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"Hanging Gardens" Review Featured In Baroque And Roll
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Marco Ferrigno
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Review of "Hanging Gardens"
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By: Andy Craven
hree years after his last release under the "Ferrigno, Leal, Kuprij" banner Marco
Ferrigno is back with more neo-classical firepower and this, his debut solo album
is a very intricately detailed release with a lot of fretwork but also a lot of
melody. One of the most immediate comparisons to Marco's very fluid style of play
is similar to that of George Bellas and its not real surprise to discover that
Marco has taught under George. That said you the two are quite easily seperable
as you find out on the track Bellas guests on.
The album opens with the progressive "Temple Of Time" which sees a nice mix of
slower melodic lead lines and faster licks and runs. Musically Marco has a very
tight backing band in the guise of bass legend Tony Franklin (Blue Murder / The
Firm) and drummer Marco Minnemann. As mentioned we get a guest appearance from
George Bellas on the second track "Night In Babylon" and this is another more
progressive offering and again a nice mix of fast and slower passages. What
really put the progressive slant into this release in the Marco's use of odd
tempos, poly-rhythmic lines and time modulations based on a 16th and 8th note
pulse, so there is no real Malmsteen style harmonic minor burners here with the
final track "Closer To The Wind" getting the nearest to that territory of
neo-classical.
Overall Marco has produced an enjoyable album which has a lot of guitar flash
backed up by sound backing tracks and that hold the interest. My only criticism
would be that the tracks all seem to be around the same sort of tempo but this
minor flaw doesn't devalue the end product and the album comes recommended.
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Andy Craven / Baroque And Roll
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