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3/25/2011

Hox Vox - The Wanderer (2011)


9.1

/Progressive rock, Avant-prog, Sound collage, Crossover, Avant-garde, Jazz, Latin music/

Comment: Gianluca Missero, a prog-head from Venice, embarks on The Wanderer from an ironic point of view - with samplings by Iggy Pop`s Passenger pouring it over with sound effects and a speech line. Upon it the clear-cut cuttings and sudden starts of progressive rock chords and rhythmic revel will be brought forth, including the details from latin rhythms, funky bass thudding, jazz-hued interventions and electronic undercurrents. A hectic business as usual. Just 5 tracks, yet much enough for a spectacular ambience to be evoked and marvelled. Although the whole is aesthetically multi-layered, it is seamlessly elaborated and subsequently accomplished indeed.