Porno Jazz – All About Jazz Italia

Porno Jazz è un concept album dedicato al foot job e all’erotismo in genere. Di cosa stiamo parlando? Ilfoot job è la pratica erotica della masturbazione realizzata con i piedi femminili. Nei primi 23 secondi dell’album (“Intro”) una signorina e un signorino (quest’ultimo in maniera più silenziosa) godono felici di loro stessi. Un inizio inappuntabile e scontato.Non troverete altri momenti di jazz-rock scoppiettante come in “Arpeggi,” una improvvisazione spensierata dai colori accesi, elettrici e – inevitabilmente – caldi.

I nomi dei musicisti sono celati da strani pseudonimi come a trattarsi di scambisti dell’eros, ma forse piuttosto di eroi del cinema porno. In uno strano reading poem, probabilmente qualcuno dei succitati musicisti, descrive il proprio feticismo, amore, desiderio e ossessione per i piedi. Il racconto non è privo di rivelazioni (“avevo tredici anni la prima volta che mi fecero il mio primo foot job“). Sotto questa che – piuttosto che essere una confessione – è una risposta ad una intervista, rumoreggia la band, accompagnando le parole, la batteria che crea illusioni sonore e veli acustici che si spostano lentamente. Il brano si intitola “Mr.Foot Job – Sweet Water Pt.1”.
E’ quindi solo nel successivo “Fuck a 37 1/2 – Sweet Water Pt.2” che effettivamente si realizza il coito che avevamo desiderato, da immaginare visivamente in prima o terza persona grazie al grande fracasso della band, batteria, basso, chitarra, che solo parzialmente nasconde l’ansimare di una bella scopata. Sarà merito dell’uso massiccio del wah-wah, ma questa altra improvvisazione ricorda le atmosfere di On the Corner. Giusto richiamo e riferimento ad un grande album intriso di sesso viscerale e autentico.

Vi sembrerà intuitivo ma nel capitolo immediatamente successivo (“Heard You But Not Seen – Sweet Water Pt.3”) un solo di violino, breve e così romantico stabilisce la fine del rapporto sessuale.

Tentando di decodificare più che ascoltare lo svolgimento dell’album, sembrerebbe che uno dei protagonisti della scena sessuale voglia tentare una seconda impresa, infatti “Soft Transition” è un caldo incedere di tratti sonori con un sassofono protagonista, in una atmosfera acustica apparentemente immobile. C’è una intenzione ben precisa, ma appunto solo una intenzione, che i musicisti devono essersi reciprocamente dichiarati prima di suonare questa improvvisazione. Appaiono anche un koto, poi la chitarra (distorta) e l’elettronica intensificano e saturano lo spazio sonoro. L’ombra che materializza spesso tra le tracce è quella degli Area, e di Bitches Brew.
L’esperienza si chiude con il capitolo malinconico e suggestivo di “La puta del barrio,” una poesia dedicata all’amore, con un intenso solo di basso.

Al Partito dell’Amore aggiungiamo quello del Sesso. Tuttavia se ascoltate questo album a casa vostra, la vostra famiglia, i vostri vicini o peggio vostra moglie o vostro marito, potrebbero pensare che state facendo le cosacce. Quindi armatevi di cuffie facendo solo finta di seguire “Porta a Porta”. Siete avvertiti.

http://italia.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=4844Porno Jazz è un concept album dedicato al foot job e all’erotismo in genere. Di cosa stiamo parlando? Ilfoot job è la pratica erotica della masturbazione realizzata con i piedi femminili. Nei primi 23 secondi dell’album (“Intro”) una signorina e un signorino (quest’ultimo in maniera più silenziosa) godono felici di loro stessi. Un inizio inappuntabile e scontato.Non troverete altri momenti di jazz-rock scoppiettante come in “Arpeggi,” una improvvisazione spensierata dai colori accesi, elettrici e – inevitabilmente – caldi.

