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Cesare Basile

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Cesare Basile is a Catania-born Italian singer-songwriter noted for dark folk and blues-inflected albums. Reviews highlight atmospheric, theatrical arrangements, lyrical narratives of marginalization and spirituality, and collaborations with producers and guest artists.

Catania native; albums reviewed on DeBaser include Closet meraviglia (2001), Gran Calavera Elettrica (2003) and Hellequin Song (2005). John Parish produced at least some of his records. Manuel Agnelli contributed choirs on Hellequin Song. Critics compare his work to Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Calexico and others in reviews.

DeBaser reviews present Cesare Basile as a Catania-born singer-songwriter of dark folk and visceral blues. Critics praise atmospheric, theatrical albums produced with collaborators like John Parish. The work is described as mature, difficult, and increasingly personal.

For:Listeners of dark folk, blues-inflected singer-songwriters, and fans of Italian alternative music (Nick Cave / Tom Waits / Calexico listeners as comparative references in reviews).

 A dark and atmospheric album, Gran Calavera Elettrica (Mescal), is a record in which Cesare Basile sings tormented stories suffused with a faint light of sensations as subtle as silk.

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 "They didn't even have time to make mistakes/they will never make mistakes again"

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 "Like an old painting by Edward Hopper".

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 "You will piss on the Bank of Italy, but you will not escape the womb, this is the stage that breaks the voice, when the song is sweetest, this is the day that rains in the eyes, this is just the desert"

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 Beautiful, very beautiful.

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