Italian Progressive Rock band Doracor unveil first single “Remnants of Memories” taken from upcoming new album, “Unexpected Intersections,” set for release on July 18, 2025 via AMS Records. Purchase and Stream the track via the Bandcamp player below:
Almost ten years after “Passioni postmoderne di un musicista errante” (Post-modern passions of a wandering musician) released on AMS Records (AMS 274 CD) in 2016, keyboardist and composer Corrado Sardella returns with a new album under the Doracor signature, a project conceived a long time ago starting with a collaboration with Red Canzian – already a guest on “Passioni postmoderne…” – for a Sanremo Festival song that remained unfinished, yet became the first spark of inspiration for this new work.
Eventually, in 2024, the meeting with the singer and composer Lorena Cossu provided further creative input that gave “Unexpected Intersections” a well-defined direction, resulting in the making of the suite that gave the entire album its name: the song describes an existential metaphor that urges us never to forget our playtime zone, so that our inner child can be reunited with the adult part.
From a sonic perspective, the whole album revolves around Corrado‘s keyboards; in almost 75 minutes of music, intense and emotional moments, delivering various long electric guitar and saxophone solos, with others more mellow and introspective, ranging between neo-progressive and fusion. Among the many excellent guest musicians, who have brought dynamism and enthusiasm to the project, we have John Jowitt (bassist from IQ and Arena), Mirko De Maio (drummer from The Flower Kings), Simona Malandrino (guitarist with Ian Paice, Andrea Braido and Marcella Bella), Elisa Montaldo (singer/keyboardist from Il Tempio delle Clessidre), Kostas Milonas (drummer of Sunburst and Paradox) and Paul Manners (singer/guitarist from I Cugini di Campagna and Grammar School).
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Tracklist:
01. Journey
02. Remnants of memories
03. After waking
04. Il coraggio di essere
05. Distant lights (You can’t forget)
06. Quel folle volo
07. That silent tear – Intro
08. That silent tear
09. And I miss you…
10. Simply you
11. Stella d’agosto
12. Laurie
13. Esegesi di una fiaba inenarrata
14. Unexpected Intersections
15. Di quei giorni infiniti
Lineup:
Corrado Sardella / Keyboards
With:
Lorena Cossu / Vocals
John Jowitt (IQ, Arena) / Bass
Mirko De Maio (The Flower Kings) / Drums
Simona Malandrino / Guitar
Kostas Milonas (Sunburst and Paradox) / Drums
Paul Manners
Elisa Montaldo (Il Tempio delle Clessidre)
Alexandra Zerner
Cristiano Micalizzi
Bashir Dahrieh
Paolo Rosso
Riccardo Mastantuono
Stefano Sangermano
Maurizio Testani
Stefano Naclerio
Ivano D’Ortenzi
Gianluigi Giorgino
Sara Colagrossi