I nomi dei musicisti sono celati da strani pseudonimi come a trattarsi di scambisti dell’eros, ma forse piuttosto di eroi del cinema porno. In uno strano reading poem, probabilmente qualcuno dei succitati musicisti, descrive il proprio feticismo, amore, desiderio e ossessione per i piedi. Il racconto non è privo di rivelazioni (“avevo tredici anni la prima volta che mi fecero il mio primo foot job“). Sotto questa che – piuttosto che essere una confessione – è una risposta ad una intervista, rumoreggia la band, accompagnando le parole, la batteria che crea illusioni sonore e veli acustici che si spostano lentamente. Il brano si intitola “Mr.Foot Job – Sweet Water Pt.1”.
E’ quindi solo nel successivo “Fuck a 37 1/2 – Sweet Water Pt.2” che effettivamente si realizza il coito che avevamo desiderato, da immaginare visivamente in prima o terza persona grazie al grande fracasso della band, batteria, basso, chitarra, che solo parzialmente nasconde l’ansimare di una bella scopata. Sarà merito dell’uso massiccio del wah-wah, ma questa altra improvvisazione ricorda le atmosfere di On the Corner. Giusto richiamo e riferimento ad un grande album intriso di sesso viscerale e autentico.

Vi sembrerà intuitivo ma nel capitolo immediatamente successivo (“Heard You But Not Seen – Sweet Water Pt.3”) un solo di violino, breve e così romantico stabilisce la fine del rapporto sessuale.

Tentando di decodificare più che ascoltare lo svolgimento dell’album, sembrerebbe che uno dei protagonisti della scena sessuale voglia tentare una seconda impresa, infatti “Soft Transition” è un caldo incedere di tratti sonori con un sassofono protagonista, in una atmosfera acustica apparentemente immobile. C’è una intenzione ben precisa, ma appunto solo una intenzione, che i musicisti devono essersi reciprocamente dichiarati prima di suonare questa improvvisazione. Appaiono anche un koto, poi la chitarra (distorta) e l’elettronica intensificano e saturano lo spazio sonoro. L’ombra che materializza spesso tra le tracce è quella degli Area, e di Bitches Brew.
L’esperienza si chiude con il capitolo malinconico e suggestivo di “La puta del barrio,” una poesia dedicata all’amore, con un intenso solo di basso.

Al Partito dell’Amore aggiungiamo quello del Sesso. Tuttavia se ascoltate questo album a casa vostra, la vostra famiglia, i vostri vicini o peggio vostra moglie o vostro marito, potrebbero pensare che state facendo le cosacce. Quindi armatevi di cuffie facendo solo finta di seguire “Porta a Porta”. Siete avvertiti.

http://italia.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=4844

Tongs – freejazz-stef.blogspot.com

This album has been lying around here, not knowing what to do with it. Does it fit the profile of this blog or doesn’t it? Is is sufficiently jazz? Is it sufficiently adventurous? Well, in a way it is. The music is hard to pigeonhole. If you like The Happy Apple or Lucien Dubuis Trio, you must give this one a try too. Carlo Garof plays drums, percussion, objects, sinori, megaphone, live electronics; Antonio Bertoni plays double bass, electric bass, effects and sampler, Luca Serrapiglio plays baritone and tenor, bass clarinet and lo-fi electronics. The music has a definite rock attack and approach, with the studio being the fourth musician of the band. There is lots of fun on this album, lots of unexpected and interesting new subtleties added to the genre (and not only the megaphone). It rocks, it funks, it pumps, it swings, but on top you get colorful delivery of new sounds, ground-shaking drumming, gut-wrenching arco, hair-blowing horns, hair-raising electronics, feet-raising rhythms. Lively stuff! A little more unity would have made this a better album. Sometimes a little too sweet (like in the first track), sometimes hesitating between just plain fun and real artistic ambitions, but it sounds very promising.This album has been lying around here, not knowing what to do with it. Does it fit the profile of this blog or doesn’t it? Is is sufficiently jazz? Is it sufficiently adventurous? Well, in a way it is. The music is hard to pigeonhole. If you like The Happy Apple or Lucien Dubuis Trio, you must give this one a try too. Carlo Garof plays drums, percussion, objects, sinori, megaphone, live electronics; Antonio Bertoni plays double bass, electric bass, effects and sampler, Luca Serrapiglio plays baritone and tenor, bass clarinet and lo-fi electronics. The music has a definite rock attack and approach, with the studio being the fourth musician of the band. There is lots of fun on this album, lots of unexpected and interesting new subtleties added to the genre (and not only the megaphone). It rocks, it funks, it pumps, it swings, but on top you get colorful delivery of new sounds, ground-shaking drumming, gut-wrenching arco, hair-blowing horns, hair-raising electronics, feet-raising rhythms. Lively stuff! A little more unity would have made this a better album. Sometimes a little too sweet (like in the first track), sometimes hesitating between just plain fun and real artistic ambitions, but it sounds very promising.

