(Private Release www.rosaselvaggia.com , rsnikita@tin.it )

I know VIDI AQUAM from Italy since the mid 90s, when I received their first tape, which really became a small classic for me with its dark sound somewhere between Gothic and Ritual music. After the second cassette in 1996, I lost contact to the band and was very surprised, that the group still exists, even, if there had been some line-up changes through the years. The most significant change is for sure, that today the bands has a female singer, which gives the songs a more beautiful-melancholic touch, than a dark´n´doomy sound. It is more a kind of Dark-Wave with some Gothic-Rock, Ethereal and very few Experimental influences. It is strange, that no label signed the band yet, ´cos the songwriting is of high quality. Think of Das Ich collaborating with Black Tape For A Blue Girl or something like that. Yes, I think, the band should send a demo to Projekt Records in New York or even Middle Pillar, this could be possibly the right labels for VIDI AQUAM. Until a bigger release, you should visit the website of the band and listen to this stuff. (A.P.)