interview
Salvo Mizzle
trivial things
make me shudder
Belzebù pensaci tu is the second lp of songwriter Salvo Mizzle. Twelve songs with a bit
of provocation and with many intimate tunes,
influenced by rock and old style songwriting.
An album of many virtues, but that does need
some explanation. We asked them directly to
the songwriter.
Your debut was a couple of years ago: what
has changed in your approach to the making of this new album?
It is definitely changed something at the organizational level. The first album Via Zara
arrived and I did not understand much. I had
these songs that we were trying, and overnight we had to record them. Many arrangements, as well as some songs, were born
precisely during the recording. Of course all
this was possible only for the fact of having
recorded entirely at home. For the latter it
was all different. We recorded it in the studio,
there are so many tools and so many people
who participated in it. So, we had to be more
methodical, also to avoid loss of time and
money.
What it was the idea of the title “Belzebù
pensaci tu” (Beelzebub take care)?
The title was created for fun. Often, faced
with difficulties, we ear people telling things
like “Jesus help us you” or “if Jesus wants to”
... so I imagined a Christ extremely stressed
that observes the world to go to hell and not
know what to do. It’s a provocation. Often we
rely on the great figures, to avoid take responsibility for how we run and we run our lives
badly.
Why did you choose a “difficult” song as a
“Cane morto” as a single?
At first, I thought of “Che stile” as the first
single. It would be the easier and appropriate
choice, because it is a melodic piece, direct,
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pleasant... so the best single. As usual, however, trivial things make me shudder. Even
at impact level, launching an album which
is called Belzebù pensaci tu with a romantic song like Che stile did not seem the right
choice. Cane morto is the type of single that
I expect from the band or singers that I like.
One of those songs that makes you say: “Let’s
see... what the hell he has done this time?”
Can you tell the main instrument you used
to play on this record?
Ehhh here you would like Dr. Maleforte “Pietro Latiano” (co-producer of the album and
lead guitar). Anyone who knows me will understand why! There was a mixer, a software
to record (CUBASE if I am not mistaken),
microphones, guitars, amps... more. I’m a lazy
crazy but I swear that one day I will learn!
Who are the Italian independent artists you
esteem the most right now and why?
There are many. First names that come to me:
Colapesce, Giovanni Truppi, Appino. People
you respect and that respect what they do.
click here
and listen to
“belzebù
pensaci tu”
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