Upside down, downside up, from the body to the brain and back... The engine of soul guides you through an odd journey.
"Mind Colours" mean the nuances of everyone of us, nuances to be pointed out through art, music in particular. Being music an abstract art, the colours of the mind are the abstract experiences found during this journey: the tunes of "Mind Colours" are intended to be capable to let you explore inside yourself and to use this experiences outside, in our daylife.
So is it psychedelia? No, it's not, it's progressive rock!

Or, so to say, "it's more permessive than progressive"... And SoulenginE's first release is full of different influences which the band blends in an unique way, to have an uncompromising style and sound: you can find the best of 70's progressive rock blended with jazz, classical music, fusion, psychedelia.
Everything in "Mind Colours" is enriched by gorgeous arrangements and virtuosisim, and melody is the leit motiv for the whole album.

How the album, was born? Ettore Salati and Fabio Mancini worked together for about seven years in another international progressive rock band, The Watch, and they shared many important experiences, like the "Vacuum tour" which brought them to play live all over the world and in international progressive festivals, and recording the albums "Vacuum", "Live Bootleg" and "Primitive". In two different moments, both left the band and started to work on original compositions.

The two guys had so many original songs in their minds that immediately wanted to let a real band been born. The first aim was to merge all the influences they had, which crossed the borders from seventies' progressive rock to jazz, fusion, psychedelia and so on... Giacomo Pacini and Nando de Luca, old Ettore's friends and renowned rock session players in Italy, joined the project, and the four members started a large arrangement job, which took the most of 2007 and 2008.

Nine songs came to life, or we should better call them "tunes", because the music is mostly instrumental, and it features vocals only sometimes. Morevoer, some important guest musicians have been involved in the project, and they helped SoulenginE to leave an unmistakable mark. During 2009 the tracks for the full-length album have been recorded, and 2010 has been devoted to mix and mastering.

Tracklist:

            01. POLHEIM
            02. THIRD IN LINE
            03. RAIN FLOWER
            04. ON THE OTHER SIDE
            05. DOWN THE STREET
            06. WRONG WAY
            07. ASLEEP
            08. NO REWARDING
            09. CHALLENGE TO AN END


Musicians:

Ettore Salati electric, acoustic, double neck, 12-string guitars, sitar, bass pedals

Fabio Mancini hammond, piano, mellotron, wurlitzer, rhodes, moogs

Nando de Luca electric, fretless, acoustic bass

Giacomo Pacini drums, percussions


Guest musicians:

Davide Gandino flute

Joe Salty vocals
 

Tracks 1,3,7,8,9 by Ettore Salati; tracks 2,4,5,6 by Fabio Mancini. Arrangements by Ettore Salati, Fabio Mancini, Nando de Luca, Giacomo Pacini.

Drums recorded at Vico Studio, Milan, by Raff Pellino
Guitars and bass recorded at Highway Studio, Milan, by Ettore Salati
Keyboards recorded at FMCDP Studio, Milan, by Fabio Mancini

Mixing by Mike Campanella at Opera Studio, Milan

Mastering by Renzo Pedron at Kinematic Studio, Milan.

Track #1 "Polheim" is already included in a cd-compilation by Colossus called "Dante's Purgatorio" (Musea FGBG4836), which features progressive bands from all over the world, and is printed and distributed by Musea Records.