Tongs – Down Town Music Gallery

The Long Song label is based in Milano, Italy and has been documenting a growing scene there. Tongs is a trio with whom I was not yet familiar. Tongs are basically a sax/bass/drums trio but still come up with some surprises. “Bootswanna” features Arlo on bari sax with the trio playing a trio, loping groove that sounds like it is about to fall over. This could almost be The Thing without all of that screaming?!? Each piece evokes a different mood or vibe. “Lifting Tools” has a somber bass line, eerie electronics and a sleepy bari sax solo. “Slippers Follow Me” has a laid back, sly sort of funky groove with a strong bari solo from Arlo. Although the bassist rarely solos, he is often at the center of each piece structurally. He does take a fine bowed bass solo on “Polly Polka” while Arlo plays a mellow repeating bass clarinet pattern. “Stretched Tongue” has one of those great lumbering dinosaur-like grooves with growling bari sax just keeps getting more intense as the electronics add a more mysterious counter shade and the band starts to rock out in the last section. On “Bobo” the trio play a haunting melody that most musicians would die for since it reaches so deeply into our collective consciousness and soothes our souls with that spiritual balm we all need from time to time. Tongs work best when they explore the more restrained side of sax/bass/drums thing, all three members integral to their spirited collective sound. Considering that I wasn’t familiar with any of the members of this fine trio, this is truly an unexpected delight worthy of your time, consideration and cash.The Long Song label is based in Milano, Italy and has been documenting a growing scene there. Tongs is a trio with whom I was not yet familiar. Tongs are basically a sax/bass/drums trio but still come up with some surprises. “Bootswanna” features Arlo on bari sax with the trio playing a trio, loping groove that sounds like it is about to fall over. This could almost be The Thing without all of that screaming?!? Each piece evokes a different mood or vibe. “Lifting Tools” has a somber bass line, eerie electronics and a sleepy bari sax solo. “Slippers Follow Me” has a laid back, sly sort of funky groove with a strong bari solo from Arlo. Although the bassist rarely solos, he is often at the center of each piece structurally. He does take a fine bowed bass solo on “Polly Polka” while Arlo plays a mellow repeating bass clarinet pattern. “Stretched Tongue” has one of those great lumbering dinosaur-like grooves with growling bari sax just keeps getting more intense as the electronics add a more mysterious counter shade and the band starts to rock out in the last section. On “Bobo” the trio play a haunting melody that most musicians would die for since it reaches so deeply into our collective consciousness and soothes our souls with that spiritual balm we all need from time to time. Tongs work best when they explore the more restrained side of sax/bass/drums thing, all three members integral to their spirited collective sound. Considering that I wasn’t familiar with any of the members of this fine trio, this is truly an unexpected delight worthy of your time, consideration and cash.

