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Caterina Palazzi Sudoku Killer: Asperger
ByA mix of prog rock and jazz idioms, the gloom of Palazzi's compositions pervades the very pores of the music. The songs find crevices and caves to explore. The artists offer landscapes of fuzzy and distorted sax solos and improvs, guitar full-chord explosions and trills (plus some spaghetti western twangs), solid and muscular drum beats, twisted bass bowing and plucking, and the occasional elephant roar or jack hammer effect.
Each song has its own persona. "Grimilde" features drum marches and tough precise attacks. "Jasper and Horace" creeps along like a brown recluse under a bed before driving powerfully to a conclusion. "Maleficent" sounds like King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man" reimagined. "Edgar The Butler" ends in a drunken stagger. "Medusa" whirls in a kind of demonic dance.
While listening, one can be forgiven for conjuring up images of David Lynch's masterpiece "Lost Highway." Like an unrelenting nightmare that one cannot wake up from, Palazzi's Asperger portrays a cerebral, disturbing, dark existence.
Track Listing
Grimilde (From Snow White); Jasper and Horace (From 101 Dalmatians); Maleficent (From Sleeping Beauty); Edgar The Butler (From Aristocats); Medusa (From The Rescuers).
Personnel
Caterina Palazzi: double bass, compositions; Giacomo Ancillotto: guitar; Maurizio Chiavaro: drums; Sergio Pomante: tenor sax on #1, #2, #4, #5; Antonio Raia - tenor sax on #3.
Album information
Title: Asperger | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: Clean Feed Records
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