BARRACUDA BLUE

DeRank ™: 4,37 • DeAge™ : 4930 days

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Here since 9 february 2012

Vinile I have it ★★★★

25 oct 13

When electronics do not compromise quality and interpretation: Mr. Flauto and the little magician Peter John Vettese have briefly been a brilliant duo, the tracks flow rich with passion, warming the synthetic musical ideas, and there’s plenty to go around. To be listened to without any prejudice.

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Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Iggy Pop: The Idiot

3 feb 15

Legendary sequence of tracks, one can almost sniff the decadent moods, the icy innovation, up to that compromise between Neu! and Fassbinder that permeates the tolls of Mass Production, perhaps the peak of the duo's romps in that Berlin interior.

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Psychopathia
3 feb 15

So you mean to say that Iggy and David... actually, maybe I knew it, but I didn’t picture it like that, Iggy. Then again, de gustibus. Speaking of music, I believe Iggy Pop gave his best with the Stooges.
BARRACUDA BLUE
3 feb 15

Iggy treats drugs like sex... nothing goes to waste!

CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Indian Summer: Indian Summer

9 jun 12

One Shot branded Neon with no response upon release. The fantastic voice of Bob Jackson, his keyboards in endless duets with the guitarist, a touch of Dark Sound in a melodic yet original mood. One of my desert island records.

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CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

IQ: Ever

2 dec 14

After 4 years, navigating record labels and compromises, their '90s begin in total creative freedom, with a sound that is contemporary, excellent songwriting, and a Peter Nicholls who has returned and is in great shape. The Milan date of the related tour was a Prog Happening in grand style.

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Lao Tze
2 dec 14

those I prefer from the English Prog of the '80s, even more than Marillion. I've never liked calling it "neo"-prog; it might just be me, but it almost seems to downgrade artists of this level to the rank of epigones. Poetic like few, far from just simple (skilled) craftsmen.

CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

IQ: The Seventh House

26 dec 14

Someone might argue that all their post-Ever albums sound somewhat the same, but where do you find a similar transport, an emotionality that erases all that technique for the sake of technique typical of other names with much more flattering stories? The Other Side Of Wierd? The Title Track? Just chills...real chills.

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Vinile I have it ★★★★★

It's Immaterial: Life's Hard and Then You Die

10 dec 13

Champions of human coordinates in music, a mid-'80s debut destined to transcend genres and sounds. The vile Thatcherism opens the doors to globalization, and they, well ahead of their time, sing of fears and hopes, blending tradition and electropop. A gem to be rediscovered.