Franck produced his first melody, on the keyboard of an organ, at age five and mastered Chuck Berry's ‘Rock 'n' Roll’ on guitar by age eleven.
He joined his first rock band at fourteen.
After this he played with numerous bands and appeared on around fifteen albums.
In 2008, Franck moved to Amsterdam where he gets into the local scene and performs regularly in the famous clubs of the city.
Then in 2010, Franck opened a gig for one of his heroes, Steve Hackett (Genesis).
This experience convinced Franck to focus on producing his own solo album and then came "ODDITY".
"Oddity" opens with the fifteen minute track, "Achilles", and if you are into traditional prog (1970's), like myself, you will really love this one. It has a powerful sound, lots of keyboards, guitars and tempo changes and reminds me of Genesis, Camel, Pink Floyd etc.
Definitely my favourite track on the album.
"The Quind", has great harmonies, piano and organ and I must say that I am impressed with the vocals on all of the tracks on this album.
Track three,"The Eyes Of Age", is a folky type song featuring violin and a great harmonic finish, certainly a more relaxing song.
Next we go back to more traditional prog with, "Alice's Eerie Dream", more rockier type music with Hammond and loud Gilmour-like guitar.
"The Last Oddity", starts slowly with acoustic guitar and mellotron and builds up into a rocky, bluesy number which echoes the Camel/Floyd influences.
Bonus track, his cover of "The Carpet Crawlers", was not bad don't get me wrong; but after listening to the original many times I found it hard to like. Certainly a very brave try.
All in all this is a great album and the two longest tracks, Achilles & Alice's Eerie Dream, are my favourites.
Even though you can hear the influences of other bands on the album Franck still stamps his own authority on the songs.
This album contains all the attributes you would expect of a good progressive rock album and I hope that there is a follow-up in the offing.
Have had, "Oddity", now for over three weeks; and still playing it, so that says it all.
You can purchase "Oddity" HERE.
1. Achilles (14:51)
2. The Quind (9:23)
3. The Eyes Of Age (4:31)
4. Alice’s Eerie Dream (11:51)
5. The Last Oddity (10:17)
Bonus Tracks
6. The Carpet Crawlers (6:06)
7. Alice’s Eerie Dream (Radio Edit) (4:00)
Total Time 60:59
Line-up:
Franck Carducci – all instruments
John Hackett – flute
Larry Crockett – drums
Yanne Matis – backing voices
Phildas ૐ Bhakta – drums
ODDITY TOUR DATES 2012...
03/03/2012 (21:00) : The Rambler, Eindhoven [Netherlands]
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10/03/2012 (20:00) - On Air Studio, Mons (Belgium)
Special guest John Hackett
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11/03/2012 (15:00) - 't Blok, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel (Netherlands)
Afternoon gig for ProgFrog
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23/03/2012 (21:00) - Das Rind, Rüsselsheim (Germany)
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08/06/2012 (21:00) - Bluescafe, Apeldoorn (Netherlands)
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