DRAGATTO, SALVATOR
SHADOWS (CLEAR VINYL) (COSA RECORDS)
In this latest installment Dragatto taps into a much darker mood, a space that can only be described as noir.
"Shadows" is the theme one hears while walking through the streets late at night as their mind projects images and figures on the pavement below.
Are they really there? An ominous vibraphone melody introduces the track only to give way to a neck breaking drum fill, pushing the listener into a startled state of awareness.
From here on the senses are treated to dreamy harp lines, Axelrod-esque guitar and bass, and sweeping horn passages.