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Surrealist Prog Rock. Calm, yet striking and easy to listen to, this music is an exploration of texture, time and song form. Top notch multi-instrumental and vocal performances by the duo keep this Modern ArtRock fresh and provacative through every listen
Genre:
Rock: Progressive Rock
Release Date:
2003
Situations
Newfair Flik
© Copyright-J. DiVita, D. Simone
(634479842825)
Record Label: Newfair Flik
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Newfair Flik is the artist title given to the concept record written, performed by Philadelphian artists Joe DiVita and Dan Simone. The project, titled "Situations" was born as a set of studio only compositions. The entire recording was performed by the duo alone. DiVita playing drums, electric bass, lead and some rhythm guitars, Simone playing Piano, a multitude of synthesizers, more guitar parts while rounding out the rest of their huge vocal sound. In addition to performing, they also produced the record themselves with special thanks to David Landry, a freelance musician and engineer in the region, who provided guidance, and a second postproduction studio.
The individual tracks vary in flavor from very cognitive composition, to the more passive vocal tune. There is something on the record for everyone, Laid back lush harmonic passages with interesting harmonies to hard hitting polyrhythmic drums over chunky power chords to just noise. Check it out, there is a lot of substance in this music.
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author: Laura T Lynch of Kweevak.com
Situations was composed, performed and produced by Joe Divita and Dan Simone aka Newfair Flik. Both are multi-instrumentalists who sing and are also musical programmers. This fifteen-track, mostly instrumental CD covers a wide gamut. It could be classified as adult contemporary or electronic but it also has progressive rock and surrealistic shades. Varied compositions included atmospheric, experimental instrumentals to songs based on power chords and rhythms. 'Drifting' flows on a steady beat as if floats from gliding harmonies to innovative electronic instrumentation. It casually flows into 'Pipe Dream' a whimsical wistful arrangement. 'Paranoid Euphoria' starts on a happy up-tempo tone, moving into a haunting bridge to wild tones and then returning to a quite more content pitch. A musical montage and a prime example of the diversity these two musicians bring to their songs. 'World and Dreams' has a catchy beat overlaid with dreamy vocals and inventive electronic instrumentation. Joe and Dan are a creative force and their debut CD captures that ingenuity in a variety of situations!
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author: Kweevak.com (Laura Turner Lynch)
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