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    Left-To-Live is the title of the fifth album of the Italian psychedelic-progressive rock band Twenty Four Hours. The songs were designed in the period between March 2014 and August 2015, although the crucial phase of composition took place in the same Trullo, in San Marco di Locorotondo where in 1995 was composed and recorded the third album of the band Oval Dreams. However, the following arranging and production steps took place in the period between March and July 2015 between Fano (PU) and Preganziol (TV), Italy.

    For the first time the band has turned to an external artistic producer, Andrea Valfrè, former producer of Le Orme and Lunapop, who took care for the arrangement of five of the twelve songs of the album and mixed the whole work in the analog domain. Mastering has been instead entrusted to Marco Lincetto, record producer and label owner of "Velut Luna" that in 2012 published the "audiophile" vinyl edition of Oval Dreams.

    The album will be released on compact disc in April 2016 by Musea, the French label of progressive rock historically linked to the band since 1998,[1] while from March 29, 2016 the album is already available on iTunes [2] and by March 30 on Deezer [3] and Spotify [4]

    The themes of Left-To-Live, which is announced by the band as a classic concept-album, are essentially social, but are faced with a dreamlike-paradoxical approach; the band in fact asks itself: "If all mankind had only 24 hours left to live, what memories would pass in his virtual mind before final passage?" The cover, a collage of powerful images, evocative of the great human tragedies, from the Inquisition to the great genocides, from the Crusades to the Jihad, from the extermination of the American Indians to the atomic bomb, from deforestation to cyber bullying, tells us just the "flash" that humanity would have before the final act. And there are not good memories or concessions to happy events, even in the texts of the most representative songs of this album, except for some references to love, and to an ethereal sister telling of his virtual family, as if they were the only lifeline, the only slender thread of hope, before the inevitable denouement.

    The second track on the album, "Sister Never Born" is inspired by the last novel by Francesco Carofiglio, "Voglio vivere una volta sola" and its video, released on October 31 of 2015, ranked among the best progressive songs together with Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, now launched into a prolific solo career and Steve Hackett of Genesis on the English Teamrock.com web magazine.[5][6] On 2015 Christmas Eve however, it was released the video of the 3rd track on the album, "That Old House" ,[7] while at Easter it was released the video of the first song of the album "Soccer Killer", dedicated to the 13 children executed by ISIS jihadists on January 12, 2015 in Mosul, Iraq for watching a football game on television.[8]
    credits
    released April 7, 2016

    All songs composed between March and August 2014, mainly by Antonio Paparelli and Paolo Lippe, except where otherwise indicated. The crucial phase of the composition took place at the “mythic” trullo of San Marco di Locorotondo, between August the 9th and the 20th 2014, while the decisive arranging phase took place between Fano and Preganziol during three arranging and recording sessions (March-July, 2015).

    Recorded at Magister Recording Area, Preganziol (TV) between April the 1st and 7th and July the 3rd and 6th, 2015 by Andrea Valfrè.
    Mixed analogue at Magister Recording Area between July the 21st and 31st, 2015 by Andrea Valfrè.
    Mastered at Velut Luna Studio on August the 1st, 2nd and 17th, 2015 by Marco Lincetto.

    Line-up:
    - Marco Lippe: drums, lead vocals on track 6, backing vocals, artwork (credits/inlay)
    - Paolo Lippe: piano and synths, lead and backing vocals, artwork
    - Antonio Paparelli: electric and acoustic guitars
    - Paolo Sorcinelli: bass guitar, classical guitar on track 3 and rythm guitar on track 6

    Guest musicians:
    - Elena Lippe: backing vocals
    - Giovanni Lombardi: jazz and solo fuzz guitar on track 7
    - Andrea Valfrè: Hammond organ and synths on track 5, electric piano and synths on track 6, synths on tracks 1 and 10

    Analogue and digital line-up:
    - Kirchhoff Drums, Zildjian, Paiste, Sabian and Ufip cymbals, Tama pedals & Vic Firth “Metal” sticks
    - Gibson, Fender and Ibanez electric guitars, Bernabè classic guitar, Martin acoustic guitar
    - Kurzweil, Novation, Korg, Roland and Sequential Circuits Synthesysers
    - Steinway Grand Piano
    - Hammond C3 Organ with Lombardi rotary speaker