Jazz with the Megaphone? – allaboutjazz.com

Back in 1980s and early 1990s in New York, musicians were reinventing jazz and the “downtown scene,” as it was called, was focused on the The Knitting Factory club. Artists like saxophonists John Zorn, John Lurie and Thomas Chapin, guitarist Marc Ribot and cellist Tom Cora became famous. While they were schooled in the traditional, their rediscovery of the spark and energy that can be found in jazz was a revelation. Bands like Lounge LizardsJazz Passengers, Naked City, Doctor Nerve, Chunk and Slan, the first generation to be born under the full weight of rock and roll, brought a D.I.Y. sensibility to the music. This disc epitomize that same spirit—jazz that rocks.

Three young Italian jazz musicians Carlo Garof (percussion), Antonio Bertoni (bass) and Luca Serrapiglio (reeds) set out to integrate the worlds of jazz and rock. Their effort, Jazz With A Megaphone?, doesn’t fuse the two as much as weld them together. The group play avant rock with jazz instruments, sometimes creating a free/jazz/punk amalgam, and at other places, a cobbled Frankenstein jazz monster. Tongs favors the low end, the bass fiddle (both acoustic and electric), baritone saxophone and bass clarinet.

A swinging opener, “Bootswanna,” finds Serrapiglia’s baritone sax cruising a post-bop melody before chewing off huge chunks of energized outward notes over the speeding pulse of bass and drums. This pattern is repeated throughout to great effect. The band updates this dynamic swing with varied lo-fi electronic effects, samplers and a megaphone. Tongs is not just a crash-and-bash ensemble, it has a flair for positioning these effects and other subtle sounds within noisy contexts to keep things interesting. “Lifting Tools” is a great ambient electronics meditation that morphs into a free-jazz piece, then finally, into a rocker.

The trio’s capaciity for gentle, considerate music is also found here. The chanting “Bobo” has the feel of a late 1960s track by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders upgraded with effects. After a tenor saxophone invocation, bassist Antonio Bertoni stretches out the affair with some angular bowing, before plucking an a cappella solo. There’s also the introspective “Am Duong” and “The Sketch Of The Cat,” both drifting improvised pieces that meander a bit. Never does the music fall back on mindless rock themes. Drummer Carlo Garof plays with stunning energy—directing his partners towards exclamations and his listeners towards sonic insights. For Tongs, everything new is both old and new again.Back in 1980s and early 1990s in New York, musicians were reinventing jazz and the “downtown scene,” as it was called, was focused on the The Knitting Factory club. Artists like saxophonists John Zorn, John Lurie and Thomas Chapin, guitarist Marc Ribot and cellist Tom Cora became famous. While they were schooled in the traditional, their rediscovery of the spark and energy that can be found in jazz was a revelation. Bands like Lounge LizardsJazz Passengers, Naked City, Doctor Nerve, Chunk and Slan, the first generation to be born under the full weight of rock and roll, brought a D.I.Y. sensibility to the music. This disc epitomize that same spirit—jazz that rocks.

Three young Italian jazz musicians Carlo Garof (percussion), Antonio Bertoni (bass) and Luca Serrapiglio (reeds) set out to integrate the worlds of jazz and rock. Their effort, Jazz With A Megaphone?, doesn’t fuse the two as much as weld them together. The group play avant rock with jazz instruments, sometimes creating a free/jazz/punk amalgam, and at other places, a cobbled Frankenstein jazz monster. Tongs favors the low end, the bass fiddle (both acoustic and electric), baritone saxophone and bass clarinet.

A swinging opener, “Bootswanna,” finds Serrapiglia’s baritone sax cruising a post-bop melody before chewing off huge chunks of energized outward notes over the speeding pulse of bass and drums. This pattern is repeated throughout to great effect. The band updates this dynamic swing with varied lo-fi electronic effects, samplers and a megaphone. Tongs is not just a crash-and-bash ensemble, it has a flair for positioning these effects and other subtle sounds within noisy contexts to keep things interesting. “Lifting Tools” is a great ambient electronics meditation that morphs into a free-jazz piece, then finally, into a rocker.

