Extra Life: Secular Works
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Extra Life: Secular Works
17 nov 21
An extremely interesting avant-prog album with math influences and the very particular voice of the singer Charlie Locker. A gem to be savored.
Grouper: A I A : Alien Observer
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Grouper: A I A : Alien Observer
30 jan 21
Disk of painfully pure beauty.
  • CosmicJocker
    31 jan 21
    If I'm not mistaken, the album consists of two EPs: I remember it being stunning. "Way Their Crept" is also remarkable.
Maurizio Bianchi: Cold Tape
File Audio I have it ★★★★
Maurizio Bianchi: Cold Tape
28 dec 20
A surprisingly expressive exercise in musique concrete for magnetic tape. An incredibly interesting Italian foray into the realm of sound manipulation and sampling.
Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells II
15 oct 16
A dreamlike journey riding through a thousand intrinsic themes within the musical landscapes birthed by the very young mind of Oldfield, with a freshness not devoid of innocence. Masterpiece
  • zappp
    18 may 17
    Wonderful album (but Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn are no slouches either...) by an artist who perhaps is rarely talked about in forums and the like.
  • adrmb
    14 jan 18
    It would have been absolute perfection if it had removed the rough part with the ogre-like voice attached, which I really don't understand what it has to do with the rest 😂 Other than that, truly, truly beautiful.
  • Kotatsu
    14 jan 18
    That is the forerunner of Growl, indeed.
  • adrmb
    14 jan 18
    Of what
  • hjhhjij
    14 jan 18
    But that fragment is stunning. An example of the freedom and the desire to surprise present in this masterpiece, along with the healthy urge to mess around that one can have at 19, come on. Anyway, "Ommadawn" is perhaps even more beautiful...
  • adrmb
    14 jan 18
    But it's not bad in itself, you know, it's just that I think with the pastoral atmosphere of the 3/4 of the suite, it fits about as well as cabbage at snack time, like if I were listening to Geese and the Ghost and suddenly a track by Nine Inch Nails started playing lol.
    However, it's also fair that in a long suite you experiment with all possible sounds.
  • adrmb
    15 jan 18
    Yes, I agree (I'm coming straight from listening). Genius.
  • adrmb
    15 jan 18
    (I agree that Ommadawn is slightly cooler I mean)
Naoki Urasawa: 20th Century Boys
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
Naoki Urasawa: 20th Century Boys
6 sep 16
A sci-fi masterpiece by Maestro Urusawa. A complex yet brilliant narrative weave that unfolds across multiple timelines simultaneously, immersed in a dark atmosphere of decay. A must-have!
  • tonysoprano
    6 sep 16
    wonderful. It had a slight dip, but it deserves all 5 balls, absolutely!
  • adrmb
    28 aug 17
    I WANT TO READ IT
  • Kotatsu
    28 aug 17
    You absolutely have to do it.
Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel IV
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel IV
3 feb 19
Tribal nightmares, subversive electronics, ethnic rhythms, destabilized and destabilizing sounds. In this masterpiece, Gabriel tells our story from the perspective of others and, at the same time, others from our perspective. A milestone of World Music. #zublime
  • pier_paolo_farina
    4 feb 19
    World Music is tedious. Melodically boring. Very often made up of drone songs dominated by their rhythmic loop, which after the canonical three minutes lose their effectiveness and fill me with boredom. Gabriel is a huge singer, but a poor songwriter. I love his Genesis from 1970-1975. I am not, however, engaged by his solo career.
  • Kotatsu
    4 feb 19
    Well, to be honest, the use of drones and loops is not exclusive to world music, just as drones and loops are not exclusive to world music: in Gabriel's album, their use is quite sporadic. My opinion as a musician is that repetition is a fascinating language that touches on very deep chords, but it can easily descend into banality. It requires skill, of course. Is Gabriel a poor composer? I wouldn't say so at all. In fact, just take any random track from So to realize this: exquisitely pop songs, yet unique in their kind and perfectly calibrated. Especially in III and IV, Gabriel does not simply choose to adopt the rock language, but he shapes and bends it to his liking.
  • Kotatsu
    4 feb 19
    And telling you this is a die-hard fan of Genesis until 1977 ahahah
  • pier_paolo_farina
    9 feb 19
    For drones and rhythmic loops, I didn’t mean the use of electronics, but rather the repetitive scores to which Gabriel's musicians are subjected. His bald drummer starts with a groove and keeps it going, with no hope of a break, a chorus, or any kind of occurrence. Unlike you, who are fascinated and touched in your deepest strings, I find it quite tedious.
