Perhaps better known as the keyboard and
musical mastermind behind Twinspirits, Genius
Rock Opera, Cosmics and Khymera; the
multi-talented Daniele Liverani is also a
guitarist of considerable skill as his new
instrumental album "Eleven Mysteries" testifies
on 20 July 2012.
While
“Eleven Mysteries” is basically a guitar
oriented album, the overall vibe of all the
songs is definitely more like a “Conceptual
instrumental album” where guitar has the
role of a “virtual singer”. Musically
there's some intense shred, but also some
very melodic moments, and the musicianship
and arrangements of the talented line up
involved helped to create a wide variety of
atmospheres and different musical moments;
due to the skills and different influences
of the various musicians.
However,
this not only an album for guitar lovers, but
for anyone that appreciates musical composition
on a more general level with lots to discover in
and each and every track along with a first
class production. On the diverse nature of
material Daniele says, “I think there's a very
cinematic feel in the packaging of these 11
songs. The listening experience is really very
close to a visual experience due to lots of
ambient sounds, processed samples and speeches’
included in songs key spots. Also after many
years I got back to guitar in a serious way, and
practised a lot, experimented on sounds etc like
I probably never did before, and I think this
can be heard in the production of the album, I
dedicated a lot of time to this aspect”.
Whilst the
guitar work is undoubtedly the lead instrument,
there is also an excellent backing from three
new musicians that Liverani has discovered in
the last few years and welcomes drummer Paco
Barilla’, bassist Tony Dickinson and keyboardist
Marco Zago to the scene. On his new musical
partners Liverani proudly states: “These 3
gifted musicians I discovered have given a fresh
feel to this album and I'm very happy about the
result”.
Discussing his new release Daniele Liverani
comments: “My personal goal was to give a
voice to my guitar playing and try to express
and communicate on a musical level (with no
lyrics) some emotional concepts that I was
interested lately, about life issues, afterlife,
philosophy and human interactions. The whole
musical journey of the album runs through some
basics of human life and spirituality, in
particular 3 aspects which are interaction of
Body, Spirit & Personality and their involvement
in life's events. Basically it's a guitar
oriented instrumental album, but there's plenty
of phrases added here and there, processed in an
artistic way. There are some lyrics in the album
on a spoken/efx form that can lead the listener
through all the listening and emotional process.
Lately, I read a lot of Philosophical books,
historical events books and did a lot of
research about different cultures regarding
common aspects like life, death, after death,
and different ways of thinking. I tried then to
sum up all concepts that caught my attention and
tried to synthesize them in some key phrases and
developed music that could describe the feel of
each conceptual issue. I would like to point out
that all songs were written by me, except song
“Giving” that was written by talented keyboard
player Marco Zago. I always wrote all music in
my solo albums in the past, but this musician
wrote and offered me a great track that turned
out to be perfect for a specific chapter of this
concept, and I was very happy to let him
contribute with that song for this album”.
Daniele Liverani – Eleven Mysteries is released
in July 2012 on Lion Music.
• Accessible instrumental offering from a seasoned
musician •
• Strong mix of shred and melodic moments within
interesting song textures •
• Daniele Liverani is available for interview via
email or phone •
• Reviews in all leading rock/metal press (printed
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