Möbius Strip is the name of a young Italian progressive jazz-rock band from Sora and its surroundings, made of Lorenzo Cellupica (keyboards), Nico Fabrizi (saxophone & flute), Eros Capoccitti (bass) and Davide Rufo (drums).
They got their inspiration in the object of the same name: since a Möbius strip geometrically connects the two sides of the same surface by starting a path on one of them, this also became the purpose of the musicians, to combine different styles and influences.
The result is to be heard on MÖBIUS STRIP's self-titled album, published in the year 2017 on the Musea Parallèle label. Here are five long tracks full of freshness and inventivity, completed by the short composition "Call It A Day". To be discovered!
- The song Möbius Strip was the "All About Jazz Download of the Day" on the 13th of April 2017 (
media.allaboutjazz.com/media.php?id=11048&width=1024) and was the second most downloaded track in April on All About Jazz (
news.allaboutjazz.com/all-about-jazz-top-10-mp3-downloads-april-2017.php?width=1024).
- Also the song Déjà Vu has been chosen as the All About Jazz Download of the Day, on the 25th of July of the same year (
media.allaboutjazz.com/media.php?id=11094&width=1024).
The album Möbius Strip has been chosen:
- by the French label Musea Records for April's "Selection Of The Month", as one of the three favourite albums of the month (
www.musearecords.com/ext_re_selection.php);
- by the Canadian musical blog ProGGnosis as a candidate for the best fusion-jazz album of 2017 (
www.proggnosis.com/Release/50589);
- as the fourth best album of 2017 by Owen Davies from DPRP (Dutch Progressive Rock Page) (
weekendprog.blogspot.it/2017/12/the-dprp-writers-top-progressive-rock.html);
- as the 5th best album of 2017 by Gianmaria Zanier, radio host of Prog & Dintorni, Radio Vertigo 1 (
www.facebook.com/MobiusStripGroup/photos/pcb.1701321023222471/1701306863223887/?type=3&theater) ;
- as the 5th best album of 2017 by Luca Benporath from Prog Italia (
www.facebook.com/MobiusStripGroup/photos/pcb.1701321023222471/1701306776557229/?type=3&theater);
- as the 7th best album of 2017 by Valerio D'Onofrio from Ondarock (
www.facebook.com/MobiusStripGroup/photos/pcb.1701321023222471/1701306783223895/?type=3&theater);
- as the 4th best album of 2017 by Giuseppe Di Spirito from Rotter's Magazine (
www.facebook.com/MobiusStripGroup/photos/pcb.1701321023222471/1701306693223904/?type=3&theater);
- as the 7th best album of 2017 by Hamelin Prog (
www.facebook.com/MobiusStripGroup/photos/pcb.1701321023222471/1701306689890571/?type=3&theater);
- as the 6th best album of 2017 by Raffaele Pontrandolfi from
Verorock.it (
www.facebook.com/MobiusStripGroup/photos/pcb.1701321023222471/1701306786557228/?type=3&theater);
- as the 10th best album of 2017 by Alessandro Staiti from Classic Rock Italia (
www.facebook.com/MobiusStripGroup/photos/pcb.1701321023222471/1701320936555813/?type=3&theater);
- as the 9th best album of 2017 by Paolo Corciulo from Suono Magazine (
www.facebook.com/MobiusStripGroup/photos/pcb.1701321023222471/1701306696557237/?type=3&theater);
- as one of the best 2017 albums by Arlequins (
www.arlequins.it/pagine/articoli/corporetro.asp?chi=80);
- as one of the best 2017 albums by Distorsioni (
www.distorsioni.net/rubriche/classifiche-e-selezioni/%e2%80%a6di-giornalisti-lettori-musicisti-e-operatori-musicali);
- as one of the best italian prog album of 2017 by the website PSYCANPROG Rock Psichedelico, Progressivo e Scena di Canterbury (
www.psycanprog.com/monografie/2017-gli-album-consigliati/12/);
- as one of the 100 best projects of Lazio in the contest "Lazio Creativo 2018" (
www.lazioinnova.it/volume-lazio-creativo-2018-la-graduatoria-del-contest/);
- as the 12th best album of 2017 on John Simms's top 20, on his blog "Flight of the Skypilot" (
flightoftheskypilot.blogspot.it);
- by the Italian musical blog Jazz in Family as the "Album della settima" ("Album of the week") in June 2017 (
jazzinfamily.altervista.org/listen2jazzinfamily/web-radio/).