    It’s not exactly a general issue of repetitiveness... I have no problem with Popol Vuh or other people who develop musical "drones"... it’s really just him, his style. Maximum respect for Gabriel's art, which is peculiar and straightforward, but it doesn’t do it for me; it doesn’t grab me. I’m not fond of his depressed accent, his drummer's view of music (and he was a drummer, as a kid, before he gave that up to focus on his talent as a frontman... in fact, what he retained more was the taste for rhythm rather than for harmonic progression).
    I care about Gabriel... I saw him half a century ago, dressed in black and as thin as a reed, writhing in front of the microphone with a small drum kit at his feet, just to emphasize, and I was fascinated. I saw him again wearing the flower, the bat, and the fox, and I was pleasantly entertained.
    But I don’t own any of his solo albums, neither this one nor any others. I’m not interested.
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
21 feb 16
Ethereal masterpiece, sailing in its majestic sense of solitude. An absolute must!
  • perfect element
    21 feb 16
    Latest, wonderful work by Pink Floyd
  • madcat
    21 feb 16
    latest? After at least those 2 masterpieces of Animals and The Wall
  • Aquarius27
    22 feb 16
    Indeed, then "Animals" was released, yet another immense work! There’s not much to add about "Wish," my favorite by Pink!
  • luludia
    22 feb 16
    From very recent revelations by someone who goes by the name of fuggitivo, it has emerged that this is not a Pink Floyd album... I had suspected it for a long time...
  • luludia
    22 feb 16
    update yourselves!!!!!!!
  • Kotatsu
    23 feb 16
    Animals and The Wall still magnificent works :) (I put the "Bel" in my own comment by mistake... Forgive me!)
  • tonysoprano
    27 jun 16
    Welcome To The Machine is worthy of a bow.
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon
5 feb 16
What can I say? It struck me at a young age. Unique, perfect, and eternal, today just like in 1973.
  • adrmb
    29 sep 17
    Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Ramleh: Hole in the Heart
Nastro Audio I have it ★★★★★
Ramleh: Hole in the Heart
26 dec 20
Desolation and industrial paranoia.
Snarky Puppy: We Like It Here
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Snarky Puppy: We Like It Here
11 nov 18
A stunning album. Pyrotechnic compositions but never over the top, millimetric arrangements, performers with real chops, and a sound that's downright terrifying. Is there anything else you need?
  • sergio60
    11 nov 18
    A beautiful girl??!
  • Kotatsu
    11 nov 18
    Maybe, but in the absence of anything else...
  • sergio60
    11 nov 18
    Oh no!... The music is fine... But the girls should always be in the front row...
  • Kotatsu
    11 nov 18
    Alright then, with these amazing goals anyway :D
  • masturbatio
    12 nov 18
    Thank you for the discovery, what a shot afterwards!
Soft Machine: Volume Two
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Soft Machine: Volume Two
26 feb 17
Acrobatic sonic alchemy in balance between carefree and mocking "song-form" and daring Jazz-Rock, with the virtue of undeniable cohesion among the three. To summarize, a burst of carefree creativity. The roots of the so-called "Canterbury school."
The Who: Tommy
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Who: Tommy
21 feb 16
If the rock "Pure And Easy" were to become a concept, it would have the face of a deaf, mute, and blind child. Then, of course, it would smash a guitar on stage. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAY I INTRODUCE YOU... THE WHO!
Yes: Close To The Edge
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Yes: Close to the Edge
21 feb 16
Peaks of emotion of the highest caliber and frequency... A beloved album from the very first listens. Musically sublime and accompanied by imaginative lyrics, in perfect Yes style. I’ll just add that the section of the title track "I Get Up, I Get Down" is worth 5 on its own.
  • luludia
    22 feb 16
    As a kid, I had a little crush on you (yes, it's true!!!!)... then for a long time, I feared that someone would discover where I had buried it... I had a reputation, damn it!!!... but one of these days I might even bring it back up, since the bad punks are no longer around... but I still have my reputation... so what do I do if, just in case, I were to like it again?... better not to take the risk...
  • Kotatsu
    23 feb 16
    Quite a blunt attitude... :)
  • hjhhjij
    24 feb 16
    But the album is not heavy or excessive at all; rather, the part of the suite that refers to Kotatsu is mystical and sublime beauty. Wakeman rarely strays off course, and being an extraordinary musician, when "well-tuned," he has always produced fabulous things, like here. Bruford is a god, rightly about to transition to the court of the King. I'm undecided; I don't know whether to prefer this or the more "rough and ready" Yes Album. Goodness, of course, there’s also a certain "Fragile"...
  • Kotatsu
    25 feb 16
    I fully agree with Mr. hjhhjij
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