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Nicola Lori — Urban Vision
(Burning Shed NL Music, 2024, CD)

by Henry Schneider, Published 2024-12-26

Fjieri’s multi-instrumentalist Nicola Lori has just released his debut solo album Urban Vision, inspired by Italo Calvino’s postmodern novel Invisible Cities about a daily life immersed in a large metropolis, which Banco del Mutuo Soccorso also explored in “La Città Sottile” from their 1973 album Io Sono Nato Libero. On Urban Vision, Lori is joined by GRICE, Robert Aceto (David Sylvian, The Heads, Tom Tom Club, Jansen Barbieri Karn), Andrea Chimenti, Cristiano Roversi, Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree, O.R.k.), Luca Calabrese (Richard Barbieri), Nicola Alesini (Claudio Lolli), Danilo Cherni (Antonello Venditti, Goblin Rebirth), Giacomo Anselmi (Goblin Rebirth), Stefano Panunzi (Fijeri), and Angelo Strizzi (Fjieri). With references to Porcupine Tree, No-Man, Jansen Barbieri Karn, David Sylvian, and King Crimson, Urban Vision’s music flows between progressive, art rock, alternative rock, and urban rock. I hear hints of Chuck Mangione throughout the album, along with Glen Frey’s “You Belong to the City.” The ten tunes are a mix of instrumental and vocal tracks with some experimentation, such as the sprechstrimme in the first half of “Strana la Vita.” The tracks that resonate with me include “Helios,” an emotional and longing instrumental track dedicated to Lori’s late brother Elio Lori, the Steve Hackett-esque title “A Night in Istanbul” with its muted, breathy, and reverbed brass horn, and the slow and dreamy “It’s Looking Like April” that was co-written with Robert Aceto during the pandemic. Straddling 80s and contemporary prog, Urban Vision is great for late night listening.

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Filed under: New releases, 2024 releases

Related artist(s): Colin Edwin, Stefano Panunzi, Fjieri, Nicola Lori

More info
http://nicolalori.bandcamp.com/album/urban-vision

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