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		<title>The Big Take Over &#8211; &#8220;The River&#8221; review</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; The River review on The Big TakeOver Magazine 6 November 2014 by Mark Suppanz Though this is Italian multi-instrumentalist De Angelis’s first solo LP, his credentials are long and impressive. He’s made soundtracks, produced many indie albums, worked for production companies, and even run his own Rome-based recording studio and label. Given his...<p><a rel="bookmark" class="loud_button_alt wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs" href="https://www.marcodeangelis.com/2014/11/07/6148/"><span>Continue reading</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<p>Though this is Italian multi-instrumentalist De Angelis’s first solo  LP, his credentials are long and impressive.  He’s made soundtracks,  produced many indie albums, worked for production companies, and even  run his own Rome-based recording studio and label.  Given his technical  proclivity, it’s no surprise that <em>The River</em> is such an  expansive, mammoth-sounding album; it feels like it could accompany a  stage or theatrical production.  In keeping with De Angelis’s main  inspiration of ‘60s and ‘70s prog-rock, it’s a 69-minute “concept” LP,  designed to be experienced in one sitting – indeed, songs are often  stitched together by samples of radio static, party conversations,  audience applause, thunderstorms, and frogs croaking/crickets chirping.<br />
However, <em>The River</em> leans more toward prog’s less  experimental, song-based 1980s phase – think of that era’s Pink Floyd,  Rush, or Genesis LPs.  With its delay-drenched guitars and programmed  rhythms (De Angelis plays everything except drums, which are handled by <strong>Cristiano Micalizzi</strong>),  the album’s instrumentation often exhibits that genre’s extravagant and  exaggerated embellishments.  But De Angelis’s presentation is  passionate, not pretentious, and closer listens reveal more subtle,  down-to-earth pleasures.  Forceful, dramatic singer <strong>Marcello Catalano</strong> adorns each song with his lavish, wide-ranging voice.  He effortlessly  adjusts to De Angelis’s shifting musical moods, and is ably supported by  a quintet of soulful female backing vocalists.<br />
De Angelis’s plush, detailed arrangements and melodic pop  songwriting touches are evident throughout.  “Tell Me Why” features  delicately-patted hand toms and an exuberant chorus, “Black Stare”  sports a gorgeous, tender piano melody and a murky, pulsing rhythm, and  “Snowbound” marries a ringing acoustic with dramatic keyboards and  Catalano’s airborne, elevating croon.  Even “Fly High,” with its syrupy  “Don’t be afraid to fly high” refrain, has a comforting ambience,  intricate textures, and soaring vocals (especially <strong>Désirée Petrocchi</strong>’s and <strong>Simona Rizzi</strong>’s  succulent backing coos).  Elsewhere, “What Do You Feel Now?” and “Our  Trail of Tears” combine glistening guitars with spacey synths; the  latter is a newly-arranged, Catalano-written “bonus track” dating from  De Angelis’s early ‘80s first band.<br />
His creativity is most apparent on the standout “Regrets.”  It opens  with another lovely, candlelit piano trill, as a gentle clock ticks  over a near-inaudible radio in the background.  Catalano’s soft,  near-whispered vocal ambles in, complemented by De Angelis’s ghostly  Chapman Stick (he’s one of the few Italians who play it) and resonant  Dobro.  The tranquil vibe gives way to what sounds like a  keyboard-replicated horn section, followed by a decadent dose of  squealing, electronically-treated ‘80s-era guitars and Catalano’s  now-anguished, spiraling pipes.  And just when you think he’s going to  end the song with another quiet fade-out of sampled static, De Angelis  instead hits you with a blasting, Marillion-esque guitar solo crescendo.<br />
Despite its “concept album” tag, <em>The River</em>’s lyrics don’t  follow a concrete or whimsical storyline – i.e., there are no pinball  wizards or Unwinese-speaking comedians here.  Instead, De Angelis’s  soul-searching, solemn words are pensive and ambiguous, and open to  interpretation.  They add yet another intriguing wrinkle to this  challenging, rewarding album.  (<a href="https://www.marcodeangelis.com/">marcodeangelis.com</a>, <a href="http://www.theriver.it/">theriver.it</a>)</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[A great review for The River on &#8220;KOID9&#8221; Magazine On a déjà pléthore de nouvogroupitaliens chaque trimestre, vl&#8217;a t&#8217;y pas qu&#8217;on a aussi des multinstrumentistitaliens par-dessus le marché maintenant ! Blague à part, le sieur Marrco De Angelis n&#8217;est pas un débutant, alignant un CV long comme un jour sans pain où il a notamment...<p><a rel="bookmark" class="loud_button_alt wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs" href="https://www.marcodeangelis.com/2014/07/23/6153/"><span>Continue reading</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">On a déjà pléthore de nouvogroupitaliens chaque trimestre, vl&#8217;a t&#8217;y pas qu&#8217;on a aussi<br />
des multinstrumentistitaliens par-dessus le marché maintenant ! Blague à part, le sieur<br />
Marrco De Angelis n&#8217;est pas un débutant, alignant un CV long comme un jour sans pain<br />
où il a notamment bossé depuis 15 ans comme ingénieur du son et producteur.<br />
