Ske – Insolubilia (2021, CD, Italy)

Musicians:

Paolo Botta (Not a Good Sign, Yugen) - Keyboards, Composition

Fabio Pignatelli (Goblin) - Bass

Luca Calabrese (Isildurs Bane) - Pocket Trumpet

Lars Fredrik Frøislie (Wobbler) - Harpsichord

Keith Macksoud (Present) - Bass

Tommaso Leddi (Stormy Six) - Mandolin

Nicolas Nikolopoulos (Ciccada) - Flute

Evangelia Kozoni (Ciccada) - Voice

Vitaly Appow (Rational Diet, Five Storey Ensamble) - Bassoon

Simen Ådnøy Ellingsen (Shamblemaths) - Saxophones

Alessandro Cassani (Not a Good Sign) - Bass

Martino Malacrida (Not a Good Sign) - Drums

Francesco Zago (Yugen) - Guitars

Maurizio Fasoli (Yugen) - Grand Piano

Valerio Cipollone (Yugen) - Clarinets

Elia Leon Mariani (Yugen) - Violin

Jacopo Costa (Loomings, Yugen) - Vibraphone/Marimba/Xylophone/Glockenspiel/Cymbalum

Maria Denami (Loomings) - Voice

Massimo Giuntoli (Hobo) - Harmonium

Pierre Wawrzyniak (Camembert, Oiapok) - Bass

Mélanie Gerber (Camembert, Oiapok) - Voice

Guillaume Gravelin (Camembert, Oiapok) - Harp

Pietro Bertoni (FEM) - Trombone/Euphonium

Thea Ellingsen Grant (Juno) - Voice

Tiziana Azzone (Il Giardino delle Muse) - Theorbo

SKE is the "solo" project of Paolo "SKE" Botta, italian keyboards player who also plays in many bands, most notably Yugen and Not a Good Sign. In 2011 the debut album "1000 Autunni" was released on AltrOck/Fading Records, and features mostly Yugen musicians. The style can be described as 70s Symphonic Prog meets Avant/RIO and Canterbury. The album received great critical acclaim and went quickly out of print, to be eventually reprinted in 2018 as "1001 Autunni", with an additional live CD.

The new studio album "Insolubilia" is still produced by Marcello Marinone. It is a dense and heavily layered album, inspired by brain teasers and paradoxes. Despite this, it has a distinctive melodic approach that should help the listener to avoid “getting lost” into the sonic labyrinth. With echoes by bands such as Gentle Giant, Änglagård, Universe Zero or JLF Ledesma among others, the album main opus “Insolubilia” is a 5 part variation of several recurring themes, that benefits of a very extensive musical palette, provided by 25 musicians.