Nova - Vimana (1976)[ape][jazz rock][TNT]

Nova - Vimana



DETAILS

Label : ARTYCD138
Format : CD, Reissue
Country : UK (Rem. Jap)
Year : 1976
Remastered : 2005
Genre : Jazz, Rock
Style : Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock

TRACKS

1. Vimana : 7:21
2. Night Games : 9:37
3. Poesia (To A Brother Gone) : 5:06
4. Thru The Silence : 5:43
5. Driftwood : 10:01
6. Princess And The Frog : 7:46



CREDITS

Soprano/Alto/Tenor Saxophone, Flute : Elio D'Anna
Lead Vocals, Guitars, Marimba : Corrado Rustici
Electric Guitar : Danilo Rustici
Keyboards, Synth, Clavinet, Piano : Renato Rosset
Drums : Narada Michael Walden
Bass : Percy Jones
Percussion : Phil Collins
Arranged By : Nova
Lyrics By : Nick J Sedgwick

Recorded and mixed at Trident Studios, London, 06/08 1976

INFO / BIO

«More active abroad than in Italy (where only one of their 4 albums was released), Nova are a unique case of an Italian progressive group that spent almost all of its career in foreign countries. After the split of Uno , former Osanna founders

Elio D'Anna

and

Danilo Rustici

stayed in London and formed another band called Nova with other well-known Italian musicians as

Corrado Rustici

from Cervello and

Dede Lo Previte

from Circus 2000 . The band, with a stronger jazz-rock influence than their previous groups, released their first album, Blink , in 1976, aided by such big names as

Pete Townshend

and with help from lyricist

Nick J.Sedwick

(who also wrote the lyrics for Uno). An usual Osanna feeling is still in the air, but the style is changing to a more commercial kind of music. Only two of the six tracks are instrumental, the singer role been taken by Corrado Rustici, and the album has some good moments.»

Since the following LP their records never gained an Italian release, the band having now stably moved to England and, since 1978, to the USA. Second album, Vimana , saw the band reduced to a trio, original members Elio D'Anna and Corrado Rustici augmented by ex-New Trolls Atomic System 's keyboardist

Renato Rosset

and with help from international stars like

Percy Jones

(bass - BrandX ),

Narada Michael Walden

(drums - Mahavishnu Orchestra ),

Phil Collins

(percussion - Genesis ). Though some of the typical Osanna/Cervello sound elements can still be heard (listen to Elio D'Anna's sax or Corrado Rustici's frantic guitar), the band's style is slowly approaching a mainstream jazz-rock with a funky edge, and the last two albums will go to a lower level.»

«The fourth and last one, Sun city was recorded in the USA in 1978 and showed a harder sound with the magic guitar of Corrado Rustici (one of the most talented guitarists from that era) in great evidence.D'Anna then returned to Italy for a career as producer, leaving the musical scene to completely disappear, while Corrado Rustici stayed in the USA, returning back to Italy where he's long collaborated with such artists as Zucchero and Elisa , both as musician and producer. During their early days in England with Nova, both Elio D’Anna and Corrado Rustici (credited on the cover as Carrado Rusticci!) appeared on the 1976 album Sunset wading by Caravan’s bass player John G.Perry.»

Fonte

: italianprog.com


DISCOGRAPHY

1975 - Blink - FLAC
1976 - Vimana - APE
1977 - Wings of Love - FLAC
1978 - Sun City - FLAC

PREVIEW

Full Album  (45:34)



NOTES

EAC Logs , CUE , Covers files included - More informations (italian) on TNT VILLAGE