Nada
Ho Scoperto Che Esisto Anch'io

THE REVIEW

Guys, what an artist Nada!

I discovered the talent of this atypical Italian singer not too long ago thanks to more recent albums like "L'amore è fortissimo il corpo no" and "Tutto l'amore che mi manca," beautiful records that I highly recommend, works of a wonderful rock singer-songwriter with a distinctively "maudit" tendency. Before listening to these two albums, I only knew Nada because of that famous and very danceable song brought back to success in the '90s by Super B (by the way, does anyone know what happened to them?), "Amore disperato," which I’ve always considered appreciable...

Then the discovery: Nada made an album, way back in 1973, entirely written by Piero Ciampi! Yes, a very young Nada, still just a performer at the time, after hits like "Ma che freddo fa," incredibly puts herself back in the game, diving into a project that was dangerous for her career, showing courage, not making easy compromises, and following her own artistic path.

"Ho scoperto che esisto anch'io" is essentially a Piero Ciampi album, masterfully sung by Nada, which faithfully follows the author's style in its interpretation. A controversial figure, Ciampi was a singer-songwriter of great importance, with a prestigious music festival named after him, yet still unknown to the general public today. A native of Livorno, "Piero Litaliano" (as he called himself) was a "player" who loved women and good "wine," but he was above all a shy character, unconventional, a cursed poet and musician. Ciampi's songs are essentially melodic and traditionally Italian, but also very innovative and still modern today. First and foremost, there's that irreverent and characteristic sarcasm in the lyrics that still surprises today, the social criticism, the political engagement, the self-irony, that ability to make you smile and feel melancholy at the same time that I’ve never found in anyone else; and then there's the music, the pieces, those songs that do everything not to follow the typical Italian structural model of verse and chorus...

But Ciampi can also sing, like the great Luigi Tenco, about love, the melancholy of life, themes that stand out in this album along with his beloved-hated Livorno... It's pointless to talk to you about the individual tracks (besides, I wouldn't be able to), as it's a collective work, to be listened to in its organicity, uniqueness, and beauty.