Oxhuitza

Progressive band from Italy, Oxhuitza is the brainchild of guitarist/composer Luca Bassignani whose compositions are surprisingly oriented more towards keyboards than guitar. Rossano Villa and fellow keyboardist Gabriele Guidi deploy an entire arsenal of vintage analogue keys and these dominate the sound sculptures on the band's self-titled debut. Behind their vivid foreground of Hammond, Mellotron and Moog expositions bassist Carlo Barreca (Fungus, Zerothehero) and drummer Christian Giannarelli supply the necessary apparatus that holds everything together, although Barreca also adds some exotic-sounding flute parts.