The trio’s capaciity for gentle, considerate music is also found here. The chanting “Bobo” has the feel of a late 1960s track by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders upgraded with effects. After a tenor saxophone invocation, bassist Antonio Bertoni stretches out the affair with some angular bowing, before plucking an a cappella solo. There’s also the introspective “Am Duong” and “The Sketch Of The Cat,” both drifting improvised pieces that meander a bit. Never does the music fall back on mindless rock themes. Drummer Carlo Garof plays with stunning energy—directing his partners towards exclamations and his listeners towards sonic insights. For Tongs, everything new is both old and new again.

Porno Jazz- allaboutjazz.com

Back in 1980s and early 1990s in New York, musicians were reinventing jazz and the “downtown scene,” as it was called, was focused on the The Knitting Factory club. Artists like saxophonists John Zorn, John Lurie and Thomas Chapin, guitarist Marc Ribot and cellist Tom Cora became famous. While they were schooled in the traditional, their rediscovery of the spark and energy that can be found in jazz was a revelation. Bands like Lounge LizardsJazz Passengers, Naked City, Doctor Nerve, Chunk and Slan, the first generation to be born under the full weight of rock and roll, brought a D.I.Y. sensibility to the music. This disc epitomize that same spirit—jazz that rocks.

Not since the recording Bible Launcher (Tzadik, 1996), which was banned for using illegal samples, has there been a good merger of jazz, rock and pornography. “Intro,” which opensPornoJazz with 22 seconds of orgasmic breathing, signals the censors to begin their surveillance, before segueing into some fusiony Jean Luc Ponty-like jazz rock on “Arpeggi.” It may be the heavy breathing and foot fetish monologue that caused the musicians of The Foot Job Band to adopt fake names like Turtle Milazzo, Whiskey San Martino and Mr. Foot Job for this recordings. It’s likely the players, regulars on other Long Song Records, just wanted to blow off a little steam here.

Don’t let the title fool you; there are some solid tracks here, it’s just that you have to wade through the loud sex scene on “Fuck A 37 1/2—Sweet Water Pt. 2” before you get to the gentler violin and soprano saxophone pieces. For all the bravado exhibited with the impostor names and poser CD artwork, some impressive improvisation lurks here. Guitar, saxophone, violin and drums unfurl a placid wandering on “W.S.U.,” and Milazzo’s soprano rendezvous with the electric bass on “Evidence Is Empirical” is engrossing in its timorous imagination. There’s some guitar-destruction noise as background for the smart improvisation on “Comin’ Soon,” and an explicit heavy metal offering, “Skins Touched.” There’s even an out-of-the- blue Cuban swinger, “La Puta Del Barrio.” All music you might have heard from your favorite NYC downtown musicians back in the day.Back in 1980s and early 1990s in New York, musicians were reinventing jazz and the “downtown scene,” as it was called, was focused on the The Knitting Factory club. Artists like saxophonists John Zorn, John Lurie and Thomas Chapin, guitarist Marc Ribot and cellist Tom Cora became famous. While they were schooled in the traditional, their rediscovery of the spark and energy that can be found in jazz was a revelation. Bands like Lounge LizardsJazz Passengers, Naked City, Doctor Nerve, Chunk and Slan, the first generation to be born under the full weight of rock and roll, brought a D.I.Y. sensibility to the music. This disc epitomize that same spirit—jazz that rocks.

