Accordo dei Contrari – Kinesis, 2007, 🇮🇹
The Italian label AltrOck is simply brilliant at releasing albums and finding bands. When something comes out of theirs, you know with a good deal of certainty that this is challenging but interesting material. It's the same with the Accordo Dei Contrari, a sextet from Bologna, founded in 2001, that doesn't primarily focus on emotional RPI, but is more at home in the border area between 70s Prog and Jazz Rock. Above all, since in addition to the traditional line-up of guitar - bass - drums - keyboards there are also violins and saxophones, this ensures a very differentiated and extremely complex sound image.
Accordo dei Contrari basically make symphonic-progressive jazz rock with classical inspiration, which clearly leans towards the 70s and is therefore enriched with classic eclectic prog elements, some Canterbury reminiscences and a dash of jazz fusion. The keys determine the sound (all pieces were written by the keyboarder Giovanni Parmeggiani) , supplemented by Marco Marzo on the electric guitar. In addition, there is the driving rhythm section and a few sparse guest appearances on violin and sax. The whole thing is performed in a virtuoso manner and comes out of the speakers powerful and fresh.
Amazingly, "Kinesis" was recorded almost live in the studio with minimal overdubs in just two days. The album breathes an extremely agile, live feeling, the changes between grooving jazz rock and expressive prog are fluent, but without the band getting lost in self-absorbed solos. Rather, it is a powerful, compact band sound, which is repeatedly broken through by fragile nuances, which gives this album its irrepressible momentum and, above all, many moments of tension.
Fantastic album. #accordodeicontrari#accordodeicontrariband#prog#progrock#progressiverockmusic#progressiverock#progressiverockcommunity#progrockforever#progrockmusic#progrockcommunity#albumreview#albumreviews#progreviews#musicreview#progband#progalbum#progrockplanet#progrockworld#progrockvinyl#jazzprog#progjazz