Il possède aussi son propre studio d&#8217;enregistrement et est capable de jouer de<br />
la guitare, des claviers, de la basse et même du Chapman stick ! C&#8217;est toutefois la<br />
première fois qu&#8217;il se lance dans l&#8217;exercice du disque avec ce concept de 68&#8242; sur la dualité<br />
de la vie titré &#8220;The River : Both Sides Of The Story&#8221;. Il fait tout ou presque puisqu&#8217;il a eu<br />
l&#8217;intelligence de confier les deux postes clefs que sont le chant à Marcello Catalano et la<br />
batterie à Cristiano Micallizzi et de s&#8217;adjoindre pas moins de 4 choristes féminines.<br />
Dès l&#8217;introduction (après 1&#8242; de bruitages radiophoniques déjà archi entendus par<br />
ailleurs), on est happé par un son superbe (encore bravo !) et par cette approche d&#8217;un<br />
prog-rock très moderne. On est souvent plus proche d&#8217;un Pink Flloyd, Allan Parsons Project<br />
ou Peter Gabriel solo que d&#8217;un Genesis, si vous voyez ce que je veux direl Le chant<br />
(anglais) est absolument sublime, puissant et clair. La batterie ne souffre d&#8217;aucun problème<br />
de programmations ou d&#8217;amateurisme, ce qui nous change des multi instrumentistes<br />
solitaires en général peu soigneux sur ce point. Le disque est une sorte de mélange<br />
assez réussi entre prog dynamique avec le superbe titre d&#8217;ouverture &#8220;Tell Me Why&#8221;, néoprog<br />
&#8220;Black Stare&#8221;, morceaux franchement réminiscents de la bande à Gilmour (le<br />
toucher de guitare et le son est strictement identiquel il a du tomber dedans quand il<br />
était petit !) &#8220;Regrets&#8221;, &#8220;Take It Away&#8221; (qu&#8217;on croirait tiré d&#8217;un Floyd avec le père Waters au<br />
chant), &#8221; Fly High&#8221; (même le titre fait référence au Floyd), voire de Neall Morrse<br />
avec le magnifique titre conclusif &#8220;Our Trail of Tears&#8221; et morceaux nettement plus typés<br />
pop-rock comme &#8220;One Love&#8221;, &#8220;This Time&#8221; ou encore &#8220;Snowbound&#8221; (rien à voir avec<br />
Genesisl malheureusement !).<br />
Alors c&#8217;est sûr que certains vont trouver ça un peu trop &#8220;sucré&#8221; et manquant de<br />
&#8220;progressivité&#8221;, mais je dois dire que j&#8217;ai personnellement trouvé le mélange<br />
extrêmement bien dosé, même s&#8217;il est tout de même dommage d&#8217;avoir une structure<br />
bicéphale et que l&#8217;artiste n&#8217;ait pas choisi de prendre plus de risque. Les parties de guitare<br />
sont cependant sublimes de bout en bout (il faut dire que le gus a touché son premier<br />
instrument à l&#8217;âge de 1 0 ans !). J&#8217;ai toutefois trouvé que ça manquait un peu de Chapman<br />
Stick il y en a mais il n&#8217;est pas franchement mis en valeur car il est un des rares joueurs<br />
de cet instrument en Italie. Le 12e titre, un bonus, le plus long titre de l&#8217;album (9:21 ) est<br />
en réalité un ancien morceau de son tout premier groupe des années 80, réarrangé et<br />
avec des paroles retouchées. Le style est légèrement plus pop, pas désagréable, mais<br />
sa soit disant longue durée ne se justifie pas: en fait il dure juste 6&#8242; et, après 1&#8217;15 de<br />
silence, on entend des bruitages radio et un speech en anglais d&#8217;un musicien qui remercie<br />
lors d&#8217;une remise de prix en parlant de sa découverte de la musique dans sa jeunesse<br />
(est ce l&#8217;artiste ? je dirais que oui&#8230; mais le mystère reste entier !). A noter un livret de<br />
qualité sur du papier à fort grammage (c&#8217;est assez rare pour le souligner) contenant<br />
toutes les paroles et quelques jolies photos.<br />
Je conseille toutefois d&#8217;écouter avant d&#8217;acheterl<br />
Renaud Oualid</span></div>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here it is, a new review for The River on Big Bang Magazine. Bien que ce The River &#8211; Both sides of the story soit son premier opus, Marco De Angelis n&#8217;est pas un musicien nèpphyte, bien au contraire mème puisqu&#8217; il est un ingènieur du son rèputè de l&#8217;aure cotèdes Alpes. Mais aprés de...<p><a rel="bookmark" class="loud_button_alt wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs" href="https://www.marcodeangelis.com/2014/07/23/6154/"><span>Continue reading</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Bien que ce The River &#8211; Both sides of the story soit son premier opus, Marco De Angelis n&#8217;est pas un musicien nèpphyte, bien au contraire mème puisqu&#8217; il est un ingènieur du son rèputè de l&#8217;aure cotèdes Alpes. Mais aprés de nombreuses années passées derrière ses consoles, il a eu envie de s&#8217;incarner pour passer de l&#8217;autre coté du miroir et done de mettre à profit ses qualités de multi-instrumentiste.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">particuliéremente actif et enclin à faire entendre sa musique aux quatre coins du monde progressif, De Angelis a concocté un album à la production étincelante et dont la teneur générale renvoie bizarrement davantage à l&#8217;Angleterre qu&#8217;à l&#8217;Italie.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">The River est en effet une oeuvre soignée qui s&#8217;inscrit prioritairement dans la démarche floydienne de Roger Waters, mais qui s&#8217;avére simultanément soucieuse de se parer d&#8217;ambiances et de mélodies facilment identifiables. C&#8217;est cette volonté, que certains pourront trouver réductrice, qui favorice au contraire l&#8217;affection que l&#8217;on porte a cette musique sans artifice ni prétenction.