Il punto di partenza del nuovo album di Acqua Fragile

Probabilmente “A New Chant”, nuovo album di Acqua Fragile, uscito da pochi giorni, ha preso il via da questo atto memorabile, il VOX40 del 28 maggio 2013…

Acqua Fragile-"A New Chant", by John Deaux

Written by John Deaux

 ORIGINAL ARTICLE

It’s only taken Acqua Fragile 44 years to reform and release a new album (and we thought Guns N Roses took their time).

A New Chant features some incredible guest talent alongside the original members Piero Canavera, Franz Dondi and Bernardo Lanzetti. Acclaimed musicians Tango Spleen and Grammy Award winning drummer Jonathan Mover join the lyrical prowess of Pete Sinfield (whose lyrics have featured on albums by King Crimson, ELP & PFM) and Nick Clabburn (who has penned lyrics for Steve Hackett & Squackett).

Musically, this album sits with some of the best progressive rock albums of not only the 70’s but also of the current decade.

For a 40 minute album and 44 years in the making, A New Chant features some of the most complex and exciting music since Dream Theaters When Dream and Day Unite. Especially with the track Wear Your Car Proudly. It’s heavy and complicated. Coupled with thunderous drums and driving bass along with Bernados vocal is quite simply jaw dropping.

A New Chant had me salivating as soon as My Forte opened the album. With its soft dramatic piano and tribal drum rhythm overlayed with acoustic guitar and viola. Nothing had prepared me for this attack on my aural senses.

The beautiful Rain Drops and the following All Rise are prime examples of very little does quite a lot, which is a total juxtaposition of the afore-mentioned Wear Your Car Proudly

It’s quite easy to throw around the clichés of technical, virtuosity and genius phrases, however there is nothing else that really comes close to describing this album. The whole opus is a masterpiece. Acqua Fragile have produced what is quite simply a recitation of a scholarly nature that they’ve broken the prog rock mold.

There are so many highlights to this album it’s hard to pick one out. It has to be heard as words alone simply cannot do this recording any justice at all. Quite simply, just buy this album.

"A New Chant" secondo Piergiorgio Pardo

"A NEW CHANT"- ACQUA FRAGILE, BY CHERRY RED RECORDS

A NEW CHANT
ACQUA FRAGILE

ESOTERIC ANTENNA

NEW STUDIO ALBUM BY THE LEGENDARY ITALIAN PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND ACQUA FRAGILE

FEATURING LYRICS BY PETE SINFIELD & NICK CLABBURN

FEATURES & REVIEWS IN “PROG” ITALY, “CLASSIC ROCK” ITALIA, “PROG”, “RECORD COLLECTOR”, “CLASSIC ROCK” & “ECLIPSED” MAGAZINES

Esoteric Antenna is very pleased to announce the release of a band new album by Italian Progressive Rock legends Acqua Fragile. Along with compatriots PFM (for whom Bernardo Lanzetti’s stunning vocal prowess graced several classic albums), Acqua Fragile were true progressive rock pioneers in the 1970s.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

·         NEW STUDIO ALBUM BY THE LEGENDARY ITALIAN PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND ACQUA FRAGILE

·         FEATURING LYRICS BY PETE SINFIELD & NICK CLABBURN

·         FEATURES & REVIEWS IN “PROG” ITALY, “CLASSIC ROCK” ITALIA, “PROG”, “RECORD COLLECTOR”, “CLASSIC ROCK” & “ECLIPSED” MAGAZINES

Esoteric Antenna is very pleased to announce the release of a band new album by Italian Progressive Rock legends Acqua Fragile. Along with compatriots PFM (for whom Bernard Lanzetti’s stunning vocal prowess graced several classic albums), Acqua Fragile were true progressive rock pioneers in the 1970s.

“A New Chant” features original members Piero Canavera, Franz Dondi and Bernardo Lanzetti, who have reunited after forty-four years to record brand new material. The album is also notable for the presence of some very special guests, including lyricists Pete Sinfield (whose lyrics have graced albums by King Crimson, ELP & PFM) and Nick Clabburn (who has penned lyrics for Steve Hackett & Squackett), along with acclaimed musicians Tango Spleen and Grammy Award winning drummer Jonathan Mover. The material on A New Chant is in the finest tradition of the 1970s albums by the band, and possesses a vitality that fits perfectly in the Progressive rock arena of the new millennium.

A New Chant is the splendid result of one of the exciting reunions of recent times by one of Italy’s finest bands.

TRACK LISTING
1. MY FORTE
2. THE DROWNING
3. WEAR YOUR CAR PROUDLY
4. TU PER LEI
5. RAIN DROPS
6. ALL RISE
7. HOW COME
8. A NEW CHANT

 ORIGINAL POST

Acqua Fragile sulla Gazzetta di Parma

Gazzetta di Parma, 19 ottobre 2017

Recensione di "A New Chant", di Renato la Monica

Recensione di “A New Chant" estrapolata dal sito “Il Blog che graffia”

di Renato la Monica

ARTICOLO ORIGINALE

Invitato da Ascoltare gli Acqua Fragile è come immergersi nella vasca idromassaggio della serenità. La loro musica, preziosa come una moneta antica e carica di pathos, impiega pochi minuti per trovare un varco nelle zone più intime del cuore. Le otto tracce di “A New Chant”, pur proiettate nel futuro, devono necessariamente fare i conti con un passato glorioso. E quindi ingombrante. Un passato che riaffiora dopo ben 44 anni, con una produzione dal respiro internazionale in grado di riannodare i fili di un discorso da sempre orientato verso il punto cardinale della coerenza. 

Con questo lavoro gli Acqua Fragile lucidano le ali del progressive, contaminando la scena con pennellate psichedeliche d’autore. Il mantra del disco è racchiuso nella frase di Jamie Muir, ex percussionista dei King Crimson: “Non pensare a quello che la musica può fare per te. Pensa a quello che tu puoi fare per la musica”. La citazione è contenuta nel brano “Tu per lei”, unico pezzo in italiano del Cd.

Gli episodi più riusciti nel disco, a mio avviso, sono la title track, una melodia struggente, introdotta e accompagnata da un arpeggio celestiale, “My forte”, un sapiente incastro di suoni e colori, “The Drowning”, una morbida cavalcata nelle immense praterie degli anni settanta, e “How Come”, caratterizzata  dal  vibrante dialogo voce-chitarra acustica. Ma tutte le canzoni del disco – peraltro definirle canzoni è riduttivo – hanno un loro perché. 

In definitiva, Bernardo Lanzetti, Franz Dondi e Piero Canavera tornano alla ribalta con un disco che intriga e commuove. E, dopo averlo ascoltato un paio di volte, viene voglia di spargere nell’aria coriandoli di gioia.

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