Here they are the reviews of our album:
In English:
- All About Jazz (
www.allaboutjazz.com/mobius-strip-mobius-strip-musea-records-review-by-roger-farbey.php?width=1024);
- Progression Magazine (
www.facebook.com/852838018070780/photos/a.1116200545067858.1073741831.852838018070780/1552310734790168/?type=3&theater);
- ProGGnosis - Progressive Rock & Fusion (
www.proggnosis.com/Release/50589);
- DPRP - Dutch Progressive Rock Page (
www.dprp.net/reviews/2017-055#moniusstrip);
- Background Magazine
(
backgroundmagazine.nl/CDreviews/MobiusStripMobiusStrip.html);
- ProgVisions (
www.progvisions.nl/reviews_uk/mob_mob_uk.htm#);
- Jazz in Europe (
jazzineurope.mfmmedia.nl/2017/08/cd-review-mobius-strip-by-mobius-strip-musea-records/);
- Music Street Journal (
www.musicstreetjournal.com/index_cdreviews_display.cfm?id=105886);
- The Progressive Aspect
(
theprogressiveaspect.net/blog/2017/09/22/mobius-strip-mobius-strip/);
- Sea of Tranquillity (video review) (
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWlG6K1gX-c&ab_channel=M%C3%B6biusStrip)
- Sea of Tranquillity
(
www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=20307);
- Progarchy (
progarchy.com/2018/10/30/in-concert-progtoberfest-4-part-2/#more-48278);
- Prog U.K. (article) (
www.loudersound.com/news/mobius-strip-tease-second-album-with-video-to-matekas-speech)
- Proglodytes (
proglodytes.com/2018/10/24/progtoberfest-day-3/);
- Prog Archives (
www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=10147#reviews);
- Some Diurnal Aural Awe (
somediurnalauralawe.blogspot.com/2017/07/mobius-strip-mobius-strip-album-review.html?m=1);
- RSSing (
italian112.rssing.com/chan-10589740/all_p12.html);
- Lazio Creativo (
www.facebook.com/MobiusStripGroup/photos/pcb.1759945990693307/1759941030693803/?type=3&theater);
- Progsheet (
progsheet1.hypermart.net/cdiq.html);
- Progradar (
www.progradar.org/index.php/2017/10/10/review-mobius-strip-mobius-strip-by-shawn-dudley/);
-
ProgRocks.gr (
progrocks.gr/en/mobius-strip-mobius-strip/);
-
Progrock.com (
progrock.com/marks-quick-reviews-mobius-strips-self-titled-album/).
In Italian:
- Prog Italia (article/interview)
(
www.facebook.com/852838018070780/photos/pcb.1584051874949387/1584050118282896/?type=3&theater);
- Classic Rock Italia (
www.facebook.com/852838018070780/photos/pcb.1538746979479877/1538744712813437/?type=3&theater);
- Hamelin Prog (
www.hamelinprog.com/mobius-strip-mobius-strip/);
- Hamelin Prog (interview)
(
www.hamelinprog.com/intervista-ai-mobius-strip/);
- Arlequins (
www.arlequins.it/pagine/articoli/alfa/corpo.asp?ch=6435);
- Raropiù (
www.facebook.com/MobiusStripGroup/photos/pcb.1850099988344573/1850097641678141/?type=3&theater);
- Ondarock (
www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2017-mobiusstrip-mobiusstrip.htm);
- AUT-Frosinone (
aut-frosinone.blogspot.com/2020/09/ladies-and-gentleman-ecco-voi-i-mobius.html?fbclid=IwAR3jtHfkxqqEzcQWmQHwlRKG5kLkmM1hXpHrjtohfKMxd4hwUUOQA10x1OI);
- B in Rome (
binrome.com/featured/lesordio-dei-mobius-strip-e-la-nuova-fusion/);
- MP News (
www.mpnews.it/2017/06/29/progressive-jazz-rock-leccellente-esordio-dei-mobius-strip/);
- Distorsioni (
www.distorsioni.net/rubriche/fermoposta/fermoposta-it/mobius-strip);
- Progressivamente (article) (
www.progressivamente.com/in-arrivo-il-nuovo-album-dei-mobius-strip-non-solo-jazz-rock/)
- Music Map (
www.musicmap.it/recdischi/ordinaperr.asp?id=6252);
- Lamezia e non solo
(
www.facebook.com/852838018070780/photos/a.1116200545067858.1073741831.852838018070780/1628724153815492/?type=3&theater);
- Altprogcore (
altprogcore.blogspot.it/2017/07/mobius-strip-mobius-strip-2017.html);
- Rock Impressions (
www.rock-impressions.com/mobiusstrip1.htm);
- ProgressivaMente (
progressivamenteblog.blogspot.it/2017/07/mbius-strip-mobius-strip-2017.html);
- ArtistsAndBands (
www.artistsandbands.org/ver2/recensioni/underground/8932-moebius-strip-moebius-strip);
- Media & Sipario (
www.mediaesipario.it/index.php/on-stage/dischi-2017/1608-mobius-strip-quando-il-jazz-si-confonde-piacevolmente-con-il-rock);
- Rotters' Club (
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=790890096371252&set=a.513198027473795);
- Youbee/Storie di Prog Rinascimento (Articolo/intervista)
(
www.youbee.it/mobius-strip-mobius-strip-il-jazz-rock-in-evoluzione-infinita/);
- Jazz in Family (articolo/intervista)
(
jazzinfamily.altervista.org/una-domenica-con-i-mobius-strip/);
- Lazio Creativo
(
www.facebook.com/MobiusStripGroup/photos/pcb.1759945990693307/1759941030693803/?type=3&theater);
- Tom Tom Rock (
www.tomtomrock.it/review/recensione-mobius-strip-mobius-strip/);
- Sora e dintorni (
www.soraedintorni.it/2017/04/27/i-mobius-strip-esordiscono-musicalmente-con-un-cd-che-porta-il-loro-stesso-nome/);
- Sora e dintorni - seconda intervista (
www.soraedintorni.it/2021/01/09/isola-del-liri-i-mobius-strip-catturano-lattenzione-dei-media-nazionali-e-britannici/)
- Sora e dintorni - prima intervista (
www.soraedintorni.it/2020/09/15/isola-del-liri-imminente-la-seconda-fatica-musicale-dei-mobius-strip/);
- Corriere dello Spettacolo (
www.corrieredellospettacolo.net/2017/05/21/buona-la-mobius-strip-al-primo-album-jazz-rock/);
- Progressive del Nuovo Millennio (
progressivedelnuovomillennio.blogspot.it/2017/11/mobius-strip.html?m=0);
- Blogfoolk (
www.blogfoolk.com/2017/12/mobius-strip-mobius-strip-musea-records.html);
- Tuttorock (
www.tuttorock.net/recensioni/mobius-strip-mobius-strip);
- InMediaRex (
www.inmediarex.it/musica/musica-rubriche/dischi-che-escono-20-08-2017/);
- Onda Musicale (
www.ondamusicale.it/musica/81063-mobius-strip-il-nuovo-album-e-time-lag/).
