Jetlag
On The Air

“I speak as someone who has never suffered from jetlag, jetlag is a… it is the magnificent fragrance of being out of sync, you are in a car and board a plane with the car that strangely continues moving on the plane or a moving walkway inside a moving train, and the earth moves well at that moment you perceive yourself to be completely in an absolutely relative motion a time inside another, a world inside another, really able to be jetlagged with respect to oneself [ … ] let's just say you never even get to the nearest country let alone really get to America let alone the Earth is round let alone… but imagine if jetlag really exists…”

With these words from Enrico Ghezzi (legendary author of Blob), the album of the Jetlag opens, featuring Livio Magnini (guitarist of Bluvertigo and producer), Jacopo Rondinelli (musician and designer), and Emilio Cozzi (vocalist of Kaoslord and Monksoda and journalist).

A very special project that of the Jetlag, who decided to invite a host of guests and propose them to invent songs to sing on the bases composed by them. And so, Max Gazzè, Samuele Bersani, Giorgia, Mario Venuti, La Banda Osiris, Martina Topley-Bird (vocalist of Tricky), Amanda Lear, Andy (former Bluvertigo), and George Anne Kalweit (voice of Delta V) find themselves immersed in the sounds and style of Jetlag.

Yes, because it's about electronic pop, full of synths and various effects, very often tending towards dance. However, the most important feature of the work is that, at the same time, the various “guests” retain their own personal identity but are extracted from their usual context and dressed in new clothes that, much thanks to Jetlag, fit them perfectly. There is space for many different ideas in this project: more “serious” pieces like the initial and already mentioned “Jetlag Effect”, or “Slow Burn” with Mario Venuti, or again “NuVolare” featuring Alessandro Haber. Then, there are more easy and fun pieces like “È necessario” with Max Gazzè, “Industrial – Appuntamenti Maledetti” sung and composed by Giorgia, or the hilarious “Il Gangster dell’amore” with La Banda Osiris.

There is also room for more intense pieces such as “Need a Call” enriched by the splendid voice of Martina Topley-Bird, or “Martini Disease” where an especially fit Amanda Lear recites a Baudelaire poem (“La Bellezza” taken from “Les Fleurs Du Mal”) naturally on a strictly electro base. Additionally, there are three tracks where the Jetlag “perform” on their own (“Don’t Talk To Me”, the first single, “Happiness”, and “In-Amore”) that hint at an idea of intelligent dance-pop (“Happiness is far from here/its growth is opposite of my dreams”).

In short, a courageous project this one by Jetlag but equally successful… With the hope that they will do so again soon and inspire other equally courageous (but also equally successful) projects.