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Rating: With the same enthusiasm as a musician devoid of ideas who must release an album as per contract, I leave you these few lines to introduce an album and a man who offer music reserved for a select circle of admirers.
I therefore address only a small part of those who still do not know the 5uu's, and even more strongly to those who assert with confident ease that in the realm of progressive there are no proposals capable of escaping the retro taste of the seventies, as well as to those who embellish their reviews with terms such as avant-garde, experimental, never trivial (can no longer be heard), something never heard before, deluding themselves that their musical culture is sufficiently enriched to allow them such statements.
Abandonship (Cuneiform), recorded in Tel Aviv in 2002, represents both the synthesis and the evolution of the small but significant career of the 5uu's, now presented as a "one man band," namely Dave Kerman. An album rich in timbres that offers various ideas and solutions, categorized with great mastery and originality, especially thanks to excellent mixing and assembly work in the recording studio.
The abandoned ship travels in waters outside the navigation maps, orienting itself with lines drawn in the seas already navigated by the 5uu's, in a three-stage journey from the late eighties to the early 2000s. The journey is not easy but fascinating, leading to an environment where intricate plots are drawn and many elements converge perfectly into place. If at the beginning we feel disoriented because we lack the references we normally need to feel comfortable, it is only a matter of patience before these references will soon emerge on our horizon.
Only a few chosen ones have managed to advance such a rich musical language as progressive, Dave Kerman is one of them. I dare say.
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