''Melos'' is a

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

album released in 1973 by the Italian band

Cervello Cervello ("Brain") is a band from Italy. History Cervello was formed by musicians from Naples. Corrado Rustici, then 17 years old, was the younger brother of Danilo Rustici, who was the guitarist of another popular rock band from Naples of these ...

. The lyrics focus around an interpretation of the singing from a

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point of view. The music is a successful fusion of Mediterranean sounds with typical complex progressive rock ones, as well as with experimental parts. Flutes are dominant in much of the songs, as four members of the band played that instrument.

Track listing

All music composed by Gian Pietro Marazza; all lyrics by Ermanno Parazzini #"Canto del capro" – 6:30 #"Trittico" – 7:14 #"Euterpe" – 4:27 #"Scinsione (T.R.M)" – 5:39 #"Melos" – 2:52 #"Galassia" – 5:45 #"Affresco" – 1:11

Personnel

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Corrado Rustici Corrado Rustici (born 1957) is an Italian musician, songwriter and producer. Recording career Rustici was a founder member of the Naples-based progressive rock group Cervello. The band recorded the album '' Melos'' in 1973, with Rustici on guitar ...

- guitar, vibes, flute, voice *Giulio D'Ambrosio - flute, saxophone *

Gianluigi Di Franco Gianluigi Di Franco (5 January 1953, in Capri – 19 March 2005, in Naples) was an Italian singer. In the early 1970s he joined the brothers Corrado and Danilo Rustici and formed the progressive rock band Cervello. The group disbanded after one alb ...

- voice, flute, percussions *Remigio Esposito - drums *Antonio Spagnolo - bass, acoustic guitar, recorder

References

External links

www.corradorustici.com Corrado Rustici's official website

www.progreviews.com

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