This live in studio version of Zarathustra marks a new start for Museo Rosenbach. In fact, the band came to life again in 2012, after a long hiatus and a first ephemeral reunion in 1998. It was released on the independent label Immaginifica with a line up featuring founder members Alberto Moreno (keyboards), Giancarlo Golzi (drums, percussion) and Stefano “Lupo” Galifi (vocals) along with Max Borelli (guitar, vocals), Sandro Libra (guitar), Fabio Meggetto (keyboards) and Andy Senis (bass, vocals). The recording of this album was a way to warm up for new concerts and projects and the artwork by Rudy Camponovo underlines the intention of Museo Rosenbach’s to go back to their roots without renouncing to update the old sound with the help of the new technologies...
The track list follows a different order from the original album. A brand new section opens the first track, “Intro - Dell’eterno ritorno” (the 1973 closer) and from the very first notes you can perceive that the interaction between old and new members is perfect and the sound quality brilliant. “Degli uomini”, “Della natura” and the long suite “Zarathustra” follow without weak moments and everything works. The new line up worked hard to find the right balance re-arranging the old material with the due respect but without a philological approach. The final result is excellent and I think that this album can be considered a wonderful calling card for the new incarnation of the band.
You can listen to the complete album HERE
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The same line up that recorded Zarathustra Live In Studio worked on its 2013 follow up, Barbarica, that was released on the independent label Immaginifica like its predecessor. The result is gorgeous and reflects the successful efforts made by the new line up to update vintage sounds with a new millennium taste. The beautiful art cover by Monica Di Rocco in some way expresses the connection with the previous work...
“La coda del diavolo” (The devil’s tail) is another brand new track that deals with the consequences of war. It’s a complex piece that begins softly, by a reflective part where the vocals play the role of a man escaping from the horror of war, in search for peace and harmony. The protagonist has lost his friends and if he opens his heart there’s no one left to listen to him. His voice soars like a heartfelt prayer. Then an aggressive electric guitar breaks in, the rhythm rises, the atmosphere becomes heavier as the music and vocals describe with visionary poetical force a valley thundering with bombs where harmony is torn apart by weapons. Blind hatred, desperation and a senseless fury lightens the smile of a merciless stone giant...
“Abbandonati” (Abandoned) is a new version of piece from Museo Rosenbach’s second studio album, Exit. The music and lyrics depict with their visionary force a country ravaged by war, starving children desperately trying to escape from a divided nation, scared eyes behind the barbed wires, forgotten heroes dead in vain. The new version, in my opinion, is far better than the previous one. The first part of this piece on Exit, “Tuareg”, was cut off and the second part developed with a different, convincing arrangement, evoking the silent pain of the refugees who are desperately trying to find a better way of life...
The epic “Fiore di vendetta” (Revenge flower) is an excellent new version of a piece originally released on the 2003 Colossus Musea themed album Kalevala. It tells of a dramatic story of war and vengeance. A beautiful girl is one of the few survivors of her people, annihilated by the enemy that made of her a slave. The girl bides her time while the seed of revenge grows in her soul, ready to blossom like a terrible flower...
“Il re del circo” (The king of the circus) is another piece that was originally released on Exit and that finds here a new life with the great interpretation of Stefano “Lupo” Galifi in the role of a crazy, merciless sniper shooting at the civilians in the streets of Sarajevo during the war in the ex Yugoslavia and a more aggressive arrangement that emphasizes the surreal horror of a rain of tears and bullets...
On the whole, an excellent work!
You can listen to the complete album HERE
The epic “Fiore di vendetta” (Revenge flower) is an excellent new version of a piece originally released on the 2003 Colossus Musea themed album Kalevala. It tells of a dramatic story of war and vengeance. A beautiful girl is one of the few survivors of her people, annihilated by the enemy that made of her a slave. The girl bides her time while the seed of revenge grows in her soul, ready to blossom like a terrible flower...
“Il re del circo” (The king of the circus) is another piece that was originally released on Exit and that finds here a new life with the great interpretation of Stefano “Lupo” Galifi in the role of a crazy, merciless sniper shooting at the civilians in the streets of Sarajevo during the war in the ex Yugoslavia and a more aggressive arrangement that emphasizes the surreal horror of a rain of tears and bullets...
On the whole, an excellent work!
You can listen to the complete album HERE
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Live In Tokyo is a Museo Rosenbach’s live double album that was recorded at Club Città, Kawasaki, Tokyo on April 26, 2013 and released in 2014 on the independent label Immaginifica. Unfortunately, it’s the final act of the line up featuring Alberto Moreno (keyboards), Giancarlo Golzi (drums, percussion), Stefano “Lupo” Galifi (vocals), Max Borelli (guitar, vocals), Sandro Libra (guitar), Fabio Meggetto (keyboards) and Andy Senis (bass, vocals). In fact, after the passing away of drummer Giancarlo Golzi in 2015, the band decided to stop. It’s a real pity...
The sound quality is absolutely good, thanks to the help of recording engineer Sinpachiro Kawade and live recording producer Masa Matsuzaki, and allows you to experience all the energy of a band perfectly fit and up to the task, musicians that play with great precision and passion giving new life to the old pieces and presenting the new ones with the right feeling.
The first CD offers a live version of Zarathustra performed in front of an enthusiastic and respectful public that galvanizes the musicians. The order of the tracks is the same of 2012 Zarathustra Live In Studio. The second CD presents all the tracks from Barbarica, although “Fiore di vendetta” is included only as a bonus track and was recorded during a rehearsal in Italy at Rosenhouse Studio on February 10, 2013. “La coda del diavolo”, “Abandonati”, “Il respiro del pianeta” and “Il re del circo” are all worth listening to, as their studio versions...
On the whole, an excellent document of a great performance.
You can listen to the complete album HERE
More info:
The first CD offers a live version of Zarathustra performed in front of an enthusiastic and respectful public that galvanizes the musicians. The order of the tracks is the same of 2012 Zarathustra Live In Studio. The second CD presents all the tracks from Barbarica, although “Fiore di vendetta” is included only as a bonus track and was recorded during a rehearsal in Italy at Rosenhouse Studio on February 10, 2013. “La coda del diavolo”, “Abandonati”, “Il respiro del pianeta” and “Il re del circo” are all worth listening to, as their studio versions...
On the whole, an excellent document of a great performance.
You can listen to the complete album HERE
More info:
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