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VISCUM ALBUM Put two veteran 70's jazz-funkers in the studio for a few days with three "new generation" devotees of the style, let 'em rip on a wide variety of material - straight songs, catchy riffs, weird atmospheres - and, if you're lucky, you get something as satisfying as this! The musicians were (and thus you are) very fortunate indeed; the studio and engineer were top-notch, the mood relaxed and hassle-free, the group's collective creative vibe strong and the audiofunometer constantly "in the red"! Danilo Visco is a young bassist from Southern Italy developing a unique approach to fretless soloing, eschewing flashy technique and tricky stock riffage for speech-based phrasing the bewitching emotional power of which, on his audiences, is utterly amazing. This album, which features 11 of his original compositions, is a fine achievement in itself as well as an exciting promise of greater things to come. Mark Harris Milan, March 2005 p.s. "Viscum Album" is Latin for (white) European mistletoe - that most mysterious, magical and holy plant of old - and letting this CD "hang" in your house is guaranteed to bring kisses, fertility and good luck! ;-) |