Litfiba
Desaparecido

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Course: 21 years ago
Objective: Review "Desaparecido"

I've arrived. I'm in 1985. After the initial confusion, I notice with disappointment that in the middle of the streets, girls are loudly screaming at their idols, Duran Duran. The radio only broadcasts pop music. Oh my god, where have I ended up?

I decide to head back home when in a remote shop I find an album with an unadorned cover featuring a wall and some blue writing: 'Desaparecido'. I immediately start listening, aware that my goal is to review this CD 21 years later on debaser.

A guitar and a rapid and compelling drum gradually make way for the harsh and relentless lyrics of Piero Pelù, then finally collide with Pelù himself in three vigorous choruses. This track is called heroes in the wind. The album continues with the prey: a very rocky guitar and a keyboard that complements a very tough and edgy track which, however, is simultaneously catchy. Third track: lulu and marlene. A very dark keyboard, a gloomy and darting text filled with negativity, a heavy bass, and a melancholic guitar for a masterpiece track that will be reintroduced to us ten years later in a less effective piano version.
Istanbul is the track that, while listening to the entire 'desaparecido', leaves me the most stunned. A delightful keyboard, voices echoing phrases with a Middle Eastern taste, and then the lyrics of Pelù which seem to want to delve into extreme depth. The keyboard dominates in tziganata, a short but very effective track that echoes in the ears like an open-eyed dreamlike journey. The sound of a music box anticipates a dominating bass and a bittersweet and very deep melody, this is rain of light. A Spanish-sounding guitar (allow the neologism), a very decisive and compelling track with a consistently strong bass, this is how the title track desaparecido presents itself.

The concluding track arrives with the battle horse of Litfiba from those years war: a track that strongly smells of new wave, with a relentless and overwhelming keyboard like the bass as usual excellent. Indeed, in the nine tracks of 'desaparecido', the heavy bass of Maroccolo, the wise guitar of Renzulli, the cheeky and essential keyboards of Aiazzi, and the cannon-like voice of Pelù have created something unique and unrepeatable.

CURRENT DATE: July 1, 2006 The review is finished