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But easy, to get to know the AREA there's the other review... I don't like to talk about the same group twice, this is the first time, and also the last, unless I happen to come across other particular cases, like Massimo Di Cataldo covering Black Sabbath... or things like that.

Illegals = Mp3 ... mastered I don’t have a thing, everyone I’ve known who had that original stuff were old-timers, my brother's friends, and they kept the Vinyls... like me, I’ve never seen a CD of Metamorfosi in my life, only the vinyls... CDs NEVER. I almost doubt their existence :D

@Kosmo: The film is called "Lavorare Con Lentezza," where they tell the story of I don’t remember which alternative radio from the '70s... and in the middle of the film, there's a live performance by Area (see Humax, why did they include Area and not Banco? :D) performed by Agnelli & Soci, one of the saddest things I've ever seen, the film is an insult to the youth of the '70s, and the After are an insult to Area. Film judgment: CRAP. ;)

Elephant White is in "Crack!" (I even reviewed it) ... you see, Crack is practically all in the style of Elephant White, that one is definitely the least experimental... I have two illegal live albums of Metamorphosi and I need to catch the first one, I have everything from Flea (still illegal, fuck it) and they really excite me. But no one beats the Area for me :))) / Keep in mind that I like Fantomas though, damn, those really need to be digested, wow :D

In this album, there's Chaos part two as a special track, then I'll send you a deeper look with a little story that explains how the song was born, you understand the immense difference between the Live and the EPs of Area compared to the Albums. / But if you tell me you have the first one, you're throwing me off... I don't find it so mind-blowing, for its time yes, but like this, hearing it in 2004 seems normal to me :)

Ah, "Le Orme" have also created beautiful things, but the AREA are always better. Maledetti, for example, has been reissued by Akarma, which only reprints worldwide masterpieces from the 60s and 70s, like Blue Cheer, Amon Duul... oh, maybe they also reissued the ballet, Banco, and Le Orme, I don't know. But just the fact of seeing Akarma on a cover is a guarantee of PSYCH PROG. What are you waiting for to listen to the AREA, damn, do you know Nuova Idea, which in the end aren't all that great, and you're missing out on the AREA? Don't trust the 10.000000000000 things you find online, download the actual ALBUMS, and see that you'll change your mind, and then you’ll buy the originals.

But I have never heard the afteraur. Not ever, it's just that seeing him mimic Area generates a "Fuck you" in me. Look, you must have heard something wrong about AREA; in every album there's the (let's say two) avant-garde song, but the rest is Prog, a little peculiar, but absolutely listenable, nothing too difficult. Maybe you've heard an EP from those guys who churned out 70 a day, or some bootleg of a crazy live show they did, but those are the Side Projects; the albums are different. Banco has a thousand million miles of distance from them, the same goes for Balletto di Bronzo; the only slightly comparable ones are Arti & Mestieri, but AREA still reign supreme. If maybe you’ve heard an album, then it’s "1978 gli Dei Se ne vanno Gli Arrabbiati restano," which is half crazy, half normal. Download the two songs I mention at the end; they’re very different from each other and illustrate the two extremes of AREA: one is all instruments and the other is almost all voice.

Well, in Holland they call it that... in fact, if you search for "Bambulè" on Google Images, people smoking and that symbol show up. Given the nonsense you’d say with the ceyloom in hand like "in the name of the father..." I thought it was true. If you say so, I trust you, especially since I only knew "Bambulè Om Shanty"... the Kappa knows where it comes from, the Kappa knows a ton, minimum it lights up with a blast of flame :)). Anyway, on my INDIAN Alverman (Alverman has the kilns in India; the ones sold in Italy are not made by HIM, but by others following his recipe, I have the original... how cool am I! :D) I don't have the symbol, whereas Il Rosso di Bologna and Cittilo di Pistoia always fire it up, but they make the lots black so it’s less visible. I reckon the ones from Rosso aren’t worth a damn, Cittillo Rulez, the best ceramist in Italy. And maybe one day, if God wills it, I’ll see a Ceyloom from Renzo, this guy lives in India (he's Italian though) like a Shaman and stuff, he makes Ceylooms for passion, and if you want one, you have to go to him, ask him, and only after he gets to know you well enough (the days vary depending on his mood, he might tell you to get lost in 2 minutes) will he decide if you’re worthy to smoke from one of his Ceylooms. All legends told in the morning light anyway, I’ve never even seen a Uedra from this Renzo the Shaman Ceramist. Oops... heavy talk for a review of Zucchero, I guess :)))

Let him navigate through his beliefs. I always say, in rap out of 100 groups there are 90 REALLY DUMB, 5 mediocre, and 5 REALLY COOL. The thing is, those cool ones are hard to find, while the 90 idiots saturate the media, so it's normal for someone who doesn't delve into the genre to think that way.

Ah, so you DON'T know what THE Bambulè is. Well, just know that you have stumbled upon a very """eccentric & unique""" nickname. It’s a symbol that is often found on Cilums and Narghilès, and in the Netherlands, they sell T-shirts with that symbol. Do you understand what it symbolizes? Nice, right? :D