Year: 2013
Time: 63:45
Size: 146,5 MB
Label: Lizard Records
Styles: Progressive Rock/RPI
Art: Front
Tracks Listing:
1. Davanti allo specchio - 4:45
2. Il Desiderio - 16:39
3. Il Tempo - 8:43
4. Il Trip dell'ego - 5:27
5. "ANT" - 9:27
6. L'armatura - 12:40
7. La Notte oscura dell'anima - 6:01
Musicians:
Sergio Calafiura - vocals;
Marcello Mulas - guitars;
Gigi Longu - bass;
Mauro Mulas - keyboards;
Marco Panzino - drums.
Italian band Entity first emerged from Sardinia in 1994, formed by musicians Gigi Longu (bass and guitar) and Mauro Mulas (keyboards) as a result of changing musical directions of their then current progressive band Teathro. This initial pairing resulted in a long suite of music titled `Fantasia' in 1995, and with the later addition of Nicola Desimone (drums), Tore Careddu (bass), Mara Tanchis and Giovanni Deriu (both vocals), a first demo tape of the same name was produced, enhanced with extra new compositions and strongly influenced by Seventies prog and jazz. A few years later in 1999, the group finished a promo - `Il Naufragio della Speranza', a blend of vintage prog with progressive-metal elements, followed by a further demo, `Doppia Entita', that continued to evolve the concept of their previous works. Despite Giovanni departing the band upon completion of this recording, additional musicians in the form of Giuseppe Marras (guitar) and Marco Panzino (drums) joining and some interest and positive reviews in music magazines such as Flash and Metal Hammer, it was to be a collaboration with another band Italian group that properly lay the groundwork for the Entity band.
A merger with Italian band KTL, meaning the addition of guitarist Marco Angioni (formerly of Motivi Per Lingare), as well as a new singer in Sergio Calafiura, led to opening for Jethro Tull in Cagliari in 2001, a new promo CD in 2005 and a further concert appearance at the In Progress festival. With a secure line-up boosted by the addition of guitarist Marcello Mulas, the band, now named Entity, won a competition for best original prog composition at the 2008 In Progress festival. Material for the upcoming debut album were performed in 2010, and February 2014 finally sees the first official album by the band.
The concept album `Il Falso Centro' is now released on Lizard Records. With it's ghostly and eerie front cover, the debut is one of the most confident and boisterous debut albums to appear from a modern RPI band. The onslaught of vintage keyboards and piano recalls other similarly dominated Italian bands such as L'uovo di Colombo and Corte del Miracoli, the heavier noisy aspects remind of the spontaneous outbursts of Panna Fredda and Rustichelli & Bordini, the soft/loud contrasts of Museo Rosenbach, while the classical drama is along the lines of Banco del Mutuo Soccorsso. In addition to typically passionate skilled vocals, a general Emerson, Lake and Palmer/Dream Theater level of bombast and a particular focus on up-front powerful percussion/drumming, this is grandly symphonic progressive music at it's very finest, and Entity continue the recent trend of dynamic modern Italian prog acts.
Biography by Michael H (Aussie-Byrd-Brother)
Il Falso Centro
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