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DFA ::
Work In Progress Live
This new CD from DFA on
Moonjune
Records is actually a pleasure to review-It was early afternoon on
June 17th, 2000 when DFA took the stage at Zoellinger Arts Center in
Bethlehem, PA. The International accredited North East Art Rock Festival (Nearfest)
gave host to the first ever-live performance in the USA. What makes this
CD more special is the Prog4you gang was there to view the concert. We
were treated to something very special.
So it came as no surprise to us when we received the CD. We could not
wait to review it. First of all, it is a pleasure to hear such a high
quality recording job done live by
Mike
Potter of Orion Studios
Mobile, at the Center during Nearfest 2000.
The CD was then mixed and remastered by Giampaolo Righetti at Tobacco
Road Studio, “ Villa Fontana” Italy-in April, May of 2001.
Again we never heard of DFA or had any knowledge whom they were.We can
only say that we thank the folks over at Nearfest for bringing us good
quality musicians, and they delivered on DFA. The quartet is made up of
Silvio Minella on Guitars, Luca Baldassari on electric bass, Alberto De
Grandis on drums, vocals, and Alberto Bonomi on keyboards and vocals.
The band was ready for it’s first serving of an American audience with
a good ear for music. This is a well-balanced and mostly instrumental
album with a few songs that have vocals. The music is well structured
and complex at times. The band was able to tune everyone in the audience
not by their stage presence but by the atmospheric rhythms and the music
that had the people dancing in their seats. The talented musicians
worked off each other and they were simply flawless. The audience fed
off that atmospheric progressive stream and showered the band with
it’s own appreciation by applauding time after time louder and louder.
The band simply connected with the audience.
For fans that were at Nearfest this is definitely a collectors piece.
For people that have never heard of DFA go hear what you’ve been
missing. This is a great CD
Rating nine out of ten keyboards
Reviewer: George Roldan
You can purchase DFA's Work In Progress at
Go check out DFA's official homepage at
E-mail:
DFA
Discography
Lavori
In Corso (1997)
Duty
Free Area (1999)
Review Date
08/03/01
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