DEDALUS — Dedalus (review)

DEDALUS — Dedalus album cover Album · 1973 · Fusion Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Miler72
I just love running across these obscure fusion albums, like this Italian band Dedalus. They released their self-entitled debut in 1973 on the Trident label, which was associated with several Italian prog acts whose original LPs now command big money like Semiramis and Biglietto per L'Inferno. Dedalus was nothing like those two groups, but a fusion group. Lots of electric piano and sax, occasional spacy synthesizers, and some trippy passages that I really enjoy. I really love that '70s vibe these guys came up with. They frequently get compared to Soft Machine, but obviously they mean the post-Robert Wyatt Soft Machine when they became more fusion and less psychedelic jazz rock. Dedalus released a followup album in 1974 on Trident, but that one was full-on avant garde that bears so little resemblance to their debut it's hard to believe it was the same band. I really enjoyed the cover, where people's heads were placed by watches. If you're looking for more obscure fusion worth getting, give this one a try!

Review Comments

Post a public comment below | Send private message to the reviewer
Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

Review Index

Member Zone

Username:
Password:
Stay signed in

Jazz Subgenres

Artists Alpha-index

JMA TOP 5 Jazz ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
A Love Supreme Post Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners
Kind of Blue Cool Jazz
MILES DAVIS
Buy this album from our partners
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Progressive Big Band
CHARLES MINGUS
Buy this album from our partners
Blue Train Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners
My Favorite Things Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners

New Jazz Artists

New Jazz Releases

About (or On)First Visit Avant-Garde Jazz
ELLERY ESKELIN
Buy this album from MMA partners
To Walk On Eggshells Avant-Garde Jazz
RUSS JOHNSON
Buy this album from MMA partners
Snakeoil : Snakeoil Ok Avant-Garde Jazz
TIM BERNE
Buy this album from MMA partners
Poetry of Place (from the exhibit by painter Karen Allen) Jazz Related Improv/Composition
CHRIS DINGMAN
Buy this album from MMA partners
Hiwar World Fusion
ALEPH QUINTET
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Jazz Online Videos

Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio Dream a Dream
SATOKO FUJII
js· 1 day ago
Wojciech Jachna Squad - Ad Astra (Promo Teaser)
WOJCIECH JACHNA
snobb· 4 days ago
Nitty Gritty
RUSS SPIEGEL
js· 4 days ago
Never in a 100.000.000 Dreams
SUPERSISTER
js· 5 days ago
Love is a Fire that Burns Unseen
PETER MADSEN
js· 5 days ago
More videos

New JMA Jazz Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Jazz News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us
Become a Facebook fan RSS Feed