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Italy - Luna Kafé - Full Moon 4 - 02/22/97
Marlene Kuntz Il Vile is the 2nd album by Marlene Kuntz, after two years from their first work called Catartica. It was recorded between the end of November 1995 and February 1996 under the direction of Gianni Maroccolo, Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti. Marlene Kuntz started playing in 1993 produced by C.P.I. (G.L.Ferretti). They come from different backgrounds, also heavy metal and hard rock, lived around the underground of a small Italian province: Cuneo. These experiences influenced their present sound, together with last decade post punk. They play a "supersonic" music following the low-fi American scene dominated by Pavement and first of all by Sonic Youth: two guitars full of feedbacks and distortion, heavy bass solos, and a deep and angry voice which surrounds everything and creates a sense of anxiety and anguish in those who listen to them. Cristiano's voice mauls and rapes the lyrics he writes, full of sadness, in which he deals with love, fear, mental confusion, doubts and diseases of the youth, mostly "witty alternative" youth that don't feel themselves best represented by present conservative society. In my opinion the slow Come Stavamo Ieri and the aggressive Overflash summarize Marlene Kuntz way of playing very well, here noise and melody are mixed in the best way and Cristiano expresses the power of his vocal chords. I wanna finish my article by including the translation of two significant extracts from such songs as: Come Stavamo Ieri Quanto fa male devastare gli argini del nostro scorrere: How hurtful it is to devastate the banks of our flowing: Retrattile Societa' sa arruolare i suoi filistei Society can enlist its Philistines [Co-writers of this review: Giacomo Pompeo and Silvia Pluchinotta.] Copyright © 1997 Mario Branciforti
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