April 2002
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The Attila & Dave Project - Lifeline

Attacking their psychedelic rock canvas with the reckless abandon of a Berkeley freshman mowing through a six pack on a Thursday night, Attila & Dave Project load up their recordings with the pleasing aromas of synthesizers, piano, guitars, and a variety of percussion. That might not sound original but in fact, Lifeline is one of the better DYI releases I've heard in a while. (but then again I still thirst for the Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd sound) Theirs is a distinctive yet intangible song quality deemed typical of good California green grass rockers. The band effectively reincarnates the early 70s with lyrics like "Small little hands of a little child reach in the darkness and wait for a while" on the song 'Moonlight' and "From under the bed and into the air, Lost in the silence it drifts everywhere". Attilia Medveczky (vocals, keyboards), Dave Stevenson (guitars) and Rusty Aceves (drums) have opened for Steppenwolf and The Bay City Rollers at shows in and around the Bay area. When not playing with the band or freelancing, Attila plays with the Diablo Valley Symphony and maintains a teaching practice for guitar, bass and piano. Rusty has been active in the Bay Area music scene for nearly twelve years as a freelance jazz drummer, symphonic percussionist and experimental/electronic musician and composer. Meanwhile, Dave works as a solo classical guitarist, freelance electric and acoustic guitarist, piano tuner and guitar and piano teacher outside of the band and was a founder of the legendary Sacramento band Scrub. Filled with a sense of rejuvenation, exulting at a new birth of freedom of mind and body, the group feels like they have rediscovered the laws and rhythms of a primitive age while speaking the original language of a innocent world. "Having been raised on television, the group cites the Monkees as their earliest influence" says their biography. "Since then, everything from rock to jazz to classical music has congealed in their collective consciousness, allowing them to create songs and pieces at once powerful as well as tasty". Now new themes - the beauty of an unspoilt world in which the human being is the ruler and where his body is innocent and beautiful - make their way into Attila & Dave's songs.