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Trasmigrazioni

The thing that struck me the most about DeBaser in these first two days was the mountain of reviews of bands unknown to me. Alaskan metal bands, Canadian reggae, Brazilian hip-hip (I'm making this up, of course). My first review was criticized with "There were already two reviews of this album. What do we need yours for?!" Something that breaks my heart. So I set out in search of something original: Subsonica, no; The Clash, let's not even think about it; Lucio Battisti, perhaps something's missing...next time, maybe; The Cure, way too many. Nothing for me, in short.

Then, browsing through my music folders, I find this album. A truly beautiful album. And I see that there's nothing about Daniele Sepe on Debaser. I'm a bit surprised. How come?!?! Five reviews of a bland Negramaro album, either loving it or hating it without any middle ground, and nothing about one of the greatest Italian saxophonists?! Strange.

"Trasmigrazioni," however, is not really an album by Daniele Sepe. It's a Various Artists project. Although I doubt you know any other artist who participated. It's one of those that come out with Il Manifesto, with which the artist has a contract that allows him to release albums like this at a low price (8 euros, the fair price for all albums).
Sepe only participates and collaborates with exceptional artists: those who have immigrated to Italy! So the album mainly contains music from the East of the world (Balkan, Arabic, Indian) traditional but does not disdain slight jazz flavors with Sepe's splendid sax sound (the fantastic Mbrihakinpersia, only sax and tribal drums).

An album that isn't easy, of course, starting from the duration (78 minutes) and the great variety of genres found within. But it is above all an album of beautiful musical discoveries. It's hard to differentiate the various songs, as this album is perfect as it is in its unique body. I'll mention two that struck me a lot: "Hata" and "Lengue".

The album is also an interesting test against racism. It teaches us that the traditions of those who emigrate are not poor or, at least, weaker and inferior to ours. It teaches us that immigrant populations are not ignorant but have a very strong culture. We understand that if they emigrate, it's not only dependent on them.