Art & Illusion - Monolithos

Art and Illusion-Monolithos-1993-Mellow records - mmp196 OOP CD
Review by progarchives.
The history of this band is so complicated, it's a wonder they ever stuck together long enough to record any album. They started off as a live act covering bands like GENESIS, MARILLION, JETHRO TULL and PINK FLOYD in various local clubs. They've also participated in numerous compilation and tribute albums. In between gigs  and through a continuous turnover of musicians that threatened the band's inner equilibrium  they've managed to record their first album in 1990. At last count, the group consisted of Luca Sabia on lead vocals and guitar (the only member from the original line-up); Alberto Callegari on bass, mandoline, flute, backing vocals, keyboards and samplers; Paolo LisΓ© on drums and percussion; and Barbara Martini on keyboards and backing vocals.
None of their three albums really break any grounds, yet they offer an interesting mix of the bands mentioned above: melodious and subt...
The history of this band is so complicated, it's a wonder they ever stuck together long enough to record any album. They started off as a live act covering bands like GENESIS, MARILLION, JETHRO TULL and PINK FLOYD in various local clubs. They've also participated in numerous compilation and tribute albums. In between gigs – and through a continuous turnover of musicians that threatened the band's inner equilibrium – they've managed to record their first album in 1990. At last count, the group consisted of Luca Sabia on lead vocals and guitar (the only member from the original line-up); Alberto Callegari on bass, mandoline, flute, backing vocals, keyboards and samplers; Paolo Lisé on drums and percussion; and Barbara Martini on keyboards and backing vocals.

1 Picasso's Cloud (Cosmic Sanctuary For Time-Jumping Freaks)
2 Monolithos
3 Now Or Never
4 The Stone
5 The Wild Wind
Mr. Mindflower And Mouthpiece The Elf
6 Walking Behind The Sad Theatre
7 Travelling With Mouthpiece The Elf
8 Meta Enter
9 Präambel To Mr. Mindflower's Dream
10 Mr. Mindflower's Dream
11 Meta End
12 Nuts
13 The Aleph

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