    Our very special thanks to: our Families for support and patience, Cecilia Grilli (diplomacy), Tatiana Farroni (singing lessons), Rebecca Lippe (artwork), Tonuccio, Vitina and Sante Calaprico (true friendship), Annamaria D’Amelio and Malcolm Dome (support in U.K.), Gianni Della Cioppa, Loris Furlan, Paola Cimini (graphics), Alessandro Andreoli (actor), Wilson Santinelli (photographer), Maurizio Nardelli (video maker), Claudio Lippe & Concetta Ardizzone (life, endless Love, support & initiation to the Arts), Alessia Camozzini, Italo Ghilardi, Andrea De Felice & family, Deborah Lot & family, Katiuscia Cauzzi, Melania Lucchini, Benny Bruno, Andrea Metzger, Seaweed (Ozrics), Giuseppe Fenoglio & Antonio Sorano, Carmela Cecca, Sergio De Marzo & Peppe, Josée Van Wezel, Davide Ricca, Elisa De Palma, Stefania Manca, Michele Barillaro, Fajo Girardi, Valerio Fumarola, Nirnaeth, Feronia.

    Search Twenty Four Hours on Facebook, Jamendo and Wikipedia (eng, it)

    Our fifth album is dedicated to our former bassist Nico Colucci and to the beloved brother Alfonso Ferretti

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1.
When I was a child, soccer was my life And if I knew I could play, I'd gladly go to school And they were not all rosy at that time (but) as long as we could play we were cool This was the happiest thing that could happen in my little life May children play and be happy that's the way it should be Iraqi children should be happy such a simple truth to see And they woke up to a nightmare, and didn't wake up any more Their favorite game had become Assassin for sure! Today I'm old and wise, soccer is unfit And if I know I can play, I gladly sing a sad song And they are not all rosy today (but) as long as they could watch they were cool This is the worst thing that could ever happen, children murdered for nothing
2.
I am the sister, never born I observe, all my darlings and my brothers, play with me also mama, tells me stories and my father, can just trust me when they sleep, I'm awake the space between my lives something is moving inside the space between my lives a cold sensation in your mind as the result of a lot of imitations we are trapped in limitations try to step out of that no-way street changing the pattern of relationship I am the sister, never born all my life, is a joy everyone of them, takes care of me I watch over, my beloved darlings the sea touches my chills, but I'm quiet as a sister never born I'll miss you when you'll forget me
3.
Finding in the cities' hell, finding gold, fishes and seeing your mouse, oh break break in saying In our town never flag I've seen, have you ever tried to kill a little, have you ever thought it was alive and now it has died? I Know, as a lake without fishes, an ant, an ant, an ant, an ant, a little mouse, yet only a splendid isolation It seems tea so good it seems a shit, it's very difficult to live in this world now, in this new world Now the sun is blue and the train has finally started, Hello Goodbye, Hello Goodbye
4.
SPLASH 04:29
5.
Ground # -3 04:22
I saw you at the market walking straight and wound up carrying a very large middle for a very little girl like you, Walking on The ground Walking on The ground Walking on The ground Walking on The ground We taste the waste to realize it While rain blows up and pain still grows Another time, another way to entertain them Another baby forever damned Ten years of innocence brought up in loneliness yet another bloody slaughter without a gainly way to get by
6.
Magic 04:06
Scribble pages float down your window and fly Every day and every time you close your eyes You ‘d sell the world with your beautiful smile Every day and every time you pass me by Comes a time, a time in life when you want just to be alive every time you close your eyes and every day you would just fly Some They Loose and some they win Some they fall right in between I just lost my way to Magic There's something Magic I wonder if it‘s just another waste of time Writing a song for you to believe in your lies I think back of it all in a wink of an eye Every day and every time you pass me by
7.
Got a ride trough a desert land I was trying to choose the best trail I’m not a winner nor a loser just making money by a cocaine deal. a coyote is wailing in the distance, not far away from me I can hear his crying, chilling down my spine four man with guns been chasing me I' ve been trying to escape running down the hill I’m not a winner nor a loser for some cocaine they want to kill me black vultures climb down in the distance not far away from me I can hear their crying, take my spirit for a flight
8.
A fool on the hill, was staring at me all the time As the day passing by There's no time for revolution, it’s time to get back Back to the good old times no answer nor solution across your universe it’s time to pick up your bag the dreams often lie and secrets are getting blind take a ride into the night It was just a moment, I got a little glimpse of your mind Only who truly loves you, can understand the anger in your eyes I was just waking up, hoping to choose the right day The special one to take a flight No time for revolution, it’s time you get back Back to the good old times It was just a moment, I got a little glimpse of your mind Only who truly loves you, can understand the anger in your eyes (...under my pillow..) It’s just a narrow way, which tear us apart I’ve been waiting you for a long time I got a little glimpse of the secrets you hide in your mind And now I’m sure to get the pain that lies in your smile (...under my pillow..) There are dreams that never lie All the secrets are getting blind Take a ride into the night Take a flight into the sky
9.
On the hidden wall of the entering door there's a fainting gecko who carefully retires He has seen a monster wasp near the human light And three guilty fat men, clumsily trying to kill her never hoped, never unsaid, and now, after a while There was a hard and incredible fight (no holds barred) At some point you don't understand who succumbed Baffino was decisive, with its deadly ultrasound Finally, the disgusting repulsive wasp lost all its fetid liquid Inside the virtual pool of an unresponsive childhood there are many faint memories that hit you hard and strong try to smile to you, but your eyes are still as the screams of the dog never failed, never reborn, and now, after the smile How do you feel now? Something has changed How do you feel now? Something has changed Is it getting better? What do you want now? What do you need now? What do you need now? I speak no more to you, since you're totally drowned Painting that gecko with warm soil Try to smile to me, my eyes speak cloudy deserving intentions never dreamed, never confessed And now... after the trial...
10.
You showed me how to use - your eyes You showed me how to enjoy - your smile You showed me how to use - your youth And you showed me how to scratch your pain If you lived with a secret cry, and it would mean - that you must always lie - you'd always lived that way - and be alone everytime I've just been - asked to write - a love song for you I've just been - asked to write - a love song for you She’ll be your angel - she’s your whole life She’s the most beautiful thing - you get - beneath the sky How Do You feel Knifed If you lived with a secret cry, and it would mean - that you must always lie - you'd always lived that way - and be alone everytime I've just been - asked to write - a love song for you I've just been - asked to write - a love song for you She‘s your angel; she’s your whole life She’s the best friend you have on your side….. She'll bet on you, She'll count on you, She'll confuse you, She'll fool with you she‘s your angel; she’s your whole life She’s the best friend you have on your side….. She'll bet on you, She'll count on you, She'll confuse you, She'll fool with you
11.
I can see you're on your way I'm looking at a Map I'm tracking exactly where you're going to Can you hide it somewhere safe? And when you've done don't get involved …anymore How can you just stand there and cry? why don't you go out for a while I want you to have a wonderful time. Right before you plan your perfect cryme La la la la la la Pa pa pa pa pa pa
12.
You, you're a Friend of Mine And you don't know why, I want to kill you You, you believe in my own god And You don’t realize Why I want to shoot you You, you are my own son And you don’t understand Why I want you to explode in a market It’s really time to try to fly away from this mortal chain It’s really time to try to give more weight to the power of words And It's really time to try it's really time to fly away it's time to lie for sure! While it's not time to die my friend

