Silvio Vinci

The Medicine Men were a sensational example of the exciting Mediterranean mod rock revival of the 90s. Originally from Sassari (Sardinia), the Medicine Men (name inspired by a song by John Mayall, ed.) forged a sound where they merged in a chemistry of styles ranging from American psychedelia to late 60s British pop, from blues to progressive rock, triggering a tangle of vintage instruments that fearlessly lead back to the late 60s - early 70s. The M.M were Silvio Vinci (keyboardist, composer and arranger), Stefano Sotgiu (lead vocals, composer, lyricist, and rhythm guitar), Luigi Cattani (lead guitarist), Leonardo Carboni (bassist, composer), Marcello Meridda (drummer and composer). Roberta Usai (extraordinary vocalist) took part in the recording sessions. This version, remastered by Silvio Vinci, restores life and energy to one of the most vivid Sardinian musical realities of the time.

Electronic & Pop innovation

Groovy

PROJECTIONS

Verse 1

You throw your shadow on my wall,

Make it ten feet wide and tall,

Tell me things I ought to be,

But every picture looks like me.

You paint the future black and white,

Then disappear into the light,

I hear your voice behind the door —

I don’t believe it anymore.

Chorus

Projections!

Coming through the glass,

Projections!

Shadows from the past.

You keep throwing your world on me,

But I ain’t what you want to see.

[Hammond solo — drums pushing hard]

Verse 2

You see a fire, I see a spark,

You see a road, I see the dark,

Every fear you never faced

Is hanging there in someone else’s place.

Turn the mirror, change the view,

Maybe what you see is you,

Strip the colours from the screen —

Tell me what the picture means.

Chorus

Projections!

Coming through the glass,

Projections!

Shadows from the past.

You keep throwing your world on me,

But I ain’t what you want to see.

[Break — Hammond riff / drums]

Bridge

No more pictures,

No disguise,

No more living

Through somebody’s eyes.

Turn it off!

Let it burn!

What you throw at me

Is gonna return.

[Long Hammond solo — overdriven Leslie]

Final Chorus

Projections!

All across the room,

Projections!

Dancing in the gloom.

You keep throwing your world on me…

But now I know

what I see.

Original Factory piece, written by Fabrizio Cherubini. Found in the archives of live recordings from 2017, captured with a portable Zoom, remastered with Logic Pro.

Factory play the Beatles , live session July 2024

An extraordinary piece by one of the most brilliant rock bands in Sardinia, the Medicine Men, from Sassari. The band played from 1992 to 1995, making a record recently rediscovered from the archives and re-released after a modern remixing job from the original 1995 analogue masters. In My Dizzy Home is a rhythmic ballad, inspired by the English psychedelic mod of the late 60s, written by Silvio Vinci (organ, piano, mellotron, moog, and Horns arrangements), with lyrics by Stefano Sotgiu (lead vocals), and the precious rhythmic contribution of Marcello Meridda (drums) and Leonardo Carboni (bass), and finally, Luigi Cattani (on rhythm and lead guitar). This version is remastered with Logic Pro 11.

Soul Kitchen deconstructed and played entirely with native logic instruments except Jim Morrison's deformed voice and John Densmore's drums mixed with different effects.

From the archives found, relating to a home recording session in 2023, with Stefano Muzzu on guitar improvising a riff for a shuffle, a blues emerges, albeit incomplete, full of charm and expertise.

Factory play The Kinks- Deconstructed version (arrangements of Silvio Vinci, vocals by Antonio Miscali )