Tiromancino
Alone Alieno

Twelve years ago, when this album came out, I was only 5 years old, and I wasn't exactly a music expert (well, considering my age...). In fact, I only got to know Tiromancino two or three years later... thanks to Match Music which often broadcast the video of "Bruciare", a song from the following album "Rosa Spinto"... then I continued to follow them from "La Descrizione Di Un Attimo" onwards...

But, during a period between 2003 and 2004, when I started watching Rock TV for a long time, I was amazed to see the video of a song called "Conchiglia", which attracted me not just a little, but a lot. Well, I found out through searching that the song in question was originally on the CD I'm reviewing now. So, this year, driven more and more by curiosity, I decided to get it and give it a good listen.

What can I say...

From the very first listen, "Alone Alieno" represents for me what Federico Zampaglione should have remained until today, that is, someone capable of experimenting with various types of sounds, especially thanks to the presence of his brother Francesco and the beautiful bassist Laura Arzilli (I wonder where she has gone...). First of all, the cover already intrigues me a lot in my opinion: a photograph depicting the three members of the band in a "baby" version. They seem normal at first, but if you look closely at their eyes, you realize they have the typical color of alien eyes...

This immediately makes you understand that the Tiromancino of this album are "aliens", but in the sense that the variety reaches high levels listening to the songs on this CD in question. There's everything: the hypnotic electronic music of "Amore Amaro", the experimentation audible in the three interludes present on the album, all titled like the name of the CD, with the third one reminding me a bit of Todd Rundgren's sounds, the rock of "Conchiglia", the industrial inspirations (though not the Trent Reznor kind, let's be clear) for the instrumental "Federazione Porno", the funky of "Funko", the punk of "Punko" (what a coincidence in the name eh?), the crossover à la Rage Against The Machine of "Danneggia L'Erezione", the "gramophone" effect of "Resto Qui", the Portishead influences of "Corri" and even the urge to use a sort of answering machine at the end of the wonderful "Di Quello Che Ho Perso"...

In short... "kaleidoscopic" music.

The albums that came from "La Descrizione Di Un Attimo" onwards will all be beautiful in my opinion, at least up to "Illusioni Parallele" (while the last one released this year, apart from the single, I haven't listened to it), but it will be difficult for Zampaglione to replicate a masterpiece like this. Take a look, and I say this even to those who do not love the group in question, because they might also find a little masterpiece of genius, as I did in this case.