Founded in 2014 by multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Christian Marras, Ergot Project debuted two years later with an interesting heavy/electro/prog reinterpretation of famous Beatles songs ("Beat-Less").
Almost ten years later, with the exceptional involvement of legendary drummer Pat Mastelotto, Christian and Ergot Project return with something completely different, an excellent step forward in the form of "A Family Secret," a concept album loosely inspired by the story of Billy Milligan, the protagonist of a famous case of multiple personality disorder that caused a stir in the United States in the 1970s.
Through the narrative device of a biographical story, the album presents an allegory of the multiple inner voices that inhabit each individual: fears, desires, conflicts, and fragilities.
The result is a musical journey balanced between progressive rock and electronic experimentation, in which dense, layered atmospheres guide the listener through an emotional labyrinth where nothing is as it seems.