Registrato in parte nel 1999 e in parte nel 2004, l'album di debutto dei bielorussi Rational Diet vede la luce solo oggi. Niente di nuovo sotto il sole la musica di questo "sestetto allargato", che è l'ennesima (e ottima) riproposizione degli schemi più rodati dell'avant-prog cameristico. Tanti i nomi che vengono in mente, ma la vivacità dei Rational Diet non teme confronti, riuscendo con classe e fantasia a destreggiarsi tra i canoni del genere: strutture esuberanti e raffinatamente spigolose (gli Henry Cow di "Leg End"), chitarre taglienti, rullante colorito (King Crimson), riferimenti al "solito" Stravinsky e alle sue sferzate d'archi (Univers Zero, Art Zoyd), temi e ritmiche est-europee (qualche gruppo a scelta tra Volapük, Débile Menthol, Aksak Maboul etc.).
Un ascolto piacevole e leggero nonostante la complessità delle strutture, e senza dubbio entusiasmante per ogni amante del genere.
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26/06/2007
This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Marco Sgrignoli, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.
Tracklist
- 1. From the Grey Notebook: Intro
- 2. From the Grey Notebook: Part 1
- 3. Stop, Kolpakoff!
- 4. I Refrained from Closing My Ears
- 5. An Order for Horses
- 6. Don't Swing a Wheel
- 7. From the Grey Notebook: Part 2
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