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Rating: For me, albums are either good or bad, there is no middle ground. Bad albums can sometimes be very bad. Good albums can be very good, wonderful, or a concept approaching an emotionally cathartic release (clear?).
The album by Collettivo Angelo Mai, for me, is this concept pressed onto vinyl, and it couldn't be different because the collective is a true "superband" of singer-songwriters… let’s clarify: nothing to do with those ridiculous ones from the "legendary eighties." We can find Pino Marino, Francesco Forni, Massimo Giangrande (virtuoso voice and guitar of that beautiful project "Punch & Judy"), Roberto Angelini…
Mental parenthesis:
"Who? The one from "gatto matto"?" you might ask in astonishment… "No, the real one, the one from "Sign. Domani" or "Pong Moon", who prefers to play in intimate Roman venues rather than at festivalbar!" I reply. And don't touch Angelini anymore!
The way I bring readers into the text…
Among other illustrious names are Filippo Gatti (soloist and former "Elettrojoyce"), Rodrigo D'Erasmo (Nidi D'Arac), Andrea Pesce, Fabio Rondanini, Gabriele Lazzarotti, Cristiano De Fabritiis, Renato Ciunfrini, Raffaella Misiti ("Acustimantico"), Claudia Pandolci (yes… the actress, appears in the choruses), Davide Piersanti.
There are free jazz and experimental tracks ("Epox", "L'aya", "Kala"), which I can only critique superficially as they are quite far from my expertise. The rest is excellent singer-songwriter school intertwined with a concept of low-fi probably comparable only to Damien Rice, Calexico, and Iron and Wine. The tracks are mostly rearrangements of songs already released on albums, but enriched by the multifaceted experience of musicians and characters who enter the music scene without fanfare but leave a profound mark, with the awareness of those who know music and how to play it.
Label "Fiori Rari," I highly recommend listening to the album, myspace might be an alternative, but I don't think it will suffice. I'm not suggesting it for me, nor for the collective. But for you, because compared to other albums, it has something more that cannot be heard only with the ears.
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