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Berserk!: Berserk!

Read "Berserk!" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


What, you might ask, qualifies a record as Berserk? In this case, going Berserk! combines a string of cunning abstracts, tinted with goofy metrics, blistering progressive-rock etudes, anti-pop, heavy metal and ghostly ambient electronics effects. The masterminds are Italians, vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari and bassist Lorenzo Feliciati. Perhaps the leaders overdosed on energy drinks, given the sheer power and zany underpinnings they bring to the table.With alternating personnel including, New York City-based keyboard wizard Jamie Saft and ex-King ...

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Berserk!: Berserk!

Read "Berserk!" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


Bassist Lorenzo Feliciati is the driving force behind Naked Truth, whose Ouroboros (RareNoise, 2012), featuring trumpeter Graham Haynes, is an invigorating sonic slab of post-Miles Davis post-jazz-rock. Feliciati and vocalist Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari here convene a coterie of like-minded post-everything musicians to go Berserk!The hybrid music they make takes Naked Truth as a starting point and stretches in some new directions, notably that of various forms of heavy metal. Their ecumenical enthusiasm obviates the need to define what ...

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Two Formidable Figures Go Berserk! - Lorenzo Feliciati & Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari Join Forces On Rare Noise Release

Two Formidable Figures Go Berserk! - Lorenzo Feliciati & Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari Join Forces On Rare Noise Release

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Lorenzo Esposito - Fornasari Voice, Guitars, Organ, Effects Lorenzo Feliciati - Bass (electric & acoustic) Gianluca Petrella - Trombone and Effects Eivind Aarset - Guitars Jamie Saft - Keyboards Fabrizio Puglisi - Piano, Arp Odyssey Sandro Satta - Alto Sax Cristiano Calcagnile - Drums, Effects Pat Mastelotto - Drums, Electronic Percussion Simone Cavina - Drums ABOUT THE LABEL - Rare Noise Records ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Berserk!

RareNoiseRecords
2013

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