In Dutch:
- Progwereld (
www.progwereld.org/cms/album/mobius-strip-mobius-strip/);
- iO Pages (
www.facebook.com/MobiusStripGroup/photos/pcb.1664429123578328/1664416270246280/?type=3&theater);
In German:
- Musikreviews (
musikreviews.de/reviews/2017/Moebius-Strip/Moebius-Strip/);
- Babyblaue (
www.babyblaue-seiten.de/index.php?albumId=17227&content=review&left=alpha&top=reviews&alpha=m);
In Spanish:
- Rock progresivo en español - Portal Esquizofrenia (
www.rock-progresivo.com/critica-del-disco-mobius-strip-mobius-strip-2017/2017/06/);
- Autopoietican - Apuntes de Musica Progresiva Contemporanea (
autopoietican.blogspot.it/2017/06/mobius-strip-primeras-impresiones-de-un.html).
In French:
- Highlands Magazine (
www.facebook.com/852838018070780/photos/pcb.1622286011125973/1622273997793841/?type=3&theater);
- Koid'9 magazine rock & progressif
(
www.facebook.com/852838018070780/photos/pcb.1631100556911185/1631099360244638/?type=3&theater);
- Rock Progressivo Italiano Vol.2 (Interview)
(
www.facebook.com/MobiusStripGroup/posts/2555793777775187?__xts__[0]=68.ARCvrr8da4hIwx7pKmfK9b9NGqzNlIyTHC71PFzOao07jXIvE5egoEh50aCNVwylnzoXNIMZPXP9dhqYg3a-9CwlKUFfRi9VjDXCDhcG4bhjEWr6TwCupzM0yRSmm6iKHIfUMv-etLwH3VEslhV4cncjg8HE2X4RFaf0h_zmuN_P3eEBQGlmckjNabsdSUE3216p-0VXAx0ELfJ-Iy3wmBIodw0g5XmAgeNHNLhdvpzCer4KaDyMpJ6-hiOdvmisW_Wv5xC1szBPwmnN6e3ccNIBBO845Eb9ZZ8WPTVMzFnEHn6kJm8mOHsyfrYhTw&__tn__=C-R);
- DragonJazz (
www.dragonjazz.com/progrock11/progrock11_v5.htm#mobius);
- Profilprog (
www.profilprog.com/mobius-strip-2017-review).
In Norwegian:
- Permafrost.Today (
permafrost.today/2018/01/06/mobius-strip-unge-musikere-pa-hoyt-niva/).
In Japanese:
- Disk Union (
diskunion.net/progre/ct/detail/1007374297).
In Greek:
-
ProgRocks.gr (
progrocks.gr/EL/mobius-strip-mobius-strip/).
Follow us also on:
- Facebook (
www.facebook.com/M%C3%B6bius-Strip-852838018070780/);
- YouTube (
www.youtube.com/channel/UCS7_17E68XIi0cvbQu1-6rw);
- Bandcamp (
mbiusstrip1.bandcamp.com/releases);
- Instagram (
www.instagram.com/mobius_strip_official/?hl=it);
- Spotify
(
open.spotify.com/album/549Gibcxa0mTPaclXNaLdH?play=true&play=true);
- SoundCloud
(
soundcloud.com/user-721637733);
- All About Jazz
(
musicians.allaboutjazz.com/index_new.php?url=mobiusstrip&width=1024);
- Progstreaming
(
progstreaming.nl/pages/play-album.php?activeAlbum=2017-05-08-08+-+Mobius+Strip+-+Mobius+Strip);
- Rockit
(
www.rockit.it/httpswww.facebook.comMC3B6bius).