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Rating: There are albums that are not easy to listen to, challenging, yet they have their own reason for being and manage to thrill despite their apparent inaccessibility. I still remember the wonder and strange sensations that an album like "Cantare la voce" by the great and late Demetrio Stratos from Area managed to give me. I experienced something similar while listening to "Mitclàn" by Giorgio Pinardi aka MeVsMyself, a Milanese singer and experimenter who had previously come to light with the album "Yggdrasil" (2015). As in the aforementioned "Cantare la voce," the entire work is based on Giorgio Pinardi's voice, which surely pays its debt to Stratos but not only. It also references Bobby Mc Ferrin and Jacob Collier, but above all, you can feel the influence of ethnic music, in particular that of Arabic, African, Indian, Bulgarian, and Chinese music. It also reminded me of an artist like Jon Hassell at least at the level of sensation, but this is because the American musician also explored World Music despite not using his voice. Actually, another more fitting reference that comes to mind is Roberto Laneri, one of the masters of overtone singing in Italy and author of a little masterpiece like "Memories Of The Rainforest". In fact, Giorgio Pinardi also uses the technique of overtone singing. But, actually, the album is very varied and sees the use of studio improvisations of his voice, sampled in real-time, overdubbed, and fragmented, used as a true instrument. As mentioned, it is not an easy album, but it has its undeniable charm. Available for streaming on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7JkfV7GNy8zjfXZU9kqWqa.
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