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">Ce concept-album, porté par le chant élégant de Marcello Catalano et ses vwlléités pop-prog est une oeuvre aux atours clair-obscur, comme si RPWL, Tears For Fear, Peter Gabriel (pour les touches world-music) et done Pink Floyd (au final, tout autant celui de The Wall que de The Division Bell, notamment puor la guitare &#8216;gilmourienne&#8217;)unissaient leur personnalité en un syncrétisme des plus festifs.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">Les 11 morceaux de The River, souvent reliés entre eux, révélent ainsi des arrangements soignés et une volonté de faire glisser leurs développements sans se soucier du dogme progressif.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">Vu le talent flagrant de Marco De Angelis, on ne manquera pas au final de regretter ces références par trop identifiables, mais le corollaire de ce regret est bien sur la certitude de voir germer dans la futur un album débarassé de ces scories.</div>
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					<description><![CDATA[Marco De Angelis is an Italian sound engineer, producer and multi-instrumentalist that has been recording songs ranging between cross-over prog, classic rock with hints of pop music for years. It took me a while before writing about his debut album, The River: Both Sides Of The Story, and the first thing I thought after my...<p><a rel="bookmark" class="loud_button_alt wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs" href="https://www.marcodeangelis.com/2014/07/16/6156/"><span>Continue reading</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<p><b>Marco De Angelis</b> is an Italian sound engineer, producer and multi-instrumentalist that  has been recording songs ranging between cross-over prog, classic rock  with hints of pop music for years. It took me a while before writing  about his debut album, <i>The River: Both Sides Of The Story</i>, and  the first thing I thought after my first listening of it was that this  is a tricky album to listen to: If you&#8217;re expecting a classic prog rock  album, well, you’ll probably think &#8220;crap&#8221;. It happened to me. But I  played it again and again and, yes, the music is actually quite good. <i>The River: Both Sides Of The Story</i> has numerous prog rock moments but for sure it doesn&#8217;t fall in this music genre.<br />
<i>The River: Both Sides Of The Stor</i>y  is a concept album that, as the title itself suggests, deals with the  duality of life: good and bad, male and female, night and day, and so  on. De Angelis played the main part of the instruments on this album and  special guests of the record are the drummer Cristiano Micalizzi and  the singer Marcello Catalano. Their contribution is notable and together  the three artists created an album that is well performed – I  particularly appreciate the electric guitar parts.<br />
My overall opinion about <i>The River: Both Sides Of The Story</i> is that it’s for sure a nice and enjoyable début album but due to the  lack of a profound sound it didn&#8217;t conquer me. I liked the prog rock  moments that are mixed so often with the several pop oriented tracks.<br />
The  album kicks off with &#8216;Tell Me Why&#8217; and you are already into the music  world of the Italian artist. The blend of prog and pop is evident and  constant throughout the eleven movements of the album. From the first  tracks the artist and his band show to have full potential to compose  some good progressive rock. And, in my opinion, that’s the direction  they should look at. ‘Never Look Back’, ‘What Do you Feel Now?’ and  ‘Take It Away’ are the proff of what I’m saying.<br />
Their execution  is perfect and they demonstrate the ability the artist has in the prog  rock sound. Music loses its complexity and deeper sound in songs like  ‘Fly High’ that passes without leaving a mark and if you are looking for  a more complex music, this is not the right album for you.<br />
<i>The River: Both Sides Of The Story</i> contains nice melodies, great instrumental passages and lots of twists  and turns. The combination of the instruments with the voice voices of  Marcello Catalano adds an extra dimension to the music. For sure the  album demonstrates the fact that Marco De Angelis has the talent to do  something more and even better.<br />
What can we do? let’s keep an eye on him!</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; A new review for The River &#8211; Both sides of the story on HIGHLANDS MAGAZINE Thanks to Didier Gonzalez THE RIVER est le premier projet musical du producteur et compositeur italien Marco DE ANGELIS. Celui ci évolue cependant depuis 15 ans dans la musique en tant que producteur indépendant et compositeur. Il a notamment...<p><a rel="bookmark" class="loud_button_alt wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs" href="https://www.marcodeangelis.com/2014/07/11/6158/"><span>Continue reading</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<p>THE RIVER est le premier projet musical du producteur et compositeur  italien Marco DE ANGELIS. Celui ci évolue cependant depuis 15 ans dans  la musique en tant que producteur indépendant et compositeur. Il a  notamment composé pour le cinéma et la publicité Avec THE RIVER, Il joue  pratiquement de to<span>us les instruments  (guitares, stick, basse, claviers&#8230; Seul Cristiano MICALIZZI vient lui  porter main forte à la batterie. Pour le chant, il a fait appel à son  ami Marcello CATALANO. Celui ci chante en anglais de fort belle manière.  Il a un timbre proche de celui de Paul CARRACK et une palette vocale  assez large. Il est soutenu par un quintet choral féminin dénommé  VOCINTRANSITO. Le concept de cet album parle de la dualité dans  l’ensemble que ce soit le bien et le mal, la vie et la mort ou l&#8217;homme  et la femme. L&#8217;album, de 68 minutes comprend 10 titres + 1 bonus.<br />
