His new album, Dreamsongs, is his first full-length record in
English and completely self-produced and released. The album
opens with the track, "Dream Song," a surprisingly charming
composition that combines a banjo, flute, hand-clapping and
layers of harmonic vocals. Dreamsongs' opener leaves the
listener wondering if there is more to this promising talent.
The answer comes as the next track "Touch By A Cloud"
unfolds, with its feel-good, almost intoxicating, charm - a nice
representation for the 'dream concept' Arcangeli employs so
well. "Oil Crash," with its celestial acoustics and accompanying
flute, is yet another bright, memorable song. The upbeat blues
rock sound of "I Cannot Wait" demonstrates the late 60s sound
Arcangeli loves so much.
It is one thing when a musician writes his or her own music, but
it's a whole other level when a musician plays all of the
instruments, sings all of the vocal tracks and masterfully pulls
together the pieces to create an amazingly self-produced, self-
released LP.
"I record the songs on my PC at home," Arcangeli told IRC. "I
usually start with an acoustic guitar part, structure and
arrangement in mind, and then I add all the other instruments -
bass, voice, drums. Sometimes everything fits well from the
beginning; other times, I have to re-think all [of] the structure,
because I feel that something's missing."
The modesty implied in his music and words help to enhance
Arcangeli's overall appeal. He only started recording in English
two years ago, but you would never know that otherwise. When
he was about 10 years old, Arcangeli's father gave him an
album collection of the popular music from the 1960s. By age
13, Arcangeli began performing music, played jazz and
classical music, and even toured for one summer with Italy's
'official' Beatles cover band Revolver.
Review by : Indie Rock Cafe
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