Ivano Fossati
Il Grande Mare Che Avremmo Traversato

With these introspections and with this desire for self-discovery, the great journey by air and by sea of Ivano Fossati begins, in the Italian songwriting.

And it is precisely that soothing call in the title-track, that drives him to wonder "what is beyond.." and to set sail thus embarking on this adventure, which, pay attention, is not meant to find money or love or luck, but rather ourselves, our soul, our being. A life marked by the sea of his Genoa as he tells us in the first verse of "To the Last Friend":

We must leave immediately and without regrets, just a goodbye to our dearest friend, and then away to the alluring Brazilian lands, "From Recife to Fortaleza" to "Jangada", two instrumental tracks, where splendid influences, atmospheres, and South American sounds are breathed. What is expected from this tortuous journey is understood in "New Song", and they are the essence of our life: "The path is tormented under a black sky, but may man become a true man" and our existential coherence: "for one day of wealth we will not sell ourselves, there will be so much less asphalt". But the path is not always easy, and just like in everyday life, at sea as well, days of sun and happiness alternate with days of storm and sadness, announced by gentle breezes of "Warm Wind", after all, pain and solitude are also part of human life: "the closer man is to pain, the more righteous he is".

Time marked by the ticking of a pendulum and deep echoes coming from a well constitute the theme of the instrumental "The Well and the Pendulum", which catapults us into a crescendo of suspense and mystery, almost as if evoking those chilling atmospheres that only good old Edgar Allan Poe managed to unlock in his tales. The journey scarcely begun, is already about to end, but there remains time for one last reflection, made on a gloomy day, much like our current mood. Thus, in "Reflection on a Day of Black Light", an assessment of our time is made, among romantic disappointments, false friendships, and people who appreciate you if you talk about money, accompanied by a vibrant choir of female voices.

Throughout the album, we are therefore accompanied by a sensation of discomfort, sadness, and solitude that drives us to seek answers within ourselves. The album closes, resuming the initial track, but unlike the first here there is a sense of defeat: "Now I see my life, I am a city man, who has lost the game and cannot make it". But one must not despair because if we listen better, we will still hear the sea inviting us to rise again and begin a new journey:

The album is particularly marked by that rich voice typical of Ivano’s beginnings, recently kissed by the success of the album with Delirium, and it is also an unripe and rather sparse album, very distant from the cultured musical compositions of maturity, which might also not appeal at first listen, but that conceals within itself a mysterious charm.