about

Left-To-Live is the title of the fifth album of the Italian psychedelic-progressive rock band Twenty Four Hours. The songs were designed in the period between March 2014 and August 2015, although the crucial phase of composition took place in the same Trullo, in San Marco di Locorotondo where in 1995 was composed and recorded the third album of the band Oval Dreams. However, the following arranging and production steps took place in the period between March and July 2015 between Fano (PU) and Preganziol (TV), Italy.

For the first time the band has turned to an external artistic producer, Andrea Valfrè, former producer of Le Orme and Lunapop, who took care for the arrangement of five of the twelve songs of the album and mixed the whole work in the analog domain. Mastering has been instead entrusted to Marco Lincetto, record producer and label owner of "Velut Luna" that in 2012 published the "audiophile" vinyl edition of Oval Dreams.

The album will be released on compact disc in April 2016 by Musea, the French label of progressive rock historically linked to the band since 1998,[1] while from March 29, 2016 the album is already available on iTunes [2] and by March 30 on Deezer [3] and Spotify [4]

The themes of Left-To-Live, which is announced by the band as a classic concept-album, are essentially social, but are faced with a dreamlike-paradoxical approach; the band in fact asks itself: "If all mankind had only 24 hours left to live, what memories would pass in his virtual mind before final passage?" The cover, a collage of powerful images, evocative of the great human tragedies, from the Inquisition to the great genocides, from the Crusades to the Jihad, from the extermination of the American Indians to the atomic bomb, from deforestation to cyber bullying, tells us just the "flash" that humanity would have before the final act. And there are not good memories or concessions to happy events, even in the texts of the most representative songs of this album, except for some references to love, and to an ethereal sister telling of his virtual family, as if they were the only lifeline, the only slender thread of hope, before the inevitable denouement.

