Mauro Pelosi on DeBaser: reviews, albums, and comeback

The Profile

Italian singer‑songwriter from Rome known for dark, melancholic writing with occasional progressive touches. Released four LPs between 1972 and 1979 and returned in 2019 with Acqua sintetica.

Roman singer‑songwriter (born 1949). Four LPs from 1972 to 1979: La stagione per morire, Al mercato degli uomini piccoli, Mauro Pelosi, Il Signore dei Gatti. Returned in 2019 with Acqua sintetica. Known for the song "Vent'anni di galera" and the offbeat track "Ho fatto la cacca."

DeBaser’s reviews portray Mauro Pelosi as a Roman cult singer‑songwriter with dark, melancholic writing and occasional prog touches. Core focus is on the 1972 debut La stagione per morire, the 1977 self‑titled, and the 1979 Il Signore dei Gatti. There’s also coverage of Al mercato degli uomini piccoli and the 2019 comeback Acqua sintetica. Overall sentiment is admiring of his intensity and singular voice.

Notable Quotes

❝ Piercing is the only word that encapsulates listening.

❝ Nine tracks, each more depressing than the last, each truer than the last. True for me.

❝ ...because when you listen to the self-titled third work of MAURO PELOSI from 1977 for three days in the car, you get that urge to shout to the world that HE IS A FREAKING AMAZING ARTIST AND KICKS EVERYONE'S ASS (those who will listen, will understand).

❝ In any case, decidedly dark lyrics and arrangements that, while not introducing anything extraordinary, using the right orchestrations, still convey the 'right' doses of bitterness, a sense of suspension and disorientation to the themes addressed (sadness galore, someone might call it).

❝ One of my few 'pig records' is 'Il Signore dei Gatti' by Mauro Pelosi, a Roman singer-songwriter with four LPs to his credit, spread between 1972 and 1979, each more beautiful than the last, but which for reasons a bit mysterious to me didn't sell anything or almost.