Après une courte introduction composée d&#8217;un extrait radio, les premiers riffs de Tell<br />
Me Why (5&#8217;21) titre assez rock des années 80 accompagnés de choleurs apparaissent. Le chant est clair. Les vocaux dominent d&#8217;ailleurs ce morceau. Quelques gouttes de pluie et notes de piano  lancent Black Stare (5&#8217;04). La musique monte doucement avec l&#8217;arrivée du  chant. Les sonorités de synthétiseurs et le chant font penser à du  Peter Gabriel mêlé à un refrain plus FM. Le chant revient pour le final  ainsi qu&#8217;un solo de guitare. Les sonorités se font plus pop-rock sur One  Love (5&#8217;04) entre le GENESIS des dernières années et MIKE AND THE  MECHANICS. Quelques digressions instrumentales nous sont proposées De  nouveaux bruitages et une guitare acoustique démarre Snowbound (4&#8217;47).  La voix claire de Marcello CATALANO vient se poser accompagnée de  quelques cordes. Le refrain est encore très FM. Un petit solo de guitare  termine le morceau. Never Look Back (4&#8217;26) repart sur des allures rock  FM avec les choeurs de VOCINTRANSITO. La guitare prend des allures plus  bluesy.<br />
L&#8217;apparition d&#8217;une section de cuivre créée aux claviers sur  This Time (6&#8217;31) ainsi que la section rythmique et le chant de Marcello  CATALANO donnent à nouveau des allures plus que Gabrieliennes et  world à ce titre. Il est cependant entrecoupé de plans floydiens. De  nouveaux extraits de radio lancent Regrets (7&#8217;51) qui débute par un  piano et un chant limpide. La musique prend ensuite plus d&#8217;ampleur et  Marco DE ANGELIS se lance dans un solo gilmourien accompagné des  choeurs. Les claviers sont assez symphoniques. Take It Away (6&#8217;28)  propose un cross over entre MIKE AND THE MECHANICS et le PINK FLOYD des  années 80 avec toutefois une rythmique plus chaloupée. What Do You Feel  Now (6&#8217;12) débute par des synthétiseurs très présents et une guitare  très planante. L&#8217;ambiance est ultra floydienne et sombre. Fly High  (6&#8217;40) est beaucoup plus léger et aérien que son prédécesseur. Le titre  bonus proposé se nomme Our Trail Of Tears. Celui-ci met superbement en  valeur le chant de Marcello CATALANO mais aussi tous les instruments.  Marco DE ANGELIS fait ici preuve de ses talents de producteurs qui sont  indéniables. Le son est puissant et clair. Les compositions sont solides  mais sans surprises et un peu trop easylistening. Elles sont surtout  bourrées de références un peu trop évidentes.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MARCO DE ANGELIS<br />
THE RIVER: BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Productor, compositor, arreglista y multiinstrumentista italiano, Marco de Angelis publica ahora su primer disco como solista, grabado en su propio estudio en Roma. Se trata de un álbum conceptual que tiene como eje principal la dualidad de la vida, aunque no hay un hilo narrativo como tal. Marco se encarga de casi todos los instrumentos (incluido el stick, que el gran Tony Levin hizo popular junto a King Crimson), mientras que Marcello Catalano lleva la voz principal, bastante lograda, y Cristiano Micalizzi se encarga de la batería. La música bascula entre un rock progresivo algo blando y un pop-rock decente. Los referentes son Peter Gabriel («Tell Me Why», con claras reminiscencias de «Come Talk to Me», o la atmosférica «Black Stare») y los Pink Floyd pos Roger Waters («One Love» parece inspirada en la floydiana «One Slip»). De hecho, algunas guitarras parecen tocadas por David Gilmour, como el bonito solo de «Regrets» o «What Do You Feel Now?» (con ecos del totémico «The Wall»). A pesar de que como álbum progresivo suena previsible, como disco de pop-rock tiene suficientes ganchos melódicos, como la citada «One Love» o «Fly High», que podría haber compuesto Neal Morse.</div>
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					<description><![CDATA[A very nice interview with Justin Case Radio (Greece) &#160; MARCO DE ANGELIS (Italy) by:Demetris &#8220;All Around&#8221; He is one of the little chapman stick players of Italy with real prog attitude, with a music diversity and personality. While he is an accomplished musician, he regularly explores different genres and his music is so bombastic...<p><a rel="bookmark" class="loud_button_alt wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs" href="https://www.marcodeangelis.com/2014/04/20/6165/"><span>Continue reading</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">A very nice interview with Justin Case Radio (Greece) </span></span></h1>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 14pt;">He  is one of the little chapman stick players of Italy with real prog  attitude, with a music diversity and personality. While he is an  accomplished musician, he regularly explores different genres and his  music is so bombastic as well as mellow at the same time! His last cd  (&#8220;The river-Both sides of the story)  is one of the “let-to-be-widely-discovered” gems; a contemporary prog  cd with a music that lights the beacons towards a new eclectic mix of  styles with integrity, passion and tremendous creativity. Prog ladies  and gentlemen, MARCO DE ANGELIS from Rome, Italy; all yours, as the best  meal of the day!