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Impressive. The best mix of world music, Sicilian folk, frenetic rhythm, and electronic verve.

This latter is only the result of an entirely acoustic ensemble made of jaw harps and didgeridoo, and percussion that sometimes create a hypnotic mantra (Ventu di mari), and other times beat in a dancehall atmosphere (the self-celebratory Scambi, Na Terra).

Marimba and wind instruments weave the epic plot of Biruno, enriched by flutes and African percussion in the bluesy Liotro Blues and by horns and guitars in the psychedelic tale Piscaturi.

Very Sicilian indeed, Catania natives. And the dialect that permeates much of the lyrics and themes is also a testament to a strong sense of belonging to the land. The more southern you are, the more you grasp the poetic and rhetoric-free vein of the lyrics.

Alice Ferrara's lead vocals are very reminiscent of Meg (99 Posse). The resemblance isn't just in the tone but also in the strong raggamuffin influence (the good kind, without cannabis and politics) that characterizes the tracks.

It's hard to see technique, ideas, the desire to have fun, and to make people dance all shared in one album, but here it succeeds brilliantly.

Those less accustomed to the genres might approach it as mere background to the daily routine, even just to understand how far the expressive range of our own Marranzano can go, while others do well to enter the choral trance created by the album's concept and dive deep to contemplate the harmonic inventions of tracks like Piscaturi, Ulla, Liotro Blues.