Sit down, make yourself comfortable. This is the story of an artistic journey, a 30-year parable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Listen. Immerse yourself. Eliminate all distractions; let the music speak to you, like it used to do. \u201cDirtyThirty\u201d is the culmination of a class struggle, of the utopian ideal of those who stubbornly cling to a model of the world that still embraces thought, wonder and the courage of art. Syndone is a vision, a nine-album journey, the desire to make a mark in the world. Syndone is a shapeshifter, a band that\u2019s changed its skin and its musicians without ever changing its soul: swimming against the tide, defying fashion and the decline (not only musical) of an era in which you can be successful only if it pleases the powers that be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet there was a time when record albums were capable of transporting us, starting with the artistry of the album covers, of breaking the rules, crossing boundaries, with a whole set of atmospheres, sounds, and thoughtful, refined, stylistic constructions. Those were the days of progressive rock; at the time it was simply called \u2018pop\u2019, because it was popular. Today there\u2019s very little left that\u2019s progressive: there\u2019s no thrill of discovery, we\u2019re no longer open to wonder and amazement, we don\u2019t deviate from the idea of an increasingly standardized and replaceable human being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nik Comoglio, the musical heart and soul of this story, has never surrendered to that reality; flanked by the vocal and conceptual talents of Riccardo Ruggeri, the Turin-based keyboardist and composer has truly succeeded in making his mark. Syndone, with their erudite, impeccable rock, as violent and energetic as they are melancholic and orchestral, are a dare, a counterpoint, a raised middle finger to the devious strategy of collective narcosis slyly dropped from above in the Kali Yuga of Western civilization. They\u2019re an antidote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDirtyThirty\u201d is their crowning achievement, the (perhaps) final chapter. Enjoy it like fine wine, in small sips, and remember to stay human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Track list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bonus track
Evelyn Japanese version (Comoglio Ruggeri) translation of the track \u201cEvelyn\u201d from the album \u201cMysoginia\u201d, 2018 [4\u201921\u201d]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Total time running 48\u201903\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SYNDONE Line up:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nik Comoglio – composition, orchestration, hammond, juno dist. moog, mellotron, keyboards Guests<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tony de Gruttola \u2013 electric guitar & ac. guitar (on \u201cDirtyThirty\u201d) String Trio (on \u201cI spit on my virtue\u201d) \u2013 Valerio Iaccio (violin), Roberto D\u2019Auria (violin), Michelangiolo Mafucci (cello)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra conducted by M\u00b0 Francesco Zago<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fabrizio Argiolas – sound engineer To purchase: http:\/\/store.maracash.com\/product_info.php?products_id=799&osCsid=n5r7g884nhrv8lm38p12vncf6p<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information: Sit down, make yourself comfortable. This is the story of an artistic journey, a 30-year…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[125,1688],"class_list":["post-22029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-news","tag-prog","tag-syndone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22031,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22029\/revisions\/22031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Riccardo Ruggeri \u2013 composition, vocals, lyrics
Marta Caldara \u2013 vibraphone, marimba, keyboards
Gigi Rivetti \u2013 ac. piano, el. pianos, hammond, moog, accordion
Simone Rubinato \u2013 bass, fretless bass, el. baritone guitar Ciro Iavarone – drums, percussions<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andrea Carbone \u2013 electric guitar (on \u201cMary Ann\u201d)
Pino Russo \u2013 classic guitar (on \u201cRen\u00e9\u201d)
Gianluca Cagnani \u2013 pipe organ (on \u201cValdrada\u2019s screen\u201d)
Kaori Tsutsui \u2013 clarinet in Bb (on \u201cEvelyn\u201d)
Rebecca Onyeji – backing vocals
Charlie Poma – backing vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Valentina Fornacca \u2013 artwork cover: \u201cfolli eroi e sognatori\u201d (oil on canvas)
Eugenia Brini – layout and booklet project<\/p>\n\n\n\n
www.syndone.it<\/a>
www.facebook.com\/syndone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"