</span></strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Dear Marco, thank you very much for your participation in that interview! It’s our honor!</span></strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Where are you now? Where this interview finds you?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Home in Rome, working on the video editing of the documentary “The River Live Rehearsal – the making of a live show”</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What a bio! How did you accomplish all those diverse things?</strong> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Time and passion&#8230;..</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>You  are a multi-instrumentalist while you are one out of few players  playing the chapman stick in Italy! I love TONY LEVIN on that, for  example!! Please tell us a few words about how and why you were  interested in playing more than one instruments.</strong> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Probably  curiosity is the right word&#8230;. and the aim to be able to transform in  music what you&#8217;re feeling. Sometime you need to use different sound  palette to do that.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">You  were also in the music business as a sound engineer and you ran your  own studio for some time. How were those experiences? How much time did  you have to concentrate to the excellency of your instruments? How  helpful and effective is for anyone to tackle different musical roles  simultaneously (I am the one to say that I’m motivated by multiple roles  in my life, but this is not the same for everyone!)?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Reading  the main traits of my biography you might think of a person totally  unstable and on the verge of schizophrenia&#8230; I started studying  classical guitar as a child. At age 18 I founded my first band that with  various line ups accompanied me to my early 30. It was a wonderful  time! In 1992 I opened my own recording studio, in business till 2012.  During that time I reduced a lot of my time as a musician, mainly  working as sound engineer and music producer, both in the studio and on  tour. In my spare time, however, I have produced soundtracks for movies  and a couple of my own cd project. Some of the songs featured in The  River have seen their raw form at that time. Then in 2011 I returned to  my first love &#8230;.being a musician. As usual &#8230;&#8230;. Both sides of the  story.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">I could make a parallel, with very little modesty, between me and the much more famous and talented Alan Parson &#8230; </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">So,  to answer your question I think that being confortable in the different  stage of a musical production process is, on my personal view, very  important. Making a good record is a very complex recipe. You have to  have some good songs, the right musical arrangement and a objective  producer&#8217;s ear to achieve the result you hope to reach.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Could  you give us brief description for each song of this record? Also, is  that a thematic/conceptual record or a set of songs? And, if yes, what  is the concept?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Most  of them talk about real life, mine or the people close to me. It&#8217;s all  about how your life can change in a minute. Sometime it&#8217;s your own  choice, sometimes are changes you have to face, even if you wouldn&#8217;t  want to. It can be easy as drink a glass of water, or it can be the  hardest moment in your whole life. But it&#8217;s real life. I think that most  of the listener will find something familiar to them into each song.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Any plans for live sessions for the “The river…”?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Hopefully live shows 2014 and then next album&#8230;. probably 2015.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>You  really seem to have a solid and recognizable style,  playing-for-the-song attitude, but also a dynamic approach with more  freedom elements in your bass sound. How do you accomplish that?</strong> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">To  be honest I don&#8217;t know&#8230;. I just play what I think is the right  partiture for the songs I&#8217;m working on&#8230;. As you have said my main goal  is to play-for-the-song. A good song with strong melody and the right  musical arrangment is much way better that a mere  &#8220;I&#8217;am-the-best-musician-ever&#8221;</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>I  learnt about you from your (first?) album “The river: Both side of the  story”. Your work on that show professionalism, maturity, quality,  goal-setting procedures and emotional variety. My favorites are “Fly  high”, “Our trail of tears”, “Regrets” and “Take it away”. What was your  approach on that record (and in other records too)?