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It's not just important what happens, but also, and perhaps especially, the order in which things happen.
Let me give you an example: "I fall in love, after which I get married."
Fantastic, right?
Quite different from: "I get married, after which I fall in love"...
The same goes for the tracks on an album.
If your mp3 player, for some reason, places a track like "Vivere di conseguenza" after a track like "Puzzle" in the order of the thirteen songs on Verdena's latest album, it's one thing.
If your CD player puts it, as the authors intended, after a track like "Derek," it's a completely different thing.
The difference is that in the second case, at least for me, very Leopardianly, after a very intense and challenging piece that stretches your nervous system to the extremes, making the most stressed and schizophrenic part of you go wild, the second piece arrives as a relief, like a melodic enlightenment that transports you to another world and another time, like on a "Time Machine" (necessary citation), where it feels very, very good.
The only comparison that comes to my mind now is certain pairs of tracks from "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" by the Smashing Pumpkins, you know, the pair "Love"-"Cupid de Locke".
Only that "Vivere di conseguenza" was not written by Billy Corgan, but... Lucio Battisti, back in the days of "Anima latina", when I had just learned to ride a bike without training wheels.
Perhaps that's why I was reminded of the feeling of those first moments riding a bike without training wheels when I listened to "Vivere di conseguenza" after "Derek".
Here's what I can say:
This album contains a lot of mellotron, which I, as a progster, adore.
Compared to Wow let's say it's an "evolutionary regression".
I can say that the songs should all definitely be listened to and especially in the right order (before judging).
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By Loconweed
Endkadenz is another double album...divided into two volumes.
In every track, one can find continuous and sudden melodic changes.
By genre
Endkadenz means and justifies Wow, in its fragmentary experimentation and its 26 tracks.
The drums are often electronic; choirs and piano have now been sanctioned and assimilated.
By Allegretti
Once their show is over, it’s the turn of the 'hosts,' who immediately make it clear that they haven’t abandoned their sound violence after Wow.
The new CD might not be on the level of previous works, but live, the three (four, given the addition of a new touring member for this tour) never disappoint thanks to their energy and the sonic impact of their pieces.
