ROVERSI, CRISTIANO: ANTIQUA
Roversi, Cristiano: AntiQua
Melodic/Progressive Rock
4.0/5.0
If
there's a case to be made for easy-listening progressive rock, you could begin
with Italian composer and musician Cristiano Roversi's third solo album, AntiQua.
The founding member of Italian proggers Moongarden creates some soundscapes here
that seem more for sleep therapy than musical intrigue.
Cristiano
Roversi:: playing.
AntiQua is
ambient, melodic, and gentle throughout. Roversi welds his synths, guitars, and
Chapman stick to create an atmosphere where the listener does not need to think
to hard about his arrangements or direction. It's wistful and ethereal, peaceful
and serene, music that neither coerces you to listen or challenge you to figure
it out.
If
there is one song that is more rambunctious, and possibly more proggy, it's the
title cut, thanks to the inclusion of bigger drums. Tales from Solitude Suite
and Falling offer the only songs with vocals, male and female respectively.
Mostly, though, Roversi seems content on playing his guitar, piano, or stick
over layers of airy synthesizers and lull the listener into a hypnotic state or
REM sleep. I may have proved my own case: Cristiano Roversi's third solo
album, AntiQua is
easy listening melodic progressive rock, promising as much to entertain as to
put you in your happy place or to sleep. Recommended.
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GONZO
AntiQua
CD - £9.99
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GONZO
AntiQuaCD - £9.99
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