Not since the recording Bible Launcher (Tzadik, 1996), which was banned for using illegal samples, has there been a good merger of jazz, rock and pornography. “Intro,” which opensPornoJazz with 22 seconds of orgasmic breathing, signals the censors to begin their surveillance, before segueing into some fusiony Jean Luc Ponty-like jazz rock on “Arpeggi.” It may be the heavy breathing and foot fetish monologue that caused the musicians of The Foot Job Band to adopt fake names like Turtle Milazzo, Whiskey San Martino and Mr. Foot Job for this recordings. It’s likely the players, regulars on other Long Song Records, just wanted to blow off a little steam here.

Don’t let the title fool you; there are some solid tracks here, it’s just that you have to wade through the loud sex scene on “Fuck A 37 1/2—Sweet Water Pt. 2” before you get to the gentler violin and soprano saxophone pieces. For all the bravado exhibited with the impostor names and poser CD artwork, some impressive improvisation lurks here. Guitar, saxophone, violin and drums unfurl a placid wandering on “W.S.U.,” and Milazzo’s soprano rendezvous with the electric bass on “Evidence Is Empirical” is engrossing in its timorous imagination. There’s some guitar-destruction noise as background for the smart improvisation on “Comin’ Soon,” and an explicit heavy metal offering, “Skins Touched.” There’s even an out-of-the- blue Cuban swinger, “La Puta Del Barrio.” All music you might have heard from your favorite NYC downtown musicians back in the day.

Presentazione disco Tongs!!!

Longsong Records vi invita a partecipare alla serata di presentazione del disco “JAZZ WITH THE MEGAPHONE?” dei TONGS.
Il concerto si terrà Venerdì 27 Novembre presso la Casa di Alex (Alex Extea) in via Moncalieri 5, Milano (zona Niguarda) – ore 22.00.

  • Carlo Garof: drums&percussion, objects, sinori (thunder sheet), megaphone, live electronics
  • Antonio Bertoni: double bass, electric bass, effect, sampler
  • Luca Serrapiglio: baritone sax, tenor sax, bass clarinet, lo-fi electronics

Sosteniamo la buona musica! Vi aspettiamo numerosi.

A presto

Porno Jazz – Downtown Music Gallery

Alleged personnel: Turtle Milazzo on soprano sax, Mr. Foot Job on guitars, Whiskey San Martino on violin, Aramis Bitonto on mahai metak, koto & oscillators, Ruby Gramsci on electric bass and Tigro Moro on drums. I wasn’t so sure about this when we got this promo in stock last month. What kind of name for Italian improv(?) band is “Porno Jazz” and why are they using fake names for their personnel? Hmmmm. The writing on the cover is in hot pink and there is a condom on the letter “J”. Very odd.
I would think that some of these musicians can be heard on the other discs from the same Long Song label, especially since there is someone playing a “mahai metak”. No idea what that is. Anyway. Some of the music it turns out is spirited jazz/rock, with a hard rockin’ rhythm team and wailing violin & guitar & some unnerving oscillator squeals. This reminds me of Pere Ubu minus the vocals. “Urb” sounds like the producer is adding unexpected echoes to the already jittery percussion and twisted guitar sounds. It often sounds as if there is something wrong with the disc or is it my player? Is that digital distortion or is the sound supposed to break up? Only those Porno Jazz Stars know for sure. Although I find some of this mildly disturbing soundwise, there is something intriguing about not knowing exactly what is going on or if this is supposed to sound this way. I have to admit that I do dig that weird stuff. Who else but yours truly would hold on to his ultra-rare LP by the Deep Freeze Mice instead of selling it on E-bay for $500.?!? – Bruce Lee Gallanter of Downtown Music Gallery, that’s who!Alleged personnel: Turtle Milazzo on soprano sax, Mr. Foot Job on guitars, Whiskey San Martino on violin, Aramis Bitonto on mahai metak, koto & oscillators, Ruby Gramsci on electric bass and Tigro Moro on drums. I wasn’t so sure about this when we got this promo in stock last month. What kind of name for Italian improv(?) band is “Porno Jazz” and why are they using fake names for their personnel? Hmmmm. The writing on the cover is in hot pink and there is a condom on the letter “J”. Very odd.
I would think that some of these musicians can be heard on the other discs from the same Long Song label, especially since there is someone playing a “mahai metak”. No idea what that is. Anyway. Some of the music it turns out is spirited jazz/rock, with a hard rockin’ rhythm team and wailing violin & guitar & some unnerving oscillator squeals. This reminds me of Pere Ubu minus the vocals. “Urb” sounds like the producer is adding unexpected echoes to the already jittery percussion and twisted guitar sounds. It often sounds as if there is something wrong with the disc or is it my player? Is that digital distortion or is the sound supposed to break up? Only those Porno Jazz Stars know for sure. Although I find some of this mildly disturbing soundwise, there is something intriguing about not knowing exactly what is going on or if this is supposed to sound this way. I have to admit that I do dig that weird stuff. Who else but yours truly would hold on to his ultra-rare LP by the Deep Freeze Mice instead of selling it on E-bay for $500.?!? – Bruce Lee Gallanter of Downtown Music Gallery, that’s who!

