Hailing from Ravenna, Aldi dallo Spazio came to life in 2015 with the
aim of blending together different musical influences. According to
the band, the first part of the name is the acronym of Awesome
Lysergic Dream Innovation but psychedelia and space rock are only two
of the many elements of their sound that draws inspiration also from
seventies classic rock and Italian prog bands such as PFM or
Procession. In 2017 the band digitally self released a first version
of their debut album entitled Quasar with a line up featuring
Dario Federici (vocals, keyboards), Simone Sgarzi (guitar), Davide
Mosca (guitar), Marco Braschi (bass) and Lorenzo Guardigli (drums)
plus the guest Marco Zoli (sax) on two tracks. In 2019 the album was
remixed, remastered and re-released on the independent label Jolly
Roger Records. The art work by Federico Espositi tries to capture the
spirit of the musical content with a painting that represents the Big
Mother, responsible of creation and destruction...
The opener “Long Time Lover” starts with a charming crescendo and
a rhythm of bolero that progressively veers to a kind of electric
tarantella that could recall PFM. The central part is closer to
classic rock while the lyrics tell of a complex relationship, a spell
that binds two lovers in an endless embrace of love and pain, joys
and fears, dreams and tears. It takes time to understand the strange
laws of this mutual, fatal attraction...
The epic “The Distance” starts softly with a dreamy, ethereal
atmosphere while the vocals remind me slightly of Procession’s
debut album. The music and lyrics evoke a kind of spiritual,
psychedelic journey through space and time. Far away, beyond the
light and the horizon you have to search for your roots to understand
who are you... Some narrative parts in Romagnol dialect and Italian
add a particular touch of colour evoking old songs soaring from the
past and mystical landscapes on the banks of the unknown...
“Little Piggy Will” describes a peculiar hazy dream crowded with
strange characters, floating sensations, touches of psychedelia and
exotic Oriental flavours while the following “Santana (A Freedom
Song)”, tells of a kind of quest for peace and love with a nice,
colourful choice of sounds on the border between jazz, progressive
and Latin rhythms...
The long “Epiphany” opens with the voice of Bertrand Russell, a
short excerpt from a 1959 interview with BBC where the philosopher
gives an advice to future generations, wise words that are still
valid today: “I should like to say two things, one intellectual
and one moral... Never let yourself be diverted either by what you
wish to believe, or by what you think would have beneficent social
effects if it were believed but look only, and solely,
at what are the facts... I should say love is wise, hatred is
foolish. In this world which is getting more and more closely
interconnected we have to learn to tolerate each other, we have to
learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we
don't like... We must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance
which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this
planet...”. Then, as the music takes the listener on a trip to
the dark side of the moon, the reflective lyrics invite you to look
in the mirror and search for something worth to live for...
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| Aldi dallo Spazio 2018 |
After a short break, the CD version features an untitled ghost track
that begins by the sound of the sea waves and a strummed acoustic
guitar pattern. It’s a delicate, introspective ballad sung in
Italian where the dreamy vocals evoke inner gods and the indefinite
sound of immensity... A good conclusion for an album that is really
worth listening to!
You can listen to the complete album HERE
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