AREA, kickass mediterranean prog group.

[alfonso]

I found this on youtube, my favourite prog group ever. It's an Italian group with a Greek singer, born in Egypt. The style is deeply mediterranean, energy is...exploding! Pretty rare stuff...well no more now!

let it grow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s93WVEtc ... re=related

[dawman]

What was his Lead Axe on top of the Rhodes?

[garyb]

for some reason i think of amy camus..errr, Yma Sumac....

[alfonso]

What was his Lead Axe on top of the Rhodes?

Odyssey Mk I (Model 2800)

[Ben Walker]

Fantastic to actually see these guys in action. Great footage.
I still treasure the copy of 'Caution Radiation Area' you gave me when I visited.

More info
http://wm08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=a ... qq5ldje~T2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_%28band%29

http://www.fariselliproject.com/index.html

[Zer]

I found this on youtube, my favourite prog group ever. It's an Italian group with a Greek singer, born in Egypt. The style is deeply mediterranean, energy is...exploding! Pretty rare stuff...well no more now!

let it grow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s93WVEtc ... re=related

I couldn`t help myself, I could`nt hold it back I had to laugh...iiiiiuiuiuiuiuiuiiii...uhuhuhuhuhooooooaooooaooaoouuuuuhhhh...

[Shroomz~>]

The intro sounds like a poor cover of a John Martin track.

[alfonso]

The intro sounds like a poor cover of a John Martin track.

Being it explicitly a folk song of northern Greece, John Martin made a cover too, which is poorer, then, I can only imagine. But if so, what track?

[Shroomz~>]

You're right to dig me up on that comment Alfonso. Hey, no offence meant.

[hubird]

[I couldn`t help myself, I could`nt hold it back I had to laugh...iiiiiuiuiuiuiuiuiiii...uhuhuhuhuhooooooaooooaooaoouuuuuhhhh...

you're probably referring to the use of the singer's voice in the intro.
That's exactly the part I loved to hear most, so opinions can differ obviously

[alfonso]

You're right to dig me up on that comment Alfonso. Hey, no offence meant.

I know that this stuff pertains to an "ancient" era and that it's not in the merry-go-round of the revivals so it might sound obsolete to many younger listeners, but I think that there is some serious musicianship and creativity. I think also that in a place like this forum watching such a musical use of an early Odyssey's knobs, faders and keys is particularly useful what our tools can do more than some clocked bleeps or space pads, and I put myself in the first place as a learner.

[hubird]

right

[Shroomz~>]

I know that this stuff pertains to an "ancient" era and that it's not in the merry-go-round of the revivals so it might sound obsolete to many younger listeners, but I think that there is some serious musicianship and creativity.

There certainly is. These guys are tantamount to being legends technically, but I still think that intro sounds like a John Martin track (Not sure which one without digging out old stuff & I don't know who influenced who though).