COOPERATIVA DEL LATTE

"Il Risveglio"
(1998)  

Members:
Gabriele Benfatto: Guitar and voice
Pierluigi Piccoli: Keyboards
Sergio Contin: Bass
Claudio Farnetti: Flute and drums

If "Il Risveglio" -álbum of 1998 of the Cooperativa del Latte band - it had been published in those ' 70, serious one but of the Italian big classic of the progressive one. A disk of I authenticate brilliant symphonic rock from the first minute until the I finish, to the style of Genesis it was Gabriel and the first disks of PFM, with many blinks seventies and with the necessary ingredients to delight all in general and to the nostalgic ones of the I generate in particular. 

The tracks: 
“Verso I Cancelli della Memoria”: Full of rhythm changes and with a lot of synthesizer, of I calm it to the energetic, and always melodious. A jewel. 
“Contemplazione”: After the soft and acoustic opening, the track you potent and changing restitution, of principle to surprising and harmonic end. Instrumentation (especially keyboards) that cuts the breathing during ten sublime, really spectacular minutes. 
“Notte Volante”: Flute and acoustic guitar for a beginning calm down and pastoral, in crescendo until a symphonic end with synthesizer very of those seventie. Another beauty. 
"Il Respiro dell'Alba”: Beautiful quasi-instrumental of keyboards (are they heard as bottom some voices that they murmur). In the end the effect of the sound of a spike does appear on a wornout vinyl (evocative?). 
“Tentazioni”: Very Genesian track with some touches rhythmic "jazzy", very potent and very good. 
“Maggio”: Beautiful and brief medieval melody of little but of one minute. 
“Indagazione Strutturale”: Another medieval track also full of melody to close a fantastic disk. In synthesis, "Il Risveglio" is an album that can be recommended with two words: Ten points.

Marcelo Olivera
marceplus@hotmail.com