Dandelions On Fire – chitarraedintorni.blogspot.com/

Immagine poetica quella dei fiori di tarassaco (detti volgarmente “soffioni”) che bruciano, un fiore così impalpabile così etereo che brucia, che si consuma letteralmente in una vampata, senza lasciare cenere,senza lasciare neanche una traccia annerita.
Un’immagine potente per intitolare uno dei dischi di canzoni più belli che ho avuto modo di ascoltare quest’anno, anzi, al diavolo la prudenza, il più bello. Sì perché scrivere e mettere in musica canzoni non è mica facile, provatevi voi a cantare per l’ennesima volta i soliti temi universali, della tristezza, dell’amore, dell’odio, della difficoltà di vivere rimanendo originali, inventando qualcosa di nuovo, senza cadere nel banale o nel già sentito. Mica facile, ci vogliono muscoli e testa, intelligenza e sensibilità, e un gran coraggio: insomma bisogna essere artisti, artisti nel senso di chi senza bisogno di altro che una voce e una chitarra che la accompagni è capace, così, senza sovrastrutture, senza tante menate intellettualistiche, di incatenarti a una sedia, di invadere la tua testa con una musica scura, passionale, arrabbiata, contorta come può essere questo blues metropolitano, che arriva dritto dal passato, come può esserla la voce roca, sensuale e vissuta di Carla Bozulich e la chitarra intrigante, potente, valvolare e carica di Simone Massaron.
Mettetevi comodi, non si scappa, in fin dei conti sono solo 9 canzoni, nove, a dimostrazione del buon gusto di chi sa evitare dischi prolissi che sciupano i buoni contenuti, annacquandoli inutilmente. Ogni nota è decisa, ogni strofa cantata, sputata con intenzione, senza rimorsi e senza rimpianti, con una trasparenza e una sincerità che ti lascia senza fiato.
L’avesse fatto Tom Waits questo disco sarei a gridare all’ennesimo miracolo di un grande artista e mi troverei a cercare di non copiare tonnellate di altre recensioni, giustamente, entusiastiche, ma l’ha fatto un italiano, con una band dietro di fronte a cui è d’obbligo levarsi il cappello e con una cantante che fa persino paura. E allora? E allora mi arrabbio, mi arrabbio perché una musica del genere non viene giustamente celebrata, esaltata a dimostrazione che anche noi italiano sappiamo fare belle cose, che non c’è sempre bisogno dell’eterno ritornello chitarra-pizza-mandolino, che siamo nel XXI secolo e che sono stufo dell’ennesima Carta-accia che mi gira attorno proposta dagli Amici giusti con il Fattore X cucito adosso.
Good bye America, sei sempre lontana, ma questa volta non cerco di raggiungerti neanche con la musica, la Musica è già qui.
E se non mi credete provate a ballare come un lento Dandelions on Fire con la persona che amate … a luci spente, per favore.Immagine poetica quella dei fiori di tarassaco (detti volgarmente “soffioni”) che bruciano, un fiore così impalpabile così etereo che brucia, che si consuma letteralmente in una vampata, senza lasciare cenere,senza lasciare neanche una traccia annerita.
