DAEDALUS

After six albums and four years of silence, Daal is back, formed as always by the duo Alfio Costa-Davide Guidoni (the first on keyboards, the second on percussion). "Daedalus" partly takes up the type of compositional philosophy of Decalogue of Darkness and is made up of 6 medium and long duration songs. The intent was to address issues relating to the history of Icarus, the desires and fears most hidden in human nature, culminating in the famous flight that proved fatal for Icarus. The cover portrays a double Icaro (or perhaps Icaro in the company of his father) while electric tension flows in the veins is beautiful! Overall "Daedalus" moves on the typical tracks of the group, a real trademark, assisted as always by the guitarist Ettore Salati and the bassist Bobo Aiolfi, engaged in the interpenetration of an album that begins with great pomp with the 15 minutes of "Journey trought the spiral mind part. I". An icy effect creeps into a repetitive goblin-style piano round that includes a second part with Ettore Salati's guitar in evidence, a dark and melancholy melody that opens a vortex towards the dark. The last 5 minutes are a compendium of the best Pink Floyd (those of A Saucerful of Secret to be clear). Huge track !!! "Icarus Dream" instead is characterized by a strong and powerful rhythm, open to variations that could even appear in a metal record. There are setbacks that recall the foggy atmospheres of the last King Crimson. In this context, Ettore Salati's distorted comments on the six strings fit very well. "In My Time of Shadow" "is a melancholy ballad, in its way also quite intense, accompanied by an amazing video clip, "Labyrinth66" is the apex of the disc!!! a long piece divided into two parts completely opposite to each other, the first very infernal and experimental, the second of excellent progressive workmanship, as a vole means travel and escape from the famous labyrinth of Knossos. In the 13 minutes of duration there is the whole Daal world that we have come to know over the years. The second part of "Journey trought the spiral mind" closes the work (oh yes ..... it's a 20-minute suite divided into two tracks !!!) Which clearly recalls the great endings of their previous albums (Dodecahedron part XII, Decalogue of Darkness part x) Magniloquent and solemn.

Winning formula does not change; Daal wanted to exploit elements familiar to them, manipulating the sound material with great mastery and professionalism! If Daedalus had been released a few decades ago on vinyl, lovers of certain sounds would have done everything to grab it even at quite high figures.