The Joshua
Vite di vetro

The Joshua is the solo project of the leader of The Hornet's. The sound of The Joshua (Giuseppe Cassano) is the result of a layering process of genres, rhythms, echoes, and influences, which unfold track by track throughout Vite di vetro. An elegant and dynamic style, surprising for its variety and richness of solutions that, overlapping, generate true sound tides. A concentration of layered and sedimented melodic and rhythmic influences, harmonic consequences of a strong passion for music; all music.
The album is a unique journey, with a beginning and an end, a concept without a true lyrical storyline that finds its logic in its organicity. Each track is built on a single carpet that at times thickens, dismembers, accelerates and slows down, changes direction without ever tearing. Thus, The Joshua invites you into his world from the first notes of 'Buongiorno Bastardo', convincing you to stay with him until the end of the journey. The album is recorded in one session, practically a live performance (even if without an audience) and this makes the difference.
In this enchanted journey, there is a kind of dragon that plays at traveling over the notes, encoding the pop vein of the album. Giuseppe's melodies and words thus close the circle. They are whispers, sounds, reverbs, and breaths, but they are also words and harmonies (at times even heart-wrenching) that await note by note, only to burst forth punctually. They are fragments of melody that seem extracted from songs but never develop according to the canonical criteria that distinguish the structure of a track.
And thus, the blend of The Joshua and the consequent tracks of Vite di vetro are born, sometimes more akin to rock-like sounds (such as the namesake "Vite di vetro" or like the third track of the album "Ossessione") but more frequently tuned to a more extended dimension, a sort of hypnotic and melodic DubDance. It earns some negative points for the single "Bilancia sospesa", with excellent lyrics but a predictable sound. At this point, all that remains is for me to wish you a good journey.
Camillo Gurtis