Melos (album)

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Melos
Melos cervello.jpg
Studio album by
Cervello
Released1973
Recorded1973
Genre Progressive rock
Label BMG Records

Melos is a progressive rock album released in 1973 by the Italian band Cervello.

Progressive rock is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid- to late 1960s. Initially termed "progressive pop", the style was an outgrowth of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz, folk, or classical music. Additional elements contributed to its "progressive" label: lyrics were more poetic, technology was harnessed for new sounds, music approached the condition of "art", and the studio, rather than the stage, became the focus of musical activity, which often involved creating music for listening rather than dancing.

Cervello ("Brain") is the name of an Italian progressive rock band of the early 1970s.

Contents

The lyrics focus around an interpretation of the singing from a Greek mythology point of view. The music is a successful fusion of Mediterranean sounds with typical complex progressive rock ones, as well as with experimental parts. Flutes are dominant in much of the songs, as four members of the band played that instrument.

Greek mythology body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks

Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks. These stories concern the origin and the nature of the world, the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and mythological creatures, and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks' own cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars study the myths in an attempt to shed light on the religious and political institutions of ancient Greece and its civilization, and to gain understanding of the nature of myth-making itself.

Track listing

  1. "Canto del capro" – 6:30
  2. "Trittico" – 7:14
  3. "Euterpe" – 4:27
  4. "Scinsione (T.R.M)" – 5:39
  5. "Melos" – 2:52
  6. "Galassia" – 5:45
  7. "Affresco" – 1:11

Personnel

Corrado Rustici is an Italian musician, songwriter and producer.

Gianluigi Di Franco was an Italian singer. In the early 1970s he joined the brothers Corrado and Danilo Rustici and formed the progressive rock band Cervello. The group disbanded after one album and Di Frasnco spent the 1970s working in a psychiatric hospital in Naples as a musicotherapist In the early 1980s Di Franco resumed his music career. He collaborated with percussionist Tony Esposito, singing lead vocals on "Kalimba de luna" (1984) and "As Tu As" (1985). He also worked with Tullio De Piscopo and Mory Kanté on the single "Radio Africa" (1986). In 1988 he released his first solo album, Gianluigi Di Franco.

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