Musica Moderna

by Ivano Fossati

Overview

Genovese singer Ivano Fossati has enjoyed a long, fruitful, and above all, heterogeneous career. In Musica Moderna, Fossati has gone back to produce a standard rock album (at least by his standards), a register he mined in the early '80s and that he had unexpectedly revamped for his controversial 2006 release L'Arcangelo. Traces of the atmospheric piano ballads and fascination with Latin rhythms that characterized his '90s output -- arguably his most creative decade -- resurface here and there, particularly in the title track or in the stirring "Cantare a Memoria," but most of the songs are steadily led by washes of electric guitars and 4/4 drums. Even Fossati's fondness for reggae resurfaces in "Miss America." Musically, everything here is irrefutably accomplished, but for those that do not understand Italian, Musica Moderna would probably sound as proficient, if unremarkable. As is often the case with Fossati and other Italian songwriters who speak-sing, it is always the lyrics what makes the difference. Fossati is a committed, intellectual songwriter, and his analysis of contemporary society's ills are always rewarding ("Il Paese Dei Testimoni"), and his dissections of personal disarray are always moving ("D'amore non Parliamo Piu"). At his best, as in "Last Minute," he manages to integrate both the personal and the political; at his worst, as in "La Guerra Dell'Acqua" he may come off as trite or pedantic. All in all, Musica Moderna will certainly not disappoint Fossati's fans. While it may not be one of his most innovative works, it is undeniably a very consistent collection of trademark Ivano Fossati songs. ~ Mariano Prunes

Product Details

Release Date:	05/26/2023
Label:	Imports
UPC:	8052015130021
Rank:	176772

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ivano Fossati   Primary Artist,Harmonica,Harmonium,Chitarrone
Guido Guglielminetti   Basso Continuo
Max Gelsi   Basso Continuo
Pietro Cantarelli   Organ (Hammond),Fender Rhodes,Slide Guitar,Piano,Vocals,Celeste,Sampling,Tastiere,Wurlitzer,Chitarrone,Basso Buffo,Fisarmonica
Mirko Guerrini   Director
Vincenzo Zitello   Tin Whistle
Riccardo Tesi   Organetto
Dario Deidda   Contrabassoon
Fabrizio Barale   Chitarrone,Lap Steel Guitar
Lorenzo Corti   Chitarrone
Claudio Fossati   Drums,Grand Cassa

Technical Credits

Mirko Guerrini   Arranger
Ivano Fossati   Artistic Producer,Composer,Producer
Marti Jane Robertson   Recording Technician,Mastering,Mixing
Alessandro Cenciarini   Assistant
Pietro Cantarelli   Executive Producer,Artistic Producer,Programming,Arranger,Producer,Recording
Maurizio Biancani   Mastering
Stefano Steo Zacchi   Design,Art Direction
Claudio Fossati   Recording Technician