Claudio Rocchi & Effervescent Elephants

Italian musician Claudio Rocchi was presented in the reviews as a symbol of 1970s libertarian counterculture whose music blended psychedelia with spiritual and eastern influences. He collaborated with Effervescent Elephants on a 2011 split and died in 2013.

Claudio Rocchi is described in the reviews as a key figure of Italian psychedelia in the 1970s; the review notes a 2011 split release with Effervescent Elephants and states that Rocchi died in 2013. The Effervescent Elephants are named as protagonists of the Italian neo-psychedelic scene.

DeBaser's review praises the 2011 split album by Claudio Rocchi & Effervescent Elephants as a spiritual, psychedelic work showcasing Rocchi's cosmic, eastern-tinged sound. The review frames Rocchi as a key figure of 1970s Italian counterculture whose influence reached later neo-psychedelic scenes.

For:Fans of psychedelic and neo-psychedelic music; listeners interested in 1970s Italian counterculture and spiritual/experimental music.