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Marta Sui Tubi and the Importance of Bartering Again
In my life, I have never listened, by choice and passion, to a burned CD or an MP3. Only vinyls, cassettes, and original CDs.
Naturally, over the years, my music collection has grown tremendously. Indeed, I can't say I'm yet an old collector buried by my hobby, like that series on Sky, but I can certainly define myself as a mediocre amateur who explores various musical genres following only the rule of what I define as good music, meaning original and absolutely non-commercial music.
Recently, however, I have noticed that my passion has inevitably clashed with the need to wait for Feltrinelli's offers which luckily, never failing, give someone like me the opportunity to continue buying original music even in times of crisis like these.
Added to my list, however, is "Carne Con Gli Occhi" by Marta Sui Tubi, a band (initially a duo, then a trio, now a five-piece) atypical in the Italian music scene. A friend of mine, in fact, some time ago, told me he owned this CD but found it a bit strange for his tastes. He had bought it only because it was recommended by a record store owner in S. Cataldo.
From here the idea of bartering revisited in a musical key was born. He gave me his CD, and I gave him one of the many duplicates in my collection.
Deal done, I said to myself after the exchange. Deal done, I also said to myself after listening. The CD was indeed not bad at all, just as the path Marta Sui Tubi took to get where they are today was not bad at all.
Gulino, the soul of the band, I already knew from the time of his Use And Abuse, a metal group from Marsala that, along with Palermo's Kali Yuga, I used to listen to in the social centers of Palermo in the early nineties. Accompanying me was Alessandro, my friend and in turn a friend of Davide Paolini, the brother of Ivan, the drummer of the band. Now, the band will participate in the Sanremo festival.
Best wishes for everything.
Their latest work continues to have many influences from Gulino's past, a bit more metal in sound but with a focus on melody, in my opinion, very close to System Of A Down.
Among their best tracks, I mention "Cristiana" for its freshness, "Al Guinzaglio", "Cameriere" for its irony, the beautiful "Di Vino", "Muratury", "Coincidenze" and "Cromatica", a track also sung in a duet with Lucio Dalla, present in the recent deluxe version and also in Dalla's duet album, "Caro Amico Ti Canto".
Recently, the great Lucio, before moving to a better life, greatly appreciated their sound. A suggestion that today, in light of the times, cannot help but make me appreciate the importance of bartering.
A piece of advice to dear record companies is then to allow good music to be within the reach of those who, like me, still appreciate it and to let it enter people's homes directly and not bartered. To you readers, instead, I recommend, watch out for the offers!
Listen to:
I: Coincidenze
II: Cromatica
III: Di Vino
For me:
Okay, it's clear, as you might have already understood, the encounter with "Carne Con Gli Occhi" by Marta Sui Tubi, didn't happen in a shop this time but through Francesco, that friend of mine from San Cataldo who, thanks to his little shop on the outskirts, brought me the CD of the group from their Marsala beginnings. Could it have been the good wine there that led them today to the light festival par excellence? It's up to you to decide. Enjoy listening and watching.
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