What happens when you combine the sounds of the Progressive
genre mixed in with elements of the Canterbury scene, Rock Progressivo Italiano,
Rock in Opposition, Avant-Rock, and Electronic music rolled into one? You’d get
a mixture of an unexpected welcome like exploring into another infinite world.
And Paolo “Ske” Botta is the man on the job. Botta is a very busy man when it
comes to projects like: Not a Good Sign and Yugen to name a few, and he has a
nickname that is called “Ske.” And he has released his solo debut released in
2011 on the Fading Records label called, 1000
Autunni.
When you listen to his solo project, Paolo goes into various
directions whether it is beautiful, surreal, odd, or mind-boggling at times on
his keyboard, he knows exactly where he would take the band members into in
which there are 14 players including that some of the members from Yugen and
Empty Days to name a few including Francesco Zago, Giuseppe Jos Olivini, and
Maurizio Fasoli to name a few. Botta is almost like a conductor and composer
that tells them which direction he wants to go into and they would follow him
where he would take them into next.
There are some odd time changes and various themes in consonances
and the harmonies are in there from the moment the compositions are in the
right movement at the right time. Not to mention the elements of Gentle Giant,
Terry Riley, Hatfield and the North, Frank Zappa, and Samla Mammas Manna and it
shows how much inspirations are inside the project that Botta brought into. And
the female vocalizations, reminded me also of the Northettes that show a bit of
the Canterbury and Zappa sounds coming into the groove.
The booklet also has this wonderful picture images and the
names of the compositions in which it has this black and white atmosphere that
has a 1940s touch to it. And it’s a perfect
bundle that fits well. This is my fourth time listening to Botta’s solo project
of 1000 Autunni. And I have to say I
was really impressed of what he had brought here with those twists and turns on
here.
And I can’t wait to see what he would do next on his project
whether it’s from either Yugen, next solo project or Not a Good Sign, he knows
what to do next. So if you love some of the inspirations of the Canterbury
sound, RIO, Zappa, and Riley to name a few, then Ske’s solo project is worth the monumental trip to explore and be prepared to experience the different time signatures on
what he will come up with the next the moment you put it on from beginning,
middle, and end.
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