Come to the Light of Day!

…l’italiano Gianfranco Grilli, di formazione geologo, emigra in Russia per pubblicare il suo quarto lavoro per la Tantric Harmonies. Opera ispirata al libro egizio dei morti in forma di spettrali evocazioni ataviche, “Come to the light of day!” ha se non altro il pregio di affrontare materiali di chiara impronta manieristica con convinzione e piglio ispirato.

Gianfranco Grilli releases “Come To The Light Of Day!” on Tantric Harmonies. Earlier he already released “Il Tempo Di Karnak” and “Le Colline Dei Druidi”. The artwork on his latest limited album is very gothic, with a lot of black, grey, cathedrals, old runes and dramatic fonds. The titles prepare the listener for the worst. We begin with 'The Burial', then we get 'The Detachment of The Body' and after some more dramatic titles we conclude with 'The Return To The Grave'. Contrary to my expectation, Gianfranco Grilli doesn't make drone-like, dark ambient. The type that heavily depends on long spun out bass tones or distorted voices and choirs. Nope, the music I get to listen to on “Come To The Light Of Day!” reminds me very much of Jean Michel Jarre, Klaus Schulze and other eighties synthesizer magicians.

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The music Gianfranco makes is easy to follow and one wonders of in a pleasant dreamlike state while listening to his creations. Once in a while a heavy drum is introduced, but these contribute nicely to the easy, ambient like mood. Sometimes Gianfranco sounds very predictable however. The songs are very long spun out (the shortest lasts ten minutes, the longest track takes twenty minutes to finish) and I get annoyed when I find out that I can predict some of the synth-sounds even during the first time listening.

Still, Gianfranco Grilli has delivered us with a nice and pleasant to listen to ambient album with a big wink to the old eighties synthesizer masters.

Somewhere between light and darkness... between life and death... Close your eyes, open your mind... go beyond... towards new life!" This five part sound ourney was inspired by The Egyptian Book Of The Dead. File Under: Ambient, New Age, Experimental. Ltd x 230 numbered copies. Pro-duplicated CDR, nicely presented in an outsized gatefold sleeve.

Electronic composer Gianfranco Grilli crafts sugary sweet long melodic tracks with a more than a little Tangerine Dream flavor.Sound-journey from pure darkness to the light based on "Egyptian Book of the Dead". Impressing opus about enigma of death and origin of a new life

Comes in foldout sleeve and limited/numbered to 230 copies.