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Daniele Brusaschetto: Cielo Inchiostro

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Artist: Daniele Brusaschetto (@)
Title: Cielo Inchiostro
Format: CD
Label: Bosco rec
Rated: * * * * *
Honestly I have totally lost count of how many albums Daniele has released so far. He's one of the artists I've known about and have been following on and off for probably two decades now and who he relentlessly continues to release new material on his label Bosco records.
Based in Turin, Italy, Daniele was one of the pioneers of industrial music, and specifically of a sub-genre of industrial music that he probably unwillingly created, where authorship and songwriting seamlessly blend with noises and melodies to create a new style that he is proficient at and almost nobody else seems to play or take part in, most certainly not on his hometurf (read, country!). It's hard to describe but I guess you could try thinking about Einsturzende Neubauten's most melodic releases and replace the German singing with Italian singing. Industrial folk is probably what I'd come up with if I had to put it in two words, but that's always limiting.
The language used probably has a lot to do with the identifiability of his style, granted, but it also has a lot to do with where his style comes from, musically and historically. Italy's tradition of songwriting has roots that go back decades if not centuries, and although in the last '40 years Italian music is often (but not always) synonymous with second grade garbage pop, Daniele willingly or unwillingly, consciously or unconsciously draws upon that tradition and, most importantly, develops upon it, taking it further, with sonic vignettes, found sound patterns and rhythms, experimental sounds and more along those most creative lines. Although guitar was very prominently used in the past, this new direction of his hands the lead off to a more avantgarde percussive aesthetic with a lot of samples, house objects and very minimal melodies.
The CD comes in a handmade cardboard sleeve with three semi-transparent sheets that feature titles and lyrics.
If you have never checked him out you owe it to himself, and him, because he's been at it for longer than most of you might have been into this genre, and in that sense, he has a lot to teach and a lot to give. Quite possibly, if you don't speak Italian it might not be as interesting as if you did, but nevertheless his music is a trip. One that you should embark on!

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