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(Mangala Vallis) - "Intergalactic Live (DVD) Video"

Label -
Reviewed by:

Erik Neuteboom

www.progwalhalla.com

Genre:
Prog
Country:
Italy
Length:
143 minutes
Release Date:
5/2009
Band Members: Bernardo Lanzetti / vocals, glovox Gigi Cavalli Cocchi / drums and percussion
  Mirco Consolini / guitars, backing vocals Nicola Millazo / guitars
  Riccardo Sgavetti / bass Cristiano Roversi / keyboards Releases information
 
"Prog Decennio" Zoetermeer - Holland; 20 May 2006
 
Track Listing: 1.)-The boy that howls at the moon 10.)-The journey
  2.)-Call me alias 11.)-Is the end the beginning?. Prog'Sud" Marseilla (France)
  3.)-Lycanthroparty/Hum/Animal song 12.)-Interview and concert excerpts including "Impressioni di Settembre
  4.)-Days of light Bonus Tracks "Lycantropus Ducalis"
  5.)-A new century 13.)-the boy that howls at the moon (videoclip)
  6.)- Traveler 14.)-the mask (videoclip)
 
"Jungle Sound" - Milano; 19 October 2006
 
  7.)-The mask  
  8.)-The transparent and the obscure  
 
"Teatro Magnani" - Fidenza; 26 November 2005
 
  9.)-Cosmotraffic jam  

Review:

Singer Bernardo Lanzetti is a big name in the Classic Italian Progrock, he was a member of Acqua Fragille (that made two albums in the early Seventies) and legend PFM (between 1975 and 1978 Bernardo joined PFM on three albums) so I was pleasantly surprised that this progrock veteran had decided to join new and promising band Mangala Vallis since the strong second album Lycanthrope in 2005 (on the debut CD The Book Of Dreams in 2002 he had already a guest role on one track). This DVD is a registration of the 2006 European tour, it contains one concert in Holland (6 tracks in De Boerderij in Zoetermeer) and two in Italy (2 tracks in Milan and 3 tracks in Fidenza) along some interesting extras. - Watching this DVD I notice that singer Bernardo Lanzetti adds an extra dimension to pleasant blend of symphonic rock and neo-prog that six piece formation Mangala Vallis delivers.

Not only with his distinctive voice but also with his obviously Peter Gabriel inspired gestures, facial expressions and the phrasing in his vocals. But he is not the only one who has an important role in the sound of Mangala Vallis. I also enjoyed the lush vintage sound of the keyboards: violin - , flute – and choir-section of the unsurpassed Mellotron on a Roland U 20 keyboard, a Minimoog sound on the Nord Lead synthesizer and a Hammond sound on the digital Hammond-Suzuki XB-2. Especially on the highlight The Boy That Howls At The Moon it’s vintage keyboard time but the composition A New Century also features lots of Trons! The guitarists use ‘a small vintage guitar museum’, I noticed a Gibson ES 345 and Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster and Fender Telecaster (legends in the guitar history): in the track Call Me Alias one of the guitarists plays on a Fender Stratocaster with delicate use of a bottle neck and in the track Days Of Light we can enjoy the guitarist playing on a red – and white Fender Stratocaster, for me these are almost magical elements!

The songs Lycanthroparty/Hum/Animal (in Holland) and Cosmotraffic Jam and The Journey (both in Fidenza) are embellished with animations, to me it looks like a fine visual element on this DVD, like the two interesting bonus video clips (entitled Lycanthrope Ducalis) The Boy That Howls At The Moon and The Mask. The ‘Milan session’ was recorded live in the studio, a nice feature. To complete my review I have to mention that this DVD also contains an interview and concert excerpts including PFM’s composition Impressioni Di Settembre. -- The total running time of this DVD is 143 minutes so lots to enjoy, highly recommended, what a strong new band Mangala Vallis is, watch it now, now, now!

www.progwalhalla.com

 

 

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