Un’immagine potente per intitolare uno dei dischi di canzoni più belli che ho avuto modo di ascoltare quest’anno, anzi, al diavolo la prudenza, il più bello. Sì perché scrivere e mettere in musica canzoni non è mica facile, provatevi voi a cantare per l’ennesima volta i soliti temi universali, della tristezza, dell’amore, dell’odio, della difficoltà di vivere rimanendo originali, inventando qualcosa di nuovo, senza cadere nel banale o nel già sentito. Mica facile, ci vogliono muscoli e testa, intelligenza e sensibilità, e un gran coraggio: insomma bisogna essere artisti, artisti nel senso di chi senza bisogno di altro che una voce e una chitarra che la accompagni è capace, così, senza sovrastrutture, senza tante menate intellettualistiche, di incatenarti a una sedia, di invadere la tua testa con una musica scura, passionale, arrabbiata, contorta come può essere questo blues metropolitano, che arriva dritto dal passato, come può esserla la voce roca, sensuale e vissuta di Carla Bozulich e la chitarra intrigante, potente, valvolare e carica di Simone Massaron.
Mettetevi comodi, non si scappa, in fin dei conti sono solo 9 canzoni, nove, a dimostrazione del buon gusto di chi sa evitare dischi prolissi che sciupano i buoni contenuti, annacquandoli inutilmente. Ogni nota è decisa, ogni strofa cantata, sputata con intenzione, senza rimorsi e senza rimpianti, con una trasparenza e una sincerità che ti lascia senza fiato.
L’avesse fatto Tom Waits questo disco sarei a gridare all’ennesimo miracolo di un grande artista e mi troverei a cercare di non copiare tonnellate di altre recensioni, giustamente, entusiastiche, ma l’ha fatto un italiano, con una band dietro di fronte a cui è d’obbligo levarsi il cappello e con una cantante che fa persino paura. E allora? E allora mi arrabbio, mi arrabbio perché una musica del genere non viene giustamente celebrata, esaltata a dimostrazione che anche noi italiano sappiamo fare belle cose, che non c’è sempre bisogno dell’eterno ritornello chitarra-pizza-mandolino, che siamo nel XXI secolo e che sono stufo dell’ennesima Carta-accia che mi gira attorno proposta dagli Amici giusti con il Fattore X cucito adosso.
Good bye America, sei sempre lontana, ma questa volta non cerco di raggiungerti neanche con la musica, la Musica è già qui.
E se non mi credete provate a ballare come un lento Dandelions on Fire con la persona che amate … a luci spente, per favore.

Tongs – BlowUp

Un debutto al di sopra della media per un power trio nostrano che c’è da sperare abbia la forza per continuare a sperimentare senza rinchiudersi nell’ormai comodo recinto della commistione dei generi. A Carlo Garof (batteria e percussioni), Antonio Bertoni (basso) e Luca Serrapiglio (sassofoni ed elettronica) non manca l’intensità collettiva, ma si fanno preferire nei brani circospetti e studiati (Lifting Tools, Polly Polka), in cui uno solo degli strumentisti mena la danza. (6/7)Un debutto al di sopra della media per un power trio nostrano che c’è da sperare abbia la forza per continuare a sperimentare senza rinchiudersi nell’ormai comodo recinto della commistione dei generi. A Carlo Garof (batteria e percussioni), Antonio Bertoni (basso) e Luca Serrapiglio (sassofoni ed elettronica) non manca l’intensità collettiva, ma si fanno preferire nei brani circospetti e studiati (Lifting Tools, Polly Polka), in cui uno solo degli strumentisti mena la danza. (6/7)

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