Museo Rosenbach Venus Hum - Zarathustra (8 tracks) +Album Reviews

Primitive Italian Prog.

BENJAMIN MILER | 10/18/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I must admit, I found their late nineties release, Exit, far more appealing than this 1973 effort. The difference between the two is that after twenty five years they developed a much keener sense of melody and used the prog arrangements to enhance the delivery of the compositions. On Zarathustra it often sounds like an exercise in jamming on vaguely related themes. I found the musicianship to be somewhat dated and the vocals somewhat strained. It's not bad just not "classic Italian prog" as other reviewers would suggest. I much prefer the 70's output of PFM or Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso where composition reigned King. If you enjoyed the first Banco recording, Le Orme's Collage or Balleto's Ys you may like this one. Proceed with caution...Simon"

One of the best in italy

pablo alicea | toa alta, PR United States | 02/23/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"zarathustra is a masterpiece excellent recording very good songs
(in the progresive way)a lots of mellotron the band is in same
status as pfm,banco,area(area is more jazzier)it does not have
the virtuoso like franco musida & flavio premoli of pfm or
gianni & vitorio of banco .but museo work as a team to compose
8 great song that you would wish hear moore this band is one of best.
in italia the other ones like orme,loconda d fate,pfm after
mauro pagani depature(jet lag)will bore you to death .you would love more
this production is like hearing pfm un per amico,(photos of ghost,but more progresive remember that this recording took place
1972&1973 era if you progresive hardcore fan this a most
if it to old for you then go for flower king(progresive rock group)up to date technologies with good tunes.and by the way
museo rosenbach has another prodution is called --exit--
i am waiting for the release."

Museo Rosenbach - 'Zarathustra' (BMG International)

Mike Reed | USA | 12/13/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Originally released in 1973,this was the Italian progressive/art rock band's debut album.Italian prog has never done all that much for me,personally.But,I thought I'd give this CD a listen.A couple of decent tracks,here "Al Di La' del Bene E del Male" and "Degli Uomini" sort of reminded me of Emerson Lake & Palmer (the playing,anyway).Line-up:Lupi-vocals,Enzo Moregno-guitar&vocals,Pit Corradi-organ&mellotron,Alberto Moreno-piano&bass and Giancarlo Golzi-drums,tubular bells&vocals.Heard they made a come back twenty-some years later with an effort,'Exit'.I'll have to check that CD out sometime."

Heavy Italian prog with some quiet mellotron moments

Jeffrey J.Park | Massachusetts, USA | 04/22/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Released in 1973, this is the very heavy debut album by Museo Rosenbach, which was apparently based upon some Neitzschean notion. There are four tracks on the album including the massive, five-part suite Zarathustra, a much shorter piece Degli Uomini (4'04"); and two slightly longer tracks including Della Natura (8'28"); and Dell'Eterno Ritorno (6'18"). The musicians on the album include Giancarlo Golzi (drums); Alberto Moreno (bass); Enzo Moregno (guitar, vocals); Pit Corradi (Hammond organ, mellotron, mini-moog, electric piano, Farfisa organ); and Stefano "Lupi" Galifi (lead voice). My general impression of the album is that it cycles between passages dominated by thunderous bass playing/drumming, aggressive Hammond organ, screaming electric guitar, and strained hard rock vocals; with quieter passages dominated by glorious mellotron (w/string setting) washes and clean sounding guitar. Like a lot of the Italian bands, the musicians are all excellent (especially the keyboardist), and seem to have a decent grasp on how to put a large-scale composition together. As an aside, I think it is worth noting that bassist Alberto Moreno wrote all of the music, which may explain why melodies and harmonies are so poorly developed and the pieces are generally so riff-heavy. This is not to say that all bassists are poor composers. For example, Pekka Pohjola (Wigwam bassist) could compose with the best of them - then again, he was also a virtuoso keyboardist. This CD was re-mastered in 1997 and while the sound quality is OK, the liner notes are all but absent. With the passage of time, the Zarathustra album seems to have become mythologized amongst proggers as one of the most incredible Italian prog albums ever released. While I do not share this enthusiasm (or all of it at any rate), this is a good album nonetheless and should appeal to fans of harder-edged Italian prog bands like Semiramis, Formula 3, and Biglietto per' L'Inferno. All in all, Zarathustra is certainly worth adding to the Italian prog collection."

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