interview
Let’s start with the cues that led to the wri-
ting of the record and also the title: can you
explain where the inspiration comes from?
It all started a couple of years ago, I was hea-
ded to tell, without being insightful, our daily
life and the thing that unites us is a kind of
unpersonalization, linked to new technolo-
gies that are certainly interesting and useful
but they put a brake to our instinct, the topic
was already on “Water Hole” with the feeling
of “siege” but on this record I pushed even
deeper, I think of the boundaries of biotech-
nology and hypothesize that larger groups,
more than investing in research to make us
feel better are investing in something that
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ding to record in Wales, I did not succeed
but the idea was still present, I had to relo-
cate to thrust me, Chris Peet, who owns the
Northhouse Studios where I recorded hit me
immediately for the great professionalism and
lightness, we made a tracking (recording of
drums bases, bass, acoustic guitar and voice)
extraordinary, mild, effortless. Back to Italy,
the light of Wales, its nature, that language so
hard, all of that entered in the album.
Your career as a writer now travels in pa-
rallel with that of a musician, in particular
with this album that starts from assump-
tions similar to those of your latest book,
“Schiavoni Blues”. Do you find it more na-
tural to express yourself through the pages
of a book or the notes of a song? What are
the main difficulties facing the two media?
I’m a hyperactive, initially, I thought that in
the book I would have liked to accompany
an original soundtrack, I wanted to attach
an extended play, then in Wales it became a
13-song lp that is still a kind of soundtrack
but also something more, so I did two exits.
There are many points of contact, there is the
song dedicated to Guido’s figure, my father,
there are three instrumental themes. The song
comes out of the space more easily, in a few
minutes of a spectacle, even just on the pho-
ne and from there she lives, the pages of the
book require enormous dedication and care,
all due to the difficulty I have to accept my
limits.
The echoes of the great masters with whom
you’ve got the skill and good fortune to play
are also heard on the record... Is there a
particular lp that has influenced you or that
you were listening to in the working ses-
sions on this album?
makes us spend better, make us become “cash
machines” precisely, outpatient POS with un-
derwear codes.
You chose to register at Northhouse Studio
in Wales: what did you find there and what
quality did you give to the album?
A few years ago I started with a crowdfun-
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