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Published in 1998 by "Il Manifesto", "Tempo di vento" is Lalli's solo debut, who, after concluding her experience with Franti and various projects (Environs, Orsi Lucille, Howth Castle, and Ishi), decided to shape some of her writings, thoughts, and memories into songs…
With Lalli on vocals, on the musical side there's multi-instrumentalist Mario Congiu, and guests of the caliber of Egle Sommacal (guitarist of Massimo Volume), Tommaso Cerasuolo, and Elena Diana (vocals and cello of Perturbazione, respectively).
Lalli is a greatly talented and refined author, with a significant impact, expressive and engaging, endowed with a deep and stirring voice, sweet and nostalgic, angry and full of pain, but also of hope. This album is beautiful, it gives you chills and allows you to savor breaths, memories, and images, also paying homage to Leonard Cohen, with the cover of "Famous Blue Raincoat", translated into Italian and played with the piano and sax of the other former Franti, Stefano Giaccone.
Lalli recounts paternal and partisan memories, of mothers and the disappeared, the eviction of the "Virus" (social center), of lost rainbows and tanks, of a white dress and falling leaves, of a warm snow in a post-war Mostar… all between rock and jazz, singer-songwriter and hushed atmospheres.
"I followed the swirls of sand / that the wind lifted from the river's edge" … "My old voice, childlike, released its litany" … "The breath of the wind will reach you" . . "A slow falling / a slow dancing / listen to your feet / they will find words to open" … "Turkish lizard skin" … "What will we do when summer is over / and there will be no more beds, nor rattles" ["Fuochi II (Occhi lucidi nella notte)"].
Awarded as the best rock album of the year, equally precious is the subsequent "All'improvviso nella mia stanza" from 2003.
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