Also see: Fabio Zuffanti ~ Baja Prog 2001
From: Richard Stockwell
Given that Anglagard/Hybris was one of the best late 80's pieces of progressive
music to be released and is one of the few newer releases of prog that many fans
include among their classic selections (I.E. Genesis, Crimson etc), I often get
people asking me what else is available in the newer prog releases like
Anglagard. Well after hearing Italian band "Finisterre" I definitely would
recommend to anyone looking for a companion style to Anglagard the music by
Finisterre. So far I've only heard Hostsonaten which is really a solo release by
Fabio Zuffanti (the main man of Finisterre). However many of the band members of
Finisterre play on the album and so the album is credited as the Finisterre
Project. The music is classically inspired with beautiful flute work (similiar
to Anglagard), classical guitar work and mellotron, minimoogs and synthesiser.
The music is very moving (like Anglagard) creating moods within the structures
of each track. The small amount of vocals have a Pete Sinfield/King Crimson
"Court Of..." era feel about them. By the way Hostsonaten is subtitled "a
collection of autumnal dances). The other Finisterre titles are called:
FINISTERE-Live ai Margini..., In Limine and the self titled first release.
Apparently "In Limine" is supposed to be the best.
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Finisterre/Storybook
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different musical directions, while managing to establish a unique and
recognizable identity. While their three studio albums to date have been
critical and commercial successes, the band's forte lies above all in their
breathtaking live performances. "Storybook" documents Finisterre's first
American concert, in the Summer of 1997, at the Progfest. and the music here is
as adventurous and gripping as we've been led to expect from the band. The
repertoire consists of revisited and often extended versions of compositions
from Finisterre's first two studio albums ("Finisterre" and "In Limine"), plus a
superb cover of PFM's anthem "Altaloma.