</strong> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Basically there is not a standard way for me to write or develop a project.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">In  the case of &#8220;The River&#8221;, the live performance aspect has always been  part of the writing process. At that time I was working as sound  engineer for most of the major Musicals acts touring Italy. So the  theatrical aspect of a concept album began to take form. I started to  have the idea of musical with a concept, an image, a suggestion, that  one of the river, to represent life, with the two river banks  representing the dualism in which all human beings exist: a reality made  up of good and evil, male and female, life and death, night and day. It  is the river that we travel on and in which we identify ourselves,  dragged through by the current and by the whims of chance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">After  a while I thought that the idea of the musical would have been too  tight for me because of the constraints imposed by a script. So I  decided to move towards a more &#8220;conventional&#8221; rock show but mantaining  the visual side of the original idea. I may mention some of the Peter  Gabriel&#8217;s gigs or, with the proper proportion, &#8220;The Wall&#8221;. I have most  of the visual aspect of the future show clear in my mind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">As for the themes and concepts, there is something autobiographicall in The River… but I won’t tell you what…(laugh)</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Do you write lyrics?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Yes. Almost 90% of the lyrics on The River.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Which  are your favorite music songs during your lifetime? Also, your  influences as a musician? Favorite, inspiring, records? And, what do you  listen to at this period?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">You  can find out the list in the question below&#8230;. All the records from  those artist are into my iPod and I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll erase them for a  long time&#8230;</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">What’s your personal philosophy (or mindset) in life? How do you overcome barriers and how do you use your strengths?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">That&#8217;s a good question&#8230; 😉 Maybe I didn&#8217;t find it yet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">But live and follow your dream trying not to harm anybody around you could be a good philosopy to follow.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>According  to your bio, you prefer the UK prog rock scene of the late 60‘s and  70’s. How do you see the contemporary prog scene or/and the prog scene  of 90’sa and 80’s to go back a little bit?</strong> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">I  grew up and start to play guitar listening to the UK&#8217;s Rock &#8211; Prog band  in the &#8217;70s (Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes but also Led zeppelin and Deep  Purple on the hard side of the rock). It&#8217;s been a sort of musical  imprinting. So it&#8217;s natural for me to use that kind of style in my  writing process. I don&#8217;t feel it like something to shame about. I don&#8217;t  try to hide it&#8230;. It&#8217;s me!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">There  were some very good band and solo artist in the 80&#8217;s as well like P.  Gabriel (that I deeply love), Tears for Fears and U2 just to name few.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">My  preferences are not for the many groups that have the technique as  primary quality. Particularly in the last decade prog scene. I mean,  they are great musicians, no doubt. But I prefer something different&#8230;  and you can easily understand what I mean reading the list above.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">You  also come from a prog country, from a historical point-of-view! Rock  Progressivo Italiano is a legendary music for all of us with endless  diamonds and gems! How is the Italian prog scene today? And the music in  Italy in general? How is life in Rome for a musician like you as well?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Well,  as many things that had been &#8220;in vogue&#8221; in the past, Italian music and  prog music in particular are not in &#8220;good health&#8221; at the moment. So I  would say that it&#8217;s not the right place where put your look at if you  want to be a musician. That&#8217;s why I have set my target abroad.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What is prog rock for you? And prog music in general, anyway? We think this is a concept and not a genre, as many believe.</strong> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">I  always loved to tell stories. Something that is not just a snapshot, a 3  minutes pop song is not the way I&#8217;m confortable with. I mean, there are  bright diamonds in the pop music, nowaday as well as in the past  decades. Beatles were incredible in doing that. But I prefer to bring my  listener (and to be driven, when i listen to music) on a more complex  path. That&#8217;s prog music for me. A travel. Hopefully a good one 😉</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Also,  what do you think about the future of prog rock and prog music in  general? Are there any ways for the betterment of its promotion through  internet and other means?