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respectively) are clearly in evidence on 'Lick'

The album was recorded at a newly built studio in Northridge

syncopated power-scream vocals that energize and counterpoint—a couple of cartoon-character angels and devils sitting on your shoulders

to entertain passers-by on 'his little flute' (as the recorder was then called)

Pelagos InStock respectively) are clearly in evidenceStefano Battaglia plays both piano and prepared piano (sometimes simultaneously) in a highly attractive double album programme that includes his own compositions and spontaneous improvisations as well as two versions of the Arabic traditional song "Lamma Bada Yatathanna." The melodic and texturally inventive pieces, some of almost hypnotic allure, were recorded both in concert and in "closed doors" sessions at the Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile,