Not a Good Sign is a project by AltrOck and some bands’ members of the label. Marcello Marinone, Paolo «Ske» Botta and Francesco Zago, after a successful collaboration in Yugen and Ske, propose a new blend of their musical attitudes. The result is an ominous, fascinating sound melting vintage keyboards, powerful guitars and voice, besides ethereal and autumn nuances, supported by a compelling rhythmic drive.
In 2011 Botta and Zago began to write the music, and Zago provided the lyrics too. Soon Gabriele G. Colombi and Alessio Calandriello, from La Coscienza di Zeno, joined the band. The drummer Martino Malacrida completed the line-up in 2012.
01. Wait For Me (5:05)
02. Going Down (4:19)
03. Flying Over Cities (4:59)
04. Not Now (5:07)
05. Aru Hi No Yoru Deshita (3:41)
06. Pleasure of Drowning (5:52)
07. I Feel Like Snowing (7:20)
08. Open Window (7:22)
09. The Diary I Never Wrote (5:32)
10. Farewell (1:50)
Band:
Paolo ‘Ske’ Botta (Yugen, Ske): Keyboards
Alessio Calandriello (La Coscienza di Zeno): Voice
Alessandro Cassani: Bass
Francesco Zago (Yugen, Ske): Guitars
Martino Malacrida: Drums
With:
Jacopo Costa (Yugen): Vibraphone, Glockenspiel (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8)
Eleonara Grampa: Oboe, English Horn (tracks 4, 5, 10)
Maurizio Fasoli (Yugen): Grand Piano (tracks 4, 5, 8, 10)
Gian Marco Trevisan: Electric guitar (track 5)
Margherita Botta: Heart (track 5)
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