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Who  knows? For sure broadcast via internet is a great promotional way. I  would say that the more radio stations like Justin Case there will be  the better it is.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Is there any genre of music that you haven’t played yet and you’d like to play if you had the opportunity?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">No. I know what I like&#8230;.. and I play it.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Tell  us a few things about some of your plans for the short- or the  long-term future. I hope to see you in Greece someday (we will be  definitely in touch with you about that!).</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">As  I told you before, I&#8217;m working on the live show and I really hope to be  there with all the music lovers who would want to be part of it.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">A message from your part for the listeners of JustIn Case Prog Radio and for all prog’n’rollers out there is…</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Keep up the good music and when you find out a record you think is good enough, make a little effort and buy it.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Dear Marco, thanks a lot about answering those few (lol!!!!) questions!</span></strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">With honor, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Demetris “All Around”</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt;">www.justincaseradio.com</span></strong><br />
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Auto-produit – 68’47 – ITA ‘13<br />
Classic rock / Pop prog DP6-CB8</span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span>«Bon, on te l’a mis vu que tu n’étais pas là, tu écris juste cinq lignes et ce sera OK». Faut savoir que nos réunions plénières, qui sont avant tout des réunions de travail même si elles ont gauloises, comportent plusieurs étapes : debriefing du numéro qui vient de sortir, préparation de la table des matières du suivant… et une criée haute en couleurs, animée par Alain Quaniers, pour attribuer les nombreuses promos qu’aucun d’entre nous n’a sélectionnées. Autant dire a) qu’il y a beaucoup de canassons à se répartir, et b) qu’il vaut mieux être présent, faute de quoi on hérite d’une partie de l’écurie. Sauf que… pour le coup, j’ai hérité d’un pur-sang! Né en 1962, Marco de Angel is est un gakifétou, entendez : il joue de la guitare, des claviers, de la basse, du Chapman Stick, il compose, il est ingénieur du son et producteur, possède son propre studio à Rome, et vénère la musique progressive des années 60 et 70. Ça garantit l’expérience, mais quid de la qualité musicale? Voilà, donc, je m’installe, prêt à taper mes cinq lignes vite fait, quand d’un coup mes mains s’éloignent du clavier tandis que je me renverse sur mon siège. Mais c’est très beau ça! Une intro à la guitare et aux claviers sur des accords lumineux, des choeurs à la Moon Safari, c’est Tell Me. Accroché je suis, d’autant plus que le son est superbe : auto-produit, oui, mais du travail de pro! Je ne dérocherai que pour appuyer sur la touche «Eject» à la fin du douzième morceau et prendre une respiration de bien-être. Absolument rien à jeter la-dedans. Je vous cite au hasard : One Love, qui fait immanquablement penser aux albums solos de Neal Morse, Snowbound avec son intro acoustique façon The Wall, le plus floydien encore Take It Away, ou enfin This Time, qui me rappelle… je ne sais pas quoi, mais Seigneur que c’est bien foutu! Clairement, on n’invente rien ici, il n’y a aucune exploration hasardeuse, mais perso, je n’en ai rien à caler : j’ai passé une heure bercé par une musique splendide, plus proche des prés ensoleillés que des écuries. J’espère que ce CD est facile à obtenir (sinon voyez le site web), le bonheur ne s’économise pas.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>Christian Barbier</span> </span></span></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the ones who can&#8217;t read &#8220;small print&#8221;&#8230; on the picture below. Here is the Eclipsed magazine review&#8230;&#160; Artrock MARCO DE ANGELIS „The River – Both Sides Of The Story“ (theriver.it) 7 of 10 Pt. Artverwandt: Marillion; Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd Mit „The River“ hat der Italiener Marco De Angelis endlich seine eigene Musik realisiert,...<p><a rel="bookmark" class="loud_button_alt wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs" href="https://www.marcodeangelis.com/2014/03/27/6168/"><span>Continue reading</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Artrock</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">MARCO DE ANGELIS „The River – Both Sides Of The Story“</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">7 of 10 Pt.