>>> BTF NEWSLETTER >>> July 05th 2009

Welcome to the new BTF Newsletter! New AMS CD, and the reprint of a classic italian prog-vinyl! Bye! BTF STAFF

PROGRESSIVE   NEW Along with Museo Rosenbach, Celeste were born from the ashes of the legendary Il Sistema. Formed by drummer Ciro Perrino and sax player Leonardo Lagorio (who had played with Museo Rosenbach in their early days) this four piece went in a totally different direction from their beginnings, playing a mostly acoustic, dreamy and delicate prog. Their first album, Celeste, also known as Principe di un giorno, was released in 1976, but the tracks had been composed in 1973 and recorded in 1974. It contains seven tracks, with pastoral lyrics and a style not far from the softer side of early King Crimson. Nowadays it is considered as one of the best Italian prog records ever. Very rare in its original pressing, Principe di un giorno is finally reissued in a heavy 180g Vinyl, the first copies being pressed in white vinyl.

PROGRESSIVE   Filoritmia (2000) is the first cd pubblished homonym by the Italian band from Milan. It collects most of the songs played live along three years of live performance in Italy and a couple of inedited tracks. Ten tracks and more than 73 minutes of music where the manifold inspirations of the band find their own original melodic rock progressive expression. Filoritmia is one of the first ever example of self-production which was meant to be entirely available for the download in the internet. Through this first music project the Milanese band made itself known among webzines, rock prog fans and rock lovers around the world. Filoritmia è il primo cd della band milanese, omonimo, pubblicato nel 2000. Raccoglie i brani suonati nelle tre precedenti stagioni live, oltre a due inediti. 10 tracce, ben 73 minuti di musica, in cui le molteplici ispirazioni del gruppo trovano la migliore espressione rock progressive melodica. Filoritmia è uno dei primissimi casi in Italia di autoproduzione messa a disposizione nella sua totalità per il download su internet. È il cd con cui la band di Milano si fa conoscere dalle webzine e dagli amanti del genere rock progressive e non solo.

PROGRESSIVE   NEW Released on CD in May 2009, Passaggi is Filoritmia's second music project. The Italian band, founded in Milan in 1997, has collected all the new tracks in the cd after pubblishing them in their website, www.filoritmia.it, on a track-per-month plan. Passaggi is the result of a two-year work. Melodic progressive rock merges into more acid sounds, as harsh rhythms take a pause and melt away into ballad movements. It's undoubtedly an architectural approach to music. Each one of this new eight tracks has a story to tell and it has a strong identity to discover. That's the meaning of Passaggi. Filoritmia is a band who takes care of all aspect of production: from studio recording to graphic elaboration of cd. Filoritmia has been representing a genuine blend of different inspirations for many years, getting across the borders of Italian and European rock progressive. Passaggi, pubblicato su cd nel maggio 2009, è il secondo progetto musicale dei Filoritmia, band milanese nata nel 1997. Pubblicato a puntate online su www.filoritmia.it, Passaggi è il frutto di più di due anni di studio e di revisioni. Rock melodico, sonorità acide, ritmi incattiviti e ballate più cantabili. Un approccio inconfondibilmente architettonico alla musica. Otto tracce che raccontano otto storie con una precisa e inconfondibile identità. Otto passaggi che vogliono lasciare una traccia di sé. I Filoritmia, gruppo che cura in proprio tutte le fasi della produzione, da anni miscelano ritmi e atmosfere diverse, esprimendosi e soprendendosi attraverso alchimie che attraversano i confini del rock-progressive.

PROGRESSIVE   NEW Nodo Gordiano is back with their definitive masterpiece. After their successful debut dated 1999 and the rather experimental and improvised "Alea" from 2005, "Flektogon" is surely the magnum opus of this band hailing from Rome. Their spooky, dark and complex, yet pretty dreamy progrock has an irresistible hypnotic edge that catches the listener from the very beginning. Besides some shorter tracks, the most outstanding moment of this record is the 30 minute long psych-opus "Avventure di mastarna", a progressive firework in which the music develops its very different moods while keeping a regular pattern and taking the listener on an adventurous and never boring musical trip. This is what progrock is all about and how it should always be! Highly recommended.