JET LAG

Mostly this is purely fast and complex "hard to play" progressive rock without the earlier mellow & delicate moments, like on "Photos of ghost" and "World became the world". WOW! This record is very loaded: the drums and bass and very fast and complex. There are some very fast and hard rock/bluesy electric guitar parts. Mauro Pagani left the band here, so there are no more woodwind instruments; he is replaced by Gregory Bloch, a very good violinist who does a very good job. The long eponymous song "Jet lag" amazingly sounds like Ozric Tentacles! "Story in la" is a monumental Zappa-esque (circa "One size fits all") chef d'oeuvre. It is impressive to notice all the good synchronization involved here to produce dense tracks! Bernardo Lanzetti still sings here with his annoying voice. The keyboardist can easily be compared to George Duke's in the 70's; many song styles can be associated with the Zappa's work of the mid 70's. The side 2 is less spectacular. There is nothing bad to say about the technical performance, but of course I prefer the earlier stuff.