"Fantasia" is the new solo opus, his fourth, by the producer, poly-instrumentalist and songwriter of the GENIUS saga, a reputed All-star series of choral Progressive Rock operas, three episodes were published between 2001 & 2007 by Frontiers Records with huge success.

Liverani holds a legendary status in Italy, as he had contributed as a producer, a guitarist or a keyboardist to some of the more interesting bands coming from this Country since the early 90's, and his recording credits are displayed in a long list of albums recorded by KHYMERA / TWINSPIRIT / EMPTY TREMORS / VIEWPOINT etc... And my favorite the 2008's COSMICS "The Cosmic Year".

"Fantasia" is the title of his last work, this is an eclectic and mature instrumental concept guitar album, the multi-talented Daniele Liverani is obviously a very talented composer and also a damn fine technical guitar player, with some impressive skills and many blistering chops but, clearly his method seems to be focused on the melodic side of the genre ("Heaven") even when the thematic is darker and more type in the Neo-Classical genre ("Apocalypse") no self-indulgent shredding but a true musical pieces almost like a soundtrack for a movie about a 17th century story.

He also possess a fat & tasty guitar tone with a subtle distortion ("Joke") instead of the high gain ultra-compressed buzzing sound of some of the Modern players. The references are numerous, and of course Steve Vaï  ("Peacefully" or "Guilty"), Vinnie Moore ("Black Horse") and Steve Morse ("Daylight" / "Heaven") are coming in mind while listening to this jewel , but i will also add to the picture the underrated Neil Zaza ("Gigantic" and mostly the well named "Outstanding"), the musicianship of the talented line-up is stellar and the clever arrangements are mind blowing ("Unbreakable" / "Guilty") as you might expect, the production is top notch. Less demonstrative and warmer than his predecessor "Eleven Mysteries" that was issued in 2012 by Lion Music, some cuts also contains some material with a fierce headbanging capacity ("Rage"), "Fantasia" holds a real interesting potential even for the non-musicians, very creative and non-elitist.

"Fantasia" open the gates to a magnificent landscape that you can travel and visit back and forth with the magic vehicle of the imagination, boosted by the positive message and the incredible music of Maestro Liverani.