The first-ever collaboration between Italian bassist-composer Lorenzo Feliciati and Italian vocalist-multi-instrumentalist-sonic provocateur Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari defies easy categorization as it awakens the senses. At times darker than the Grim Reaper and heavier than the soundtrack for the Apocalypse, it can turn on a dime and swing insistently, or wail mournfully, or float mysteriously.
Is it rock? Is it jazz? Is it ambient, avant garde, opera or something else? Regardless of tags, the music that Feliciati and Fornasari make together as Berserk! on their self-titled debut stands an imposing manifesto. It is an iron fist upside the head of complacency.
With the two Lorenzos at the core of this formidable collective, they brought in such potent and provocative voices as guitarist Eivind Aarset, trombonist Gianluca Petrella, alto saxophonist Sandro Satta, keyboardists Fabrizio Puglisi and Jamie Saft, and drummers Cristiano Calcagnile, Pat Mastelotto (Feliciati’s bandmate in Naked Truth) and Simone Cavina to enhance the proceedings.
Macabre dance
LEF – vocals, electronics, organ, guitars
Lorenzo Feliciati – bass
Jamie Saft – keyboards
Simone Cavina – drums
Gianluca Petrella – trombone, fx
Fetal claustrophobia
LEF – vocals, electronics, organ, guitars
Lorenzo Feliciati – bass
Jamie Saft – piano
Simone Cavina – drums
Gianluca Petrella – trombone, fx
Blow
Lorenzo Feliciati – upright bass
Sandro Petrella – alto sax
Eivind Aarset – guitars
Not dead
LEF – vocals, electronics, additional guitars
Lorenzo Feliciati – upright bass
Gianluca Petrella – trombone, fx
Eivind Aarset – guitars
Cristiano Calcagnile – drums
Clairvoyance
Lorenzo Feliciati – upright bass
Gianluca Petrella – trombone, fx
Cristiano Calcagnile – drums, fx
First
Lorenzo Feliciati – upright bass, guitars, keyboards
LEF – vocals, additional guitars
Pat Mastelotto – drums, electronics
Fabrizio Puglisi – piano, arp odyssey
Dream made of wind
LEF – keyboards, fx
Gianluca Petrella – trombone, fx
Eivind Aarset – guitars
Wait until dark
Lorenzo Feliciati – bass, guitars
LEF – vocals, guitars, keyboards
Pat Mastelotto – drums, electronics
Fabrizio Puglisi – piano, arp odyssey
Latent prints
LEF – vocals, electronics, organ, additional guitars
Lorenzo Feliciati – bass
Jamie Saft – keyboards
Pat Mastelotto – drums, electronics
Eivind Aarset – guitars, fx
Sandro Petrella – alto sax
Dream made of water
LEF – vocals, keyboards, additional guitars
Gianluca Petrella – trombone, fx
Eivind Aarset – guitars, fx
All tracks composed by Lorenzo Feliciati and Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari – aka LEF
Except track 4 (LEF, Feliciati, Petrella, Calcagnile), track 5 (Feliciati, Petrella, Calcagnile) and track 7 / 10 (LEF., Petrella)
Published by RareNoisePublishing (PRS)
Arranged and produced by LEF
Additional production LorenzoFeliciati
Mixed by Emiliano Pilloni @ Musiclab studio settimo torinese (TO)
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper @ Turtletone Studio NY
© + ℗ RareNoiseRecords 2013
