Living Stilts "Shipwreck"

Country: Italy
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Azafrán Media
Release date: May 19, 2014
Tracklist: 
1 Introducing The Storm
2 Shipwreck At Dawn
3 A Woman Part I Intro
4 A Woman Part I
5 Facing The Winds Of Doom
6 Vertical Memories (Prelude)
7 Vertical Memories
8 A Woman Part II
9 A Dicer’s Oath
10 A Joutney Into The Light
11 A Woman Part III
12 The Traveller
13 Sirens
14 Death And The Merciful Gods

Line-up: 
Maria Tomasello - voice
Antonio Bella - voice
Alfredo Cassotta - drums and percussion
Luca Mavilia - keyboards, arrangements, voice, programming

Description/Reviews: 

Living Stilts is a musical project conceived by the composer Luca Mavilia with the intention of creating evocative soundscapes and letting the listener’s imagination roam.
The project brings together artists, musicians and friends who share the same feelings and a love for the most visionary music. The compositions of Living Stilts are inspired by the fantastical, by the most imaginative art, by fiction and by poetry. The influences range from prog rock and hard rock to Classical music from the Romantic, Baroque and Renaissance periods.
Living Stilts’ creations don’t exhaust themselves over the course of the individual song but should be thought of as suites, and for this reason they favour the concept album form. Voices and instruments are chosen in relation to the colour to be given to the music, and so recited pieces, instrumentals and multiple male and female voices abound.
Living Stilts’ first concept album is called Shipwreck and centres around a vessel’s sinking. On the album various voices impersonate the voyagers, their tragedies and their stories. Shipwreck is a highly varied concept album as regards feel and influences, one where prog is married to more crystalline and rock sounds. 

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