{"id":26971,"date":"2025-04-17T11:49:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=26971"},"modified":"2025-04-17T11:50:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:50:02","slug":"mauro-gentile-wake-up-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/mauro-gentile-wake-up-and-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauro Gentile &#8211;  Wake up and run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mauro Gentile&#8217;s &#8220;Wake Up and Run&#8221; is a colorful tribute\u00a0to the classic period of progressive rock,\u00a0combining aspects of 1970s prog, early 1980s neo-prog, and a bit of\u00a0New Wave. The music begins with expressive electric guitar work that \u00a0recalls classic &#8217;70s prog influences, creating a strong melodic structure. Synth lines soon follow, encouraging parallels to bands like Marillion and Twelfth Night. The synths are well-placed in the arrangement, creating character and atmosphere; however, a little cleaner mix would help them stand out more clearly; there is a touch of muddiness that might be corrected in post-production. That being said, the intention and structure are strong. A strong progressive groove drives the song ahead, sounding nostalgic and modern. The guitar work stands out with excellent playing and a sound that fits perfectly into the genre&#8217;s structure. Overall, the work captures the spirit of early neo-prog while maintaining its own personality, bridging prog&#8217;s complexity with New Wave&#8217;s melodic attraction. With a slight mix adjustment, this music could become even stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: wake up and run\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/4rGSsBwvYXXdoYf3IyZIvk?si=59c09564a4fc4c8d&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mauro.gentile\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mauro.gentile<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mauroguitar55\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mauroguitar55<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauro Gentile&#8217;s &#8220;Wake Up and Run&#8221; is a colorful tribute\u00a0to the classic period of progressive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[4487,125],"class_list":["post-26971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-mauro-gentile","tag-prog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26971","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=26971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26974,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26971\/revisions\/26974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}