Ifsounds "MMXX"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Melodic Revolution Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 28, 2023
Tracklist

1. MMXX (24:13) 

2. The Collector (6:11) 

3. Stendhal Syndrome (4:21) 

4. Kandinsky’s Sky (4:26) 

5. MMXXII (9:11) 

Total Time 48:22

Credits

Lino Giugliano – piano, organ, synth and keyboards

Dario Lastella – guitars, bass guitar, synth and vocals

Lino Mesina – drums

Italo Miscione – bass guitar

Runal – lead vocals

Ilaria Carlucci – lead and backing vocals

   With

Claudio Lapenna – vocals (1), piano (4)

Nadezhda Chalykh – vocals (1)

Mariano Gramegna – vocals (1)

Giovanni Liberatore – vocals (1)

Written and produced by Dario Lastella, except MMXXII  (music by Lastella – Mesina – Giugliano)

Arranged and performed by ifsounds

Mastered by Steve Kitch

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Ifsounds "An Gorta Mór"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Melodic Revolution Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: August 27, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Mediterranean Floor (6:34)
2. Techno Guru (2:17)
3. Violet (4:07)
4. Reptilarium (4:51)
5. An Gorta Mór (22:00)
   I. Emerald Island
   II. Phytophthora Infestans
   III. Bridget O'Donnell
   IV. The Great Famine
   V. Doolough Lake
   VI. The Docks of Limerick
   VII. Regina Oceani
   VIII. Long Cónra
   IX. Ghosts in America

Total Time 39:49

Line-up: 
Runal – lead vocals
Fabio De Libertis – bass guitar
Lino Mesina – drums
Dario Lastella – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
Claudio Lapenna – piano and keyboards, backing vocals.
   With
Lino Giugliano - keyboards and synths (4, 5-iv, 5-v)
Matteo Colombo - violin (5-i, 5-vi)
Vincenzo Cervelli - lead vocals (5-vi), backing vocals (5-ix)
Alessandra Santovito - lead vocals  (5-vii)
Francesco Forgione - bhodrán  (5-vi)
Marco Grossi - backing vocals (5-ix)

Description/Reviews: 

“An Gorta Mór” is a concept album about the theme of runaway: the opening and the closing numbers build a bridge between the tragedy of the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór in Gaelic) and the massive Irish exodus to America of the middle of the 19th Century with the current move of people from Africa to Europe through the Mediterranean way. The other songs are about runaway and desperation from another point of view, focusing on other social issues such as unemployment and domestic abuse.

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Ifsounds "Reset"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Melodic Revolution Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 30, 2015
Tracklist: 
Italian Version

1. Sono nato due volte – 6:00
2. FR9364 – 4:02
3. Forty-Fourteen  – 5:04
4. Laura – 4:11
5. Io non volevo odiarti – 3:34
6. Scappa via – 5:39
7. Flashback – 2:42
8. Svanisco nel blu – 4:38
9. Reset – 4:39
10. La Marea Words & Music by Dario Lastella – 3:58   

English Version

1. When I was born again – 6:00
2. FR9364 – 4:02
3. 40-14 – 5:04
4. Laura – 4:11
5. I’ve never hated anyone – 3:34
6. Run away – 5:39
7. Flashback – 2:42
8. Fading to blue – 4:38
9. Reset  – 4:39
10. The tide – 3:58

Line-up: 
Runal: Lead Vocals
Fabio De Libertis: Bass Guitar
Gianni Manariti: Drums
Claudio Lapenna: Piano & Keyboards
Dario Lastella: Guitars
   With
Alessandra Santovito, Francesco Forgione and Alessandro Pensa (Hexperos) – flute and strings (4)

Description/Reviews: 

“Reset” is an album about sudden stops and re-starts. Musically it’s about ifsounds, their story, their evolution and re-birth as a band. Lyrically “Reset” is about those shocking events that can upset a quite and ordinary life, leading you to want to completely reset your existence. The English version of the album is not the literal translation of the Italian version, but the overall meaning of the lyrics is much the same.With the new line-up the musical style changed a bit, for example; Runal is a rock blues singer with a musical background heavier than former ifsounds’ singers, while Gianni Manariti is a drummer and vocalist from the electronic-rock band Ottovolante and he runs the stoner rock label Red Sound Records… The music of ifsounds’ is now more direct and heavier, while always keeping one eye on melodies and one on the prog-rock structures and harmonies that the band is known for.“Reset” is the sum of very different musical experiences: you might hear echoes of classic and prog bands such as; Pink Floyd, Genesis, PFM, but there are several elements from hard rock and heavy blues rock acts such as; Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Boston or Kyuss, blended together in what is to become the new sound of ifsounds. Even with the new direction the band plan on maintaining their crossover prog rock roots.

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