Three shorter tracks follow, with the spacey Aries first, the synths gradually joined by guitar, wordless vocals and finally a sax solo. Aria Di Rivoluzione has Battiato attempting a raga-style vocal, singing about war and revolution whilst a spoken female voice recites lines by East German dissident/poet and songwriter Wolf Biermann over synth, drumming and sax. The closing Oriente Ad Occidente starts out electronic, but gradually becomes dominated by oboe and mandolin. A mind-boggling variety of sounds packed into 33 minutes then, and a must-hear all round.
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The spoken female voice was credited to Jutta Nienhaus, sadly she left this world today.
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DeleteThanks for the Battiato! I love his synthy stuff but the put off os the vocals...I never enjoyed the fact that always throws in some vocals into the mix when hes better at the instrumental end of the spectrum. Anyway not to be a complainer always appreciate your superbly off ended taste in music.
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