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Artverwandt: Marillion; Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd  Mit „The River“ hat der Italiener Marco De Angelis endlich seine eigene Musik realisiert, nachdem er Jahrzehnte lang für andere schrieb und produzierte. Der Chapmanstick-, Gitarren-, Bass- und Keyboardplayer hat seine musikalischen Wurzeln in den Endsechzigern und Siebzigern. Da kommt es ihm sehr entgegen, dass sein Leadsänger Marcello Catalano mal wie Peter Gabriel und mal wie Marillions Steve Hogarth klingt. Die Songs des Konzeptalbums, das sich mit den Themen Fluss des Lebens und Dualität beschäftigt, sind vorwiegend im Midtempobereich angesiedelt und besitzen allesamt eine nachdenkliche Note. Vieles erinnert an die ruhigeren Marillion-Stücke der letzten Jahre. Dafür bietet „One Love“ an Pink Floyd erinnernde Gitarren, lässt „What Do You Feel Now?“ an Alan Parsons Project denken und kommt mit „Regrets“ konzertante- sowie mit „Never Look Back“ gar ein bisschen Stadionrock-Stimmung auf. Die Stücke wurden detailreich und akribisch arrangiert, doch hätte das Drumming an der einen oder anderen Stelle durchaus variabler sein können. Dennoch ein gelungenes Debüt.&nbsp;</div>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kristýna 4 stars Ital Marco De Angelis byl po dlouhá léta znám pouze jako vyhlášený producent a hudební inženýr, nikoli jako aktivní muzikant. Málokdo tedy vedel o jeho kompozicních a interpretacních schopnostech, které v prubehu své dlouholeté práce v hudebním prumyslu nasbíral. Album The River je jeho prvotinou, na které je velmi znát dlouhá doba...<p><a rel="bookmark" class="loud_button_alt wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs" href="https://www.marcodeangelis.com/2014/03/09/6170/"><span>Continue reading</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<strong>Kristýna<br />
<span>4 stars</span></strong>   </span></p>
<p>Ital Marco De Angelis byl po dlouhá léta znám pouze jako vyhlášený  producent a hudební inženýr, nikoli jako aktivní muzikant. Málokdo tedy  vedel o jeho kompozicních a interpretacních schopnostech, které v  prubehu své dlouholeté práce v hudebním prumyslu nasbíral. Album The  River je jeho prvotinou, na které je velmi znát dlouhá doba zrání  hudebního materiálu ve skladatelove hlave, a v neposlední rade také  zalíbení v progresivním rocku (v tomto prípade jeho obrození v prubehu  80. let), kterým se Marco De Angelis nikterak netají.<br />
The River je sbírka skladeb konceptuálního charakteru, která se zabývá  predevším dualitou všeho živého i neživého na tomto svete, tedy  prirozenými a všudyprítomnými protiklady, které také dávají albu dovetek  Both Sides of the Story. Ac bychom toto téma mohli oznacit za spíše  závažnejší, téma snad až filozofického charakteru, Marco De Angelis jej  na své debutní desce pojal pomerne netradicne – skladby jsou prevážne  pozitivne znející, kladoucí duraz na melodicnost a prostou radost ze  hry, které mají následne posluchaci zprostredkovat velice podobné pocity  – tedy zejména radost, dobrou náladu. Texty se rozhodne dají oznacit za  nadprumerné, ackoli jejich kvalita nemá zrovna vzestupnou tendenci a na  desce najdeme i pár prešlapu (napr. Take It Away). Hudebne se deska  pohybuje v mantinelech toho, cemu se ríká klasický neo-prog. Avšak  narozdíl od nekterých velmi kontroverzních zástupcu tohoto žánru, na  jejichž tvorbu se názory neustále rozcházejí, se Marco De Angelis  pohybuje na vlnách velmi príjemné kytarové muziky, kde jsou jeho sólové  nástroje preci jen mírne vycnívající, ale presto ne egoisticky vytavené  do nebeských výšin. Angelis slouží celku, ale presto mu s lehkostí a  grácií dominuje. A tak by to presne melo být. Nekterým skladbách výrazne  pomáhá i užití Chapman Stick. Angelis je jedním z mála italských hrácu  na CS, takže by bylo zrejme hloupé na svou desku nezaradit i tento velmi  specifický strunný nástroj. Treba ve skladbe Black Stare ci One Love  perfektne dopomáhá utvorit celek a posluchaci podsouvá opravdu nádherné  harmonické party.<br />
Instrumentálne je deska velmi dobre sestavená, jednotliví hudebníci se  snaží „jen“ udelat kus poctivé práce a podílet se na této bezesporu  elegantní a sofistikované muzice. Opet se zde nepredvádí žádná  preludování, príklady hrácské virtuozity bychom zde jen težko hledali.  Vše je ale príjemne dotažené do konce a instrumentální složka se  perfektne doplnuje s tou vokální. Výber zpeváku byl zcela jiste také duležitou a nelehkou úlohou, kterou  si musel Angelis pri tvorení a následném zkoušení materiálu projít. Bylo  by však vhodné dodat, že si s tím poradil velmi dobre a angažování  Marcella Catalana, stejne jako zbylých doprovodných vokalistu, bylo  výborným krokem, který jeho hudbu posouvají do naprosto jiných výšin.  Hlas Marcella Catalana není svým zabarvením pro progresivní rock,  potažmo neo-prog zrovna typický, a tak tuto volbu kvituji.<br />
Marco De Angelis me svým prvním hudebním pocinem velice prekvapil. Sám  uvádí, že je velkým fanouškem progresivního rocku 70. let, na tomto albu  to však vypadá, že má mnohem více v oblibe ve stejné dekáde pozvolna  nastupující AOR a popularite se tešící neo-prog z dekády hned  následující. Opravdu, odkazu na legendy klasického progu bychom našli  pramálo, dost možná vubec žádné, avšak svým vyznením se jedná o skutecne  vyzrálý hudební materiál, který – ac není tím pravým príkladem pro  sluvko „progresivní“ – jiste dokáže uspokojit hudebne lacného príznivce  rockové hudby à la Asia. Prímerum ke konkrétním interpretum jsem se sice  chtela vyhnout, ale práve zmínení formace Asia by mohlo být dobrým  vodíkem práve k Marcu De Angelisovi a jeho tvorbe.<br />
Velmi slušná deska, která stojí za pozornost.</p>
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