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Rating: One of those albums that makes you look to the future with optimism.
The debut of OfflagaDiscoPax is surprising and splendid, showing musical culture (echoes of Massimo Volume, Federico Fiumani's monologues, CCCP attitude, and much more), personality, richness of ideas, and irony.
The lyrics are challenging, sometimes difficult to fit into a classic musical context, but the guys know what they're doing, and it all works very, very well. The booklet is also beautiful, perfect for the album and the genre.
Recommended: for those who feel like spending a day cruising around in the car, whistling with the arm out the window. And for the nostalgic.
Not recommended: for those who see ghosts of old communism everywhere (are there still some around, apart from those who do it for a living, or to... politically survive?)
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By antimo_d
The OfflagaDiscoPax tell stories from the great cold post-Cold War and the fall of communism... with just the right amount of sarcasm and irony that are evidently essential for survival.
Where the contrasts work well they are fantastic: for example, in the dreamy guitars that support 'Kappler' (MASTERPIECE), realistic lyrics but an atmosphere of abandonment that suggests the protagonist’s letting go after retirement.
By AristarcoScannabue
A militant record by Offlaga, yet full of dreamy hints and delicate moments, as sharp as only sweet memories can be because they are stored in an area of our mind directly connected to the heart.
The whole work is supported by a constant ideological misunderstanding which is the result of political passion reacting with the present.
By Dune Buggy
The essentially original feature of their music lies in combining electro, new wave music, sometimes kraut, with lyrics that are not sung but rather recited.
The listening of these ‘technical tests of transmission’ is first of all advisable in small doses, paying attention to the lyrics, to the stories, more than to the melodic cues.
By expresuntuoso
This is a CD that is COMMERCE. It is based on the basic principles of marketing: finding a target audience being appealing even to a range of people close to this target (or even, as in the case of this CD, creating one from scratch).
The main merit of this CD is having created a timeless bubble, a cosmic black hole to dive into without risking molecular disintegration.
By DanteCruciani
Their lyrics energetically express their point of view, with autobiographical and sarcastic hints.
Offlaga Disco Pax struck me quite a bit: rather simple formulas applied to a good dose of inventiveness and courage.
