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Slivovitz: Liver
ByThe septet's jolting cadences and razor-sharp interactions contrast a horde of tornadic motifs, brimming with guitarist Marcello Giannini's hard rock crunch chords and electric violinist Riccardo Villari's soaring staccato lines and supple melodic content. Along with complex unison choruses and the hornists' punctual and resonating passages, the soloists are supplied with lots of breathing room amid climactic buildups leading to thrills a nanosecond. The band integrates hummable themes and luminous melodies with vastly exciting movements as they maintain a signature sound while homogenizing disparate musical worlds throughout.
Upbeat pieces abound. For example, the funk-soul inspired "Currywurst," sounds like a meeting between James Brown and Tower of Power, ramped up by Di Perri's ravaging solo and a linear motif marked by Villari's spiraling trajectory. But Giannini's metallic crunch chords pose an ominous vista towards the finale. Then "Negative Creep" opens with the guitarist's Hendrix-style feedback and Salvatore Rainone's bashing polyrhythmic flurries. Moreover, the hornists pepper the pulse with terse phrasings, yet they change colors by venturing into the free jazz wilderness during the bridge, as all hell breaks loose. (Passionately recommended!)
Track Listing
Mai Per Comando; Cleopatra; Currywurst; Egiziaca; Mani In Faccia; Negative Creep; Caldo Bagno.
Personnel
Slivovitz
band / ensemble / orchestraPietro Santangelo: tenor saxophone; Marcello Giannini: guitars, Derek Di Perri: harmonica; Ciro Riccardi: trumpet; Riccardo Villari: electric violin; Vincenzo Lamagna: bass; Salvatore Rainone: drums.
Album information
Title: Liver | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: MoonJune Records
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