono Contralto, Tenore e Baritono, Flauti a Becco
Mauro Vero: Chitarre Acustiche ed Elettriche
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Marco Canepa: Pianoforte
Sergio Caputo: Violino
Paolo Maffi: Sassofono Contralto e Tenore
Ines Aliprandi: Voce solista
Does it sound just like the famous Celeste album from 1976?? Well, small aspects do, but it’s different.
Is it a worthy successor to the famous Celeste album from 1976?? I definitely think so!
“New beautiful album by Celeste, the Ligurian band that gives us the best symphonic prog with extensive references to the first prog of the 70s.”
“Two words to start: flute and mellotron. If for whatever odd reason, these two instruments are not among your favourites, please stop reading promptly. Phew, now that we got that out of the way, Celeste will always be remembered for their luminous 1976 debut album "Principe di un Giorno", a perennial monument of classic RPI with massive doses of the two instruments in question. Echoes of a Future Past is the title's translation, and it perfectly frames the music within the grooves, while the lovely cover art is as typically prog as one can hope for, a variation on the Roger Dean theme.
Seven lengthy pieces should occupy your attention for the hour and 4 minutes, an aural voyage where the flute and mellotron mentioned at the start rule most authoritatively, giving enough spotlight to numerous saxophone interventions, ornate piano fluttering, and a solid rhythmic pulse. Two lesser known but legendary keyboard instruments are sprawled all over the album, namely the Eminent (an early Italian string synth) and the Solina (an ARP string ensemble), much to the pleasure of any vintage keyboard fanatic.”-ProgArchives