Marco De
Angelis is an Italian composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer, who
although was involved in the music business for many years, he hadn’t released
any album under his name, and this is his first personal solo work.
Because he
grew up listening mostly to the great bands of the ‘70’s such as Pink Floyd,
Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Yes etc, we can assume that his music will be influenced
by this sound. Well, not exactly. His sound is modern & fresh, and although
it can remind in certain occasions some other bands, the truth is that his
music style is a rather an authentic one.
In the recording of the album he plays most of
the instruments (with the exception of drums) and he participates in backing
vocals as well. The singer is Marcello Catalano, and his voice matches the
music and the style of the album very well. A very strong point worth
mentioning is the backing vocals throughout the whole album. Marco De Angelis
uses a very good female team doing the backing vocals, and the result is indeed
very good.
Now a few
info about the album: It contains 11 songs, plus 1 very small intro piece, and
has a total running time of almost 67 minutes. The instruments on which the
album is based mostly are keyboards and guitar, and this combination works
perfectly well. As for the influences I mentioned earlier, in my opinion the
only I could find would be the sound of Pink Floyd in their latest (mainly)
albums such as ‘A Momentary Lapse of Reason’ or ‘The Division Bell’. (In the
song ‘Take it Away’ for example).
Another very
important fact I have to mention is that the album is actually a concept one.
Starting from the title, ‘The river’ refers to the people’s lifes as they flow
like the river does, and the sub-title ‘Both sides of the Story’ stands for the
two river banks which represent in a way the duality which all human beings
exist. The struggle between Good & Evil, the male & female life’s point
of view, life & death, night and day etc… It is a really interesting idea,
which is covered nicely by the music of Marco De Angelis.
Concluding
this review I have to say that it is a good album, and a very pleasant one to
listen.
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