Ys

Artist: Balletto Dibronzo
Label: Umvd Import
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 731452369321
EAN: 0731452369321
ASIN: B000009GPM

Release Date: 2003-12-18

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Tracks:

Introduzione
Primo Incontro
Secondo Incontro
Terzo Incontro
Epilogo
La Tua Casa Comoda(Bonus Track)

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Customer Reviews:

amazing.......2006-04-16

I was turned onto this album in Mexico over 6 years ago and found
it fascinating from the start. It's a heady and aggressive piece of music divided into five tracks that by turns reminds you of
bands as diverse as Soft Machine, King Crimson, ELP and even some
more recent stuff like Univers Zero and Mars Volta.

It does however mange to somehow exist, live and breathe entirely
in it's own world thanks to the otherworldly keyboard and vocal
delivery by Gianni Leone. Painting with piano, mellotron, moog,
spinet and organ, he creates a rich and dark tapestry, while also
showing some prodigious chops on both instruments. The rhythm
section of Gianchi Stringa (drums) and Vito Manzari (bass) play
nimbly underneath, effortlessly grooving through various time
signatures and tempo changes. The playing is a bit sloppy by
british standards but I don't anybody who's into this sort of
weird, wonderful music will care much. The guitar, in the person
of Lino Aiello is manic, at times given the impression of being
on the verge of collapse yet always holding the music together
with savage bursts that lie somewhere between Elton Dean's sax
in soft machine and the wilder of Jimi Hendrix's solos. Sweet.

Sure, the sound is a bit dated and yes, the composition seems a
bit clumsy at times, but this album is essential for anyone who
enjoys original, intense prog. As a bonus, you get the single
'La Tua Casa Comoda', a nice little pop ditty. Worth every penny
if you like adventurous music.

Supreme Italian Prog Masterpiece!.......2005-10-23

Italy had it's fair share of good prog rock bands. some of the bigger ones that spring to mind are Goblin, PFM, or Banco. those bands put out some great music but never really broke new ground that wasn't already being dug into by other bands like King Crimson, Yes, etc. not that the Italians were ripping off anyone's style, but they all seemed to have their place safely within "mainstream" prog circles. but for those who can appreciate some of the more "out there" style of prog rock from bands like Magma, or even Japan's Hundred Sights Of Koenji, then this album from Il Balletto Di Bronzo comes highly recommended. there is a manic, and frantic kind of mood to this record, esp. in the synthesizers. it sounds like the keyboard player couldn't keep his hands still; but his playing is fabulous and his sound manages to push the songs into an even higher stratoshpere. the guitars are also cool and very acid rock with some surprisingly heavy licks that wouldn't sound out of place in some of today's more angular post-rock groups. the vocals range from morose crooning to creepy gang choruses and of course, operatic bellowing. but it's all in good taste and shows great talent and an ear for variety. these songs are long, drawn out epics full of twists and turns that make me feel like i'm in some kind of torch-lit Italian catacombs searching for an exit. Y's is a dark and powerful rock and roll record that reveals new strange worlds with each listen. killer band photos, too, by the way. love the wooly boots!

BEWARE THE DANCING SKELETONS.......2005-10-08

They hold within a hidden JOY. Secretely they ride mysterious floating vehicles, made from decayed men, capable of transcending through various realms between the physical and alternate realities. Skulls appear to smile because they are. They know the truth that lies therein, once the flesh rots away. You must join them. Help them. Become them. They invite you to stay, lest you stink alone. You have entered the realm of YS. Like an amusement park ride where the operator kicks the controls into high gear until bodies are hurled off in tandem with the vomit. Then the rush of euphoria is slowed down just long enough for you to catch a breath. But that breath is borrowed. They have come to collect. MAKE IT STOP!! And now the fun begins. These skulls with their connected skeletal remains laugh and dance before the flames, but if you look hard enough you can see the strings. One of 'em stirs a big black cauldron. Sometimes a head or another body part will float up from the bubbles and smoke. He stirs with a human leg, and it ain't his own. PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MEN BEHIND THE CURTAINS. They are the brains inside these laughing skulls. They control not only the skeletons but also the demented carousel operator. They are working a spell on your mind as well. They play tricks on you. They relax you with melody or even make you laugh with their hokeyness. Be not amused for too long with their craftiness, for the true objective is to be revealed. Those remarkable keyboard arpeggios and precise rhythm passages you hear are really something else. Something sinister and forboding is in your cd player. It will give you chills and make your skin crawl. And no, its not the weather. QUICK! Run! Hurry while the music slows down!!! Ah, but they pursue, inch by obsconded inch. Like some twisted cacaphonic nightmare when you try to run but you end up being pulled backward, you fight with all your being, but to no avail you descend back into the fresh grave they have so lovingly prepared for you. Look back and their hands, though strong and omnipotent, are invisible and omnipresent. (This happens at 4:42 , track 5, and if you listen hard enough, you can hear the witches shreik and wooo--oooh-aaahhh in delight. Alas the music stops, and the witches sing unaccompanied. Thus ends YS. The rest of the CD is a bonus track single or something tht has nothing to do with the original album. The lunatic who smiles as if possessed by demons, euphoric in his torture, he knows. He's been there. He laughs at YOU because you're next. He loves the black night, the skeletons, the flying bats, the cold chill, the chorusing withces, and that incredible drummer. He digs that creepy organ. Those organs. All those spare parts scattered about. He dances like a madman to balletto di bronzo because, well because he is a madman, and balletto is his favorite group, his only group. The anthem of his madness, YS, has been playing over and over in his head since 1972.

Great Italian Prog album........2005-09-29

My english is not very good(i'm in Mýxico), but here i go... By listening to Ys its easy to understand why it became a leyend. For a 1972 recording, it sounds pretty new. Ys is a rock opera about an old, technified city (five tracks), but this edition contains a bonus track named "La tua casa comoda", where they used a Xilophone or something similar, that results in a great moment for the ears.
The bass is just great, from jazz to crazy prog to lead... You can hear a lot of instruments with keyboards, like mellotron or piano. Those instruments gives Ys a touch of greatness.
The album sounds a little bit dark and psychodelic, but in general is classic Italian prog.
***
Espaýol: Al escuchar Ys es fýcil comprender por quý se convirtiý en una leyenda. El sonido suena bastante adelantado para 1972. Se trata de una ýpera rock sobre Caldea, una vieja ciudad altamente tecnifizada (5 pistas), pero esta ediciýn contiene la pista adicional "La tua casa comoda", en la que se puede escuchar un xilýfono o algo parecido, que el oýdo agradece. Destaca el bajo, que por momentos va bastante cargado de jazz, ejecuta caprichosas figuras progresivas y por momentos lleva la voz cantante. Hace una buena pareja con los instrumentos de teclado. Buena parte de su grandeza se desprende de esa mancuerna.
Encuentro que puede sonar un poco oscuro por momentos y sicodýlico tambiýn, en parte gracias a los coros.

Simply great!.......2003-05-18

I could sum up this entire recording in one word...WOW! Dark and brooding, intense and sinister. I simply cannot believe this came out when it did! Just buy it, for no other reason than to have something to blow away all of your friends Black Sabbath, Sepultura, or White Zombie CDs come Halloween time!

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