Seti - Life Signs (2005)

Más Seti, rock progresivo chileno de nivel internacional, en el show de resubidas de discos chilenos de Sandy, si te gustan grupos como Marillion, no podés dejar de conocer este grupo. He dicho.

Artista: Seti
Álbum: Life Signs
Año: 2005
Género: Neo-progresivo
Duración: 46:08
Nacionalidad: Chile

Lista de Temas:
1. Seven (5:15)
2. Uncertainty (5:03)
3. The Fifth Compass Direction (5:01)
4. Listening To The Sky (6:50)
5. Divine Attribution (6:37)
6. Dangerous Path (4:09)
7. Arabia (5:38)
8. The Ship Of Joy (17:35)
I) A Shape In The Mist
II) The Chase
III) The Crew
IV) The Desperate Time
V) A New Destiny

Alineación:
- Claudio Momberg / keyboards, bass, guitar, bass pedals
- Pablo Collarte / lead & rhythm guitars (2 & 7)
- Eduardo Cuesta / drums
- Jaime Scalpello / keyboards, bass pedals, rhythm guitar, vocals (2, 5 & 8)
- Jorge Sanchez / lead guitar (3)
- Leonardo Basso / guitars (5)
- José Luis Ramos / bass (6)
- Alvaro Graves / lead guitar, guitar FXs (8)

Seti es una banda de rock progresivo chilena que ya hemos traído a este espacio, y podemos decir que es un proyecto paralelo de músicos de Subterra y Estigma. En esta nueva odisea musical, transitan por los fecundos campos del sinfonismo, enfilando su estilo a hacia un rock progresivo contemporáneo y ambiental, de corte clásico y en la vena de músicos y artistas como Tony Banks, Rick Wakeman y Genesis, pero sobretodo tiene signos de un Marillion temprano. La música de SETI está compuesta esencialmente para provocar una serie de sensaciones particulares en el oyente, a través de la acción de elementos poco usuales comparados con el prog más clásico o el Neo Prog.
La música de éste, su álbum debut, es llevada por teclados rimbombantes y pomposos o en ocasiones climáticos, una potente guitarra y especialmente los 'grand finales' le dan un aire majestuoso. Si no me creen miren el video del tema principal del disco.
Buen álbum, lástima que les gusta tanto cantar en inglés, pero a pesar de ello les recomiendo este disco.

A BIG HAND FOR THE NEW LATIN-AMERICAN PROG, PART TWO!!
Here is another strong CD from a South-American progrock band, it seems that they are becoming the new leaders in the world of the progressive rock: William Gray, Bauer and Nexus from Argentina, Supay from Peru, Parthenon from Venezuela, Tarkus, Spin, GALF and Diapasao from Brazil and from Chile we have Astralis and .... Seti, what a wonderful debut CD (from 2005)! The brainchild is Claudio Momberg (multi-instrumentalist, producer, lay-out and composer), he has surrounded himself with seven other musicians to found Seti.
The climates in the eight melodic, pleasant and tasteful arranged compositions (five instrumental) alternates from spacey and dreamy to mid-tempo but mainly compelling and bombastic delivering lush keyboards and howling guitar runs, very moving. The keyboard sound is varied, from warm piano and orchestral layers to fluent organ runs and fat synthesizer flights. The English vocals are decent with a bit melancholical undertone. My favorite on this CD is the guitar player, this man knows how to push the rights buttons with lots of very moving soli! The highlight on this wonderful CD is the final track entitled The Ship Of Joy (almost 18 minutes, five parts). It contains lots of flowing shifting moods with strong vocals, sensitive guitar and Mark Kelly inspired synthesizer flights. Halfway the music turns from mellow into more and more lush, culminating in a splendid 'grand finale' featuring propulsive drums, powerful bass notes, bombastic keyboards and a strongly build-up, very moving guitar soli, goose bumps, this is Progheaven! At those moments Seti reminds me of early Marillion with closing sections like in Chelsea Monday and Forgotten Sons.
I hope Seti will release their forthcoming new album soon because this debut-CD has delighted me, highly recommended!

Erik Neuteboom

http://www.setimusic.cl/