interview
foschia
fact, never put twice the same piece, like an
album to which you add new pieces as a kind
of diary. All very instinctive, following my
“desires” and inspiration, I do not have stakes.
A song can be a demo, one more polished,
one rap, then a pop one etc etc.
Your songwriting alloy “classic” songwriting and frequent hip hop interventions:
how and why did you decide to create dialogue between these two forms of music?
Let’s say that when you talk to me is still
more pop. I do not feel tied to rap even though I love it when it is used and mixed with
the other gender, as Gorillaz or even Kanye
West in recent works do, so why not. I have
not made big decisions about, or rather lately have many more demo without rap... I’m
on the instinct, without major performance
anxiety or large thinkings. Everything comes
really very natural.
Can you tell us something about who collaborates in your songs? How did you involved them in your tracks?
My main collaborator is Serra, MC of Modena, which is also my city. I met him many
No album (for now), no ep, a page on Soundcloud, images, by Jack Venturelli, with clear
references to cartoons of the early twentieth
century: the Foschia project stands out for
some unique characteristics. Founded by
Matt Revol along with Serra and Graziano
Ranieri, Foschia are searching for a winning
mix of soft songwriting, Sparklehorse style,
and some engraved hip hop. We interviewed
Matt Revol.
Can you tell your story here?
I have always been fond of music, especially
listening. Then, at 14/15 years, I discovered
the guitar, then piano. I studied both but soon
I give up, because I was only ever interested
in writing my music. So I devoted myself to a
bit of harmony theory, that I didn’t complete
too. Today, for many years, I write my pieces.
You have not made an ep or an lp, but
many “disconnected” songs. Can you
explain why?
My lp page is an lp in constant evolution, in
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years ago after hearing some of his
songs and I involved
him slowly, he got
in the game and has
adapted to a shape
much less rap than
pop. The project
was born with him.
Then, there are
Anne and Ludovica, two singers with
whom I recorded a
few pieces and collaborated on various
melodies and texts,
Graziano Ranieri,
sound engineer and
friend and finally
Antonio, very good
guitar player with
whom I recorded
the guitars for several pieces. These
are the main contributors and with
whom work more
often. Then there
are others more “occasional”.
Who is or who are the Italians independent
artists who esteems more right now?
I do not know whether they are independent,
but I like “La rappresentante di lista”
Can you name three songs, Italian or foreign, that have influenced you the most?
I would say, if I can go with albums, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot of Sparklehorse, Blur’s Think Tank and Sgt.Pepper of
Beatles.
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