April 29, 2021

Claudio Rocchi – Volo Magico N.1 (1971, LP, Italy)


Tracklist:
A Volo Magico N.1 - 18:27
B1 La Realtà Non Esiste - 2:28
B2 Giusto Amore - 11:05
B3 Tutto Quello Che Hai Da Dire - 4:04

Musicians:
Bass – Eno Bruce
Drums – Lorenzo Vassallo
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Alberto Camerini, Ricky Belloni
Lead Vocals, Guitar, Electronics – Claudio Rocchi
Piano, Keyboards – Eugenio Pezza
Vocals – Donatella Bardi


A perfect combination of experiment, progressive music, acoustic foundations with tape collage, singer-songwriting, with lots of inspiration and invention with a good materialisation of it with clear structures, and interesting contemporary ideas. Trippy streched improvisation like tracks, as if the whole album are a kind of (acoustic) outro-freak outs, as stoned composition (still song based) trips. Volo magico n.1, is usually considered as his best effort, in much the same style as Alan Sorrenti's Aria with a side-long title track and softer tracks on the other side. The 18 minute long title track starts with a soft introduction and goes on with hypnotic move based on the guitars of Alberto Camerini and Ricky Belloni (from Nuova Idea and later New Trolls).

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