Skully’s Music Diner
Instrumental Quarter - CD Review
by Stephen Slaybaugh
Largely the project of Paride Lanciani (of Kash), Italy’s Instrumental Quarter is very unlike the guitarist’s other band, which is sort of the Mediterranean’s answer to U.S. Maple. Even though two other Kash members are featured on Instrumental Quarter’s debut, No More Secrets (Sickroom), it’s an entirely different animal, effusing a swooning mix of intricately played (appropriately enough) instrumentals.
Lanciani’s work on acoustic guitar resonates with folk sounds (both Italian and American) while his collaborators on the album (most of whom are being substituted for the tour) flesh out the songs to languid moodpieces. Central to the band’s work is Marco Allocco’s violoncello, which underpins Lanciani’s guitar with luminescent tones. The results are not unlike, say, the Rachel’s or maybe the Shipping News. During the performance, Francesco Calabresi will be showing films made specifically to accompany the music.
Headlining is Columbus’ own instrumental raconteurs Silencio, while Chicago’s Greenness opens the show.
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