Garbo
Gialloelettrico

Three years exactly after the excellent "Blu," Renato Abate, known as Garbo, returns to the scene with a new album entitled "Gialloelettrico."

Second in a hypothetical series of releases inspired by colors, the artist from Bergamo reaches with this new effort peaks of intensity and creativity truly worthy of mention, considering that his musical career has now reached the milestone of 25 years.

The tracks are ten, interspersed with urban settings represented by sounds and noises that are part of each of our daily "being," plus five versions of the track "Onda Elettrica," positioned at the end as bonus tracks. All in all, a full hour of music—and what music!!

"Giallo," ultra-modern electropop, synthesized voice, techno-moderated rhythm, and contagious hook, opens the dance; "Io e Te" and "Amanti," sophisticated nocturnal disco-ballads, continue the hypnotic mood and confirm more than ever an awaited plunge of the artist into purest electronics; "Io Non Miglioro," a masterpiece written with Luca Urbani of Soerba, is a splendid pop-song rich in keyboards and synths, an example of very effective modern new wave; "Onda Elettrica," chosen as the lead single, is an improbable electro-rock ride between Jesus And Mary Chain (from the second album) and Franco Battiato (the more lighthearted one), with an engaging rhythm and an irresistible hook; "Settimo Senso" is perhaps the most challenging track, where sparse melody is balanced by powerful rhythm; "Andarsene," written with Morgan (Bluvertigo), is another distinctly pop song close to Subsonica and Delta V, but with a much higher level of class and refinement. "Se" is a technopop track, very radio-friendly, similar in arrangements and melody to certain inspired works of New Order; finally, "Forse," the most unusual track on the album, is an acoustic ballad that winks at Brit-pop and only seemingly closes this "concept" work.

Only seemingly because after the final interlude "Ci Vediamo Dopo," with a curious almost jazz epilogue, a female voice announces to prepare for a journey ("fasten your seat belts...") in the company of five versions of the hit "Onda Elettrica" reworked by some of the best Italian mix masters like Fred Ventura, Ovophonic, Derivando, Alex Visconti, and Synthlab. In short, a great gift from Garbo, who with genuine irony, enthusiasm, and professionalism, once again puts himself in the game, with the desire to make great music with the honesty and humility that many of our contemporary artists completely lack.

The concluding note is for all those (media in general, journalists, radio stations, record labels...) who have unjustly ignored the talent of an artist, without whom much of the local pop most loved by young people (randomly citing Subsonica, Marlene Kuntz, Velvet, Il Nucleo, Bluvertigo, La Sintesi, Delta V...) would never have reached its widespread acclaim.

Courage... you're still in time to give "Gialloelettrico" and its author the rightful accolades!!!

P.S. The album is sold to the public for no more than €15.90.