Aeroplanitaliani
Stile Libero

THE REVIEW

Forget everything and start from here; there is no music, there are no words, then this album arrives and you find yourself swimming in the sky or flying in the sea; a milestone of Italian pop, original and intelligent songwriting, carefree and finely critical, as in "Zitti Zitti", winner of the critics' award at San Remo 1992: provocative funky pop in which the band reminds us that silence is golden and it's often better to keep your mouth shut and think. Each song is a metaphor for life or a warning about society. In the cheerfully dark "Piccoli Pericoli", there is a final moral urging us not to stay locked inside but to go out, moving away from the dangers of a sedentary life within the walls.

Alessio Bertallot created "a half-white, half-black creature, a hybrid" as he says in the intro "Aeroplanitaliani ragga", an infusion of reggae, dance hip hop, scratches, guttural sounds, and trembling lips. With "Voglio Scoprir L'America 2" he tells us about the conquest of the Americas warning us of the same fate that will befall us at the hands of aliens, in lively atmospheres of a '30s jazz band. He then compares the course of life to that of a train in "La Vita è Un Treno", an independent and erudite version of "Nord Sud Ovest Est", with harmonica, "tu tu" choruses, and tongue-twisters of the stations.

Another classic is "Quindici Amandoci", mathematical love the sum of multiple factors on a hip hop funky base; "Mario Monomandatario" is an irresistible tongue-twister of the banking dictionary to a rumba rhythm, then everything fades: in "Attraversando" a nocturnal and attractive atmosphere is created, a warm singing, a crystalline piano, and captivating female choruses. A techno and sampled interlude excites us, then Marco Costantini steals the scene from the group with a Spanish version of "Quince Amandonos" with harmonica and guitar. We must face reality, "it's the rule, everything is round, everything flows, rolls" is the motto of the philosophical "Tutto Rotola" and its questions about the ultimate truths; the final "Plagio" is a gypsy circus recap of the previous songs.

An album that sets a good mood, with the substance of albums like "Italya, Rum Casusu çikti", "La Mia Moto", "Nomi E Cognomi"; so dive into the sea as into the sky, to swim or to fly, Aeroplanitaliani freestyle.