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Rating: How beautiful is the Central European Milan of dance CLUBS!!
What a fun time I had!!!
I received a flyer via email inviting me to the "Release Party" of the new Sigmatibet album. Joining them will be John Belpaese, whom I've known for some time.
Sigmatibet doesn't ring a bell, I do some research and find out they're a dance duo that's perhaps hastily compared to the Chemical Brothers or Fatboy Slim. Their names are Paolo Gozzetti and Michele Castellani, and like often happens, they have a punk past. The album they're releasing is called "Different World". They will have JBP on stage with them, who has just released the single "Clones". He's an eclectic artist, real name Marco Tacconi, with a wonderful and deep voice that beautifully meshes with the dance music he produces himself.
I arrive at the venue at 10:30 sharp: the place is super cool but not a soul in sight. It's in the south area, but if you don't have the exact address, you won't find it because there's not even a sign.
I take a good look and see that at the back of the venue, you go down into a slightly larger room where all the necessary equipment is set up. I order a mojito and take in the very seventies decor of the venue. A few people start to arrive, and I head down to the club's dance section.
A mixed crowd, kids and "older folks," straight and gay alike, even a sweet little dog.
Hey, look, there's Kris from MTV (the one Vergassola asked: "You're from Toronto, would you come camping with me so I can show you how to pitch a Canadian tent?"). A lovely, kind, and approachable girl. My boyfriend, an incorrigible flirt, quickly points out that she's a good head shorter than me.
After a short DJ set (I even recognize a very old song by Simple Minds in instrumental form, something like "This Earth that You Walk Upon"), the live performance begins.
And the magic begins.
It really feels like I'm listening to the Chemicals of "Dig Your Own Hole", it's exhilarating dance music without the "unz-unz-unz."
I close my eyes, and it feels like I'm watching videos by Etienne De Crecy or the puppet Flat Eric bouncing around while driving a car. Yeah, it gives the impression of a journey.
I open my eyes to see the venue packed with wild people, even next to the stage there's a crowd dancing!
At times, JBP adds perfectly fitting vocal and instrumental inserts to the point that it's like he's "part of the band." It's all well-thought-out and cleverly put together.
I'm not sure how many tracks are being played, I see a playlist stuck on the wall, but I can't read the titles; I see about ten of them.
Maybe it's because after more than 2 hours, I'm still on my feet dancing, the atmosphere hasn't calmed a bit, everyone is jumping and dancing like crazy.
Oops, I've lost track of the Canadian girl and her boyfriend, perhaps they couldn't keep up with the relentless rhythm of the music.
There are so many musical nuances that Sigmatibet brings to mind: memories of when I was a kid listening to Cosmic tapes (a club on Lake Garda) and Typhoon to some things from Kraftwerk. Then the more recent creations by Underworld and Daft Punk. But it's really the "Cosmic" period that comes to mind. When I get home, I have to dig through the boxes and find the tapes. I hope they've survived my thousand moves.
I step outside the venue and suddenly awaken in Milan: what a sensation! It felt like I spent 3 hours of my life in a "no-place," out of time, where a band played outside of any Italian tradition, in such a ... European atmosphere.
Thank goodness there are places like this here in the province of the world as well.
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