Collettivo nato nel 2019 ispirato alla serie storica sci-fi spazio 1999 di cui non vuol essere uno sterile omaggio ma un ricordo portante, con l’idea di musicarne in un concept l’epopea narrata nella prima serie.
Il progetto prende forma concreta nel 2019 grazie a Loris Furlan (Lizard Records) che, entusiasta del concept e soggetto originale di Pierpaolo Lamanna, mette in relazione diretta questi con Alessandro Seravalle (Garden Wall, Officina F.lli Seravalle e progetti vari) autore del tronco musicale su cui si sviluppa tutto il lavoro. Vengono poi ben presto reclutati Milo Furlan (Scarled) alla batteria e Gianluca Tassi (Black Jester, Moonlight Circus, Faveravola) al basso che vanno a formare la sezione ritmica. Un ulteriore punto di svolta avviene poi con l’ingresso di Mirko Baruzzo (Spirosfera, Anam e altre storie) che con il suo “armamentario etnico” dona “spessore cosmico” al progetto, fondendosi alla grande con il materiale scritto da Alessandro Seravalle, e scrivendo a sua volta 2 brani e diversi arrangiamenti. A questo punto, a 20 anni esatti da quella linea ideale narrativa della serie che era il 13 settembre 1999, la “luna Arcadia” è ufficialmente fuori orbita vagante nello spazio libero.
Band born in 2019 inspired by the historical sci-fi space series 1999 of which it is not intended to be a sterile homage but a bearing memory, with the idea of setting the epic narrated in the first series to music in a concept.
The project takes concrete shape in 2019 thanks to Loris Furlan (Lizard Records) who, enthusiastic about the concept and original subject of Pierpaolo Lamanna, puts them in direct relationship with Alessandro Seravalle (Garden Wall, Officina F.lli Seravalleand various projects) author of the musical trunk on which all the work develops. Milo Furlan (Scarled) on drums and Gianluca Tassi (Black Jester, Moonlight Circus, Faveravola) on bass are soon recruited to form the rhythm section. A further turning point then occurs with the entry of Mirko Baruzzo (Spirosfera, Anam and other stories) who with his “ethnic paraphernalia” gives “cosmic breath” to the project, blending well with the material written by Alessandro Seravalle, and writing in turn 2 songs and several arrangements. At this point, exactly 20 years after that ideal narrative line of the series which was September 13, 1999, the “moon Arcadia” is officially out of wandering orbit in free space. On his way he will cross and take aboard with him in the various stages the schizoid cello of Mariano Bulligan, Simone d’Eusanio and his violin now dreaming now sharp, and LorenzoGiovagnoli (Odessa) who with his orchestrations opens and closes the concept re -interpreting a fundamental musical passage from Il Testamento degli Arcadi. The instrumental concept is divided into 10 tracks, each of which is linked to a specific episode of the series and is accompanied by a textual part which, read in its entirety, represents a unitary story, accompanied by the splendid illustrations by Laura Gamba, and completed by the masterful interpretation on the cover of the planet Arcadia by Roberto Menegon. Musically the work is heterogeneous and varied, even here the idea was to set music for a journey that had different moods inside, and therefore we are faced with 10 songs in which rock, cultured progressive, psychedelia space coexist and blend. krautrock, dark, noise, classic in a really compelling maelstorm. Each of the participants played a well-defined role in the series, the idea was also in this case to associate the interpreter, depending on the role held, with a specific character in the series, in order to give a unified reading to the whole concept, in order to obtain that each of the elements (musical, textual, visual and artistic) merge into a single interpretation.
STARRING:
- JOHN KOENIG/ALESSANDRO SERAVALLE Chitarra elettrica, chitarra elettrica baritona, mellotron, pianoforte, piano elettrico, sintetizzatori, elettronica, campionamenti.
- PAUL MORROW/MIRKO BARUZZO chitarra elettrica, basso, flauto, violino esrai, sarad, santur, sitar, tablas, effetti
- ALAN CARTER/MILO FURLAN batteria e percussioni
- DAVID KANU/GIANLUCA TASSI basso
- VICTOR BERGMAN/PIERPAOLO LAMANNA concept, testi, direzione artistica
ALSO STARRING:
- ANTON ZOREF/MARIANO BULLIGAN VIOLONCELLO
- BOB MATHIAS/SIMONE D’EUSANIO VIOLINO
- LUKE FERRO/LORENZO GIOVAGNOLI TASTIERE E ORCHESTRAZIONI
- TONY CELLINI/ROBERTO MENEGON ARTWORK
- SANDRA BENES/ LAURA GAMBA INNER DRAWNINGS
