Live, as you can guess, is a live album by Genfuoco, a Siena-based group linked
to the Gen movement, that was self-produced and released by the band in
2001, over twenty years after the release of their only official
studio LP, Dentro l'infinito (1979). It collects some live recordings made between 1976 and 1978 by the line-up comprising
Tarcisio Bratto (vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, flute),
Franco Cecchi (keyboards, acoustic guitar, vocals), Paolo De Luca
(electric guitar, harmonica, vocals), Marco Naldini (drums), Marco
Scala (percussion), Marco Borgogni (vocals, flute, acoustic guitar,
harmonica), Marco Masotti (drums) and Giovanni De Luca (bass). None
of the songs presented were included on the 1979 studio work and
here you can listen to them for the first time. The quality of the
recordings is far from perfect, but it is nevertheless a good document of
the band's experience that will be of interest to fans of Italian
prog...
The opener “Solo per poco” (Just for a while) is a simple ballad
with vaguely Latin flavours that describes a young man feeling sad and
lost after a party, but only briefly. Indeed, the young man soon
returns to dance on a green meadow for an adventure in the sun:
that's where the real party is, a celebration of the communal ideals
of peace and freedom...
“Canzone da leggere” (Song to read) is a longer piece, with a
more complex rhythm and an interesting interweaving of electric
guitar and flute. The atmosphere is dreamy while the hermetic lyrics
invite you to follow the path that leads beyond your dream and your walls
to seek for stones sculpted by time. You follow it, continuing to
retrace your steps on the fallen leaves in a dance of a thousand
sounds. Without words or shouts, you untie the ropes that bind your
wrists and wash away the dust that dulls your face...
“Dolce momento” (Sweet moment) is a soft ballad led by guitars
and vocals that tries to evoke a moment of peace and love lost in
memory while the following “Favola vera” (True fairy-tale) is a
piece with vague Renaissance references that portrays an old man who
told stories and children who listened to those stories to make them
the game of life. It reminds me slightly of the Italian
singer-songwriter Giorgio Laneve...
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| Genfuoco in the seventies |
“Piccolo sole” (Little sun) is a dreamy, melodic piece that
depicts the image of a small flower in the middle of a meadow. The
flower, bathed in dew, almost seems to be crying, but once its smile
is set free it shines like a little sun...
“Dentro” (Inside) is another slow and dreamy song full of
nostalgia where hermetic lyrics juggle between regrets and memories
to find people and sensations lost in a day out of time and space...
The album closes with two long instrumental pieces. The first, “Jam
Session”, lasts nearly twenty minutes and features influences from
ethnic and folk music, tinged with psychedelia and blues. Soft,
relaxed atmospheres alternate with more rhythmic, edgy passages...
The second, “La suite del vento” (The suite of the wind),
features an ethereal atmosphere and some good flute parts. At times,
it reminds me of Delirium's first album, Dolce Acqua...
On the whole, a still immature work, but not lacking in interesting
ideas.
You can listen to the complete album HERE
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