The second track on the album, "Sister Never Born" is inspired by the last novel by Francesco Carofiglio, "Voglio vivere una volta sola" and its video, released on October 31 of 2015, ranked among the best progressive songs together with Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, now launched into a prolific solo career and Steve Hackett of Genesis on the English Teamrock.com web magazine.[5][6] On 2015 Christmas Eve however, it was released the video of the 3rd track on the album, "That Old House" ,[7] while at Easter it was released the video of the first song of the album "Soccer Killer", dedicated to the 13 children executed by ISIS jihadists on January 12, 2015 in Mosul, Iraq for watching a football game on television.[8]

credits

released April 7, 2016

All songs composed between March and August 2014, mainly by Antonio Paparelli and Paolo Lippe, except where otherwise indicated. The crucial phase of the composition took place at the “mythic” trullo of San Marco di Locorotondo, between August the 9th and the 20th 2014, while the decisive arranging phase took place between Fano and Preganziol during three arranging and recording sessions (March-July, 2015).

Recorded at Magister Recording Area, Preganziol (TV) between April the 1st and 7th and July the 3rd and 6th, 2015 by Andrea Valfrè.
Mixed analogue at Magister Recording Area between July the 21st and 31st, 2015 by Andrea Valfrè.
Mastered at Velut Luna Studio on August the 1st, 2nd and 17th, 2015 by Marco Lincetto.

Line-up:
- Marco Lippe: drums, lead vocals on track 6, backing vocals, artwork (credits/inlay)
- Paolo Lippe: piano and synths, lead and backing vocals, artwork
- Antonio Paparelli: electric and acoustic guitars
- Paolo Sorcinelli: bass guitar, classical guitar on track 3 and rythm guitar on track 6

Guest musicians:
- Elena Lippe: backing vocals
- Gìo Lombardi: jazz and solo fuzz guitar on track 7
- Andrea Valfrè: Hammond organ and synths on track 5, electric piano and synths on track 6, synths on tracks 1 and 10

Analogue and digital line-up:
- Kirchhoff Drums, Zildjian, Paiste, Sabian and Ufip cymbals, Tama pedals & Vic Firth “Metal” sticks
- Gibson, Fender and Ibanez electric guitars, Bernabè classic guitar, Martin acoustic guitar
- Kurzweil, Novation, Korg, Roland and Sequential Circuits Synthesysers
- Steinway Grand Piano
- Hammond C3 Organ with Lombardi rotary speaker



Our very special thanks to: our Families for support and patience, Cecilia Grilli (diplomacy), Tatiana Farroni (singing lessons), Rebecca Lippe (artwork), Tonuccio, Vitina and Sante Calaprico (true friendship), Annamaria D’Amelio and Malcolm Dome (support in U.K.), Gianni Della Cioppa, Loris Furlan, Paola Cimini (graphics), Alessandro Andreoli (actor), Wilson Santinelli (photographer), Maurizio Nardelli (video maker), Claudio Lippe & Concetta Ardizzone (life, endless Love, support & initiation to the Arts), Alessia Camozzini, Italo Ghilardi, Andrea De Felice & family, Deborah Lot & family, Katiuscia Cauzzi, Melania Lucchini, Benny Bruno, Andrea Metzger, Seaweed (Ozrics), Giuseppe Fenoglio & Antonio Sorano, Carmela Cecca, Sergio De Marzo & Peppe, Josée Van Wezel, Davide Ricca, Elisa De Palma, Stefania Manca, Michele Barillaro, Fajo Girardi, Valerio Fumarola, Nirnaeth, Feronia.

Search Twenty Four Hours on Facebook, Jamendo and Wikipedia (eng, it)

Our fifth album is dedicated to our former bassist Nico Colucci and to the beloved brother Alfonso Ferretti

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Twenty Four Hours is an Italian progressive rock band with various influences, including the psychedelic one that is the predominant element.
After their first album, "The Smell of The Rainy Air", vinyl produced in January 1991, the group has acquired a certain notoriety thanks to the welcome of critics signaled the debut of the band among the best releases of 1991. See Wikipedia for details.
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