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La maschera della Morte Rossa by Il Babau e i maledetti cretini, released 01 April 2013

1. Danza Macabra
2. La pestilenza
3. Il ballo mascherato
4. 12 i rintocchi
5. La Morte Rossa
6. Dissoluzione finale

I Volume from the TRILOGIA DEL MISTERO E DEL TERRORE
(Trilogy of Mystery and Terror).
"But if I have not had the strength to escape this unfortunate fate, I urge you, do it yourself! Don't listen to this record, don't look at these images, don't read this story. Throw it in the fire before it's too late. God have mercy on us. "[From the preface to the Trilogy of Mystery and Terror].

Conceived from the beginning as a triptych, the Trilogy focuses on three of Edgar Allan Poe's most terrifying tales, turning them into as many (and equally frightening) phonodramas.
Despite the consistency of a taste and a unitary artistic project, each episode is extremely different from the others.
Voice and bird call, guitars and keyboards, drum and ethnic percussions, synth and spring-drums, bells, clocks, music boxes, spring toys etc etc combine to create, strictly live and without the use of samples, a sort of "audiomovie" in which a strongly expressive and dramatic narration is inextricably matched with musical scores inspired by experimental rock and soundtracks of the 70’s.
To further contribute to this kaleidoscopic vision, the complex graphic layout of each release (an illustrated 48-page booklet with the original text opposite) was entrusted to different artists.

LA MASCHERA DELLA MORTE ROSSA (fonodramma I) The Masque of the Red Death.
2013, AMS Records, Vololibero Edizioni, E io pago! Records.
Artwork by S. Garrone.
A sound translation that, drawing with retro taste from a vast collection of not only musical references, recreates the livid, medieval and apocalyptic atmosphere of the story and captures the attention of the listener from the first notes to the tragic epilogue.