Daniele Sepe
Suonarne 1 per Educarne 100

Desire for protest? Nostalgia for the Seventies? Regret for that musically fertile yet socially tragic period? Or simply madness? I don't know what drove Daniele Sepe to "contrive" Suonarne 1 per Educarne 100, a consecration and reaffirmation of the author's madness, who with this anachronistic and innovative work tries to bring the idea of a new protest to young people... And he's not entirely wrong.

The concept gathers the virtues and vices of the '70s under an ironic and often polemical key, contrasted with twenty-first century Italy. A journey through past decades, accompanied by the voices of historical figures such as Ignazio Buttitta or Alberto Sordi, radio news of the era, and news events; which stitched together give birth to a subversive way of composing and conceiving music. 

The work, fundamentally positioned on the left, presents several questionable features, such as the choice to address a limited audience: despite being aimed at Italians in general, the expressions in Neapolitan were, in my opinion, to be avoided. Indeed, they make the artist caricature-like and the discourse less serious (perhaps that's what Sepe wanted to achieve).

The album is not only a manifesto of revolt, but above all a musically complete and balanced project: you can find musical references to the most important trends in vogue during the years in question.

 Daniele Sepe seems to foresee the future of the Italian press, destined for "pseudo-monitored freedom": "For a start in the morning you’d go to the newsstand under your house and you could choose between three dailies that did not align with the parliamentary political sphere: Il Quotidiano dei Lavoratori, il Manifesto, and Lotta Continua. Not to mention the myriad magazines that proliferated: Rosso, Controinformazione, Anarchismo, Vogliamo Tutto, Metropoli, Senza Tregua. And then comics: from Linus to Cannibale, from il Male to Ken Parker. Those were different times, just remember the cartoons about the pope that il Male gave us, today they would surely be subject to the most gruesome censorship."

Rebellion is right. Always. This is the message expressed by the Neapolitan composer, he reveals it through powerful electric Blues, refined Fusion, radio Suites, lyrics between the satirical and the social, and massive Hard Rock. This is, therefore, a concept never seen before, which combines common social themes, satire, and history with a cultural message to young people: REBELL.