Last summer my band had the great honour to open the show of one of my favourite Italian bands, whose name is "Bachi da Pietra". I love their dark poetry, their skinny minimalism, the guitar which is hit like a drum (and the effect is sometimes the same). Bruno Dorella and Giovanni Succi are among the most talented musicians of present day Italy. While I already knew what are the other Dorella's project (OvO, Ronin), I didn't know anything about what Succi did before Bachi da Pietra formed. So, when the gig finished, I asked him 'bout it. He told me: "Listen to Madrigali Magri".
So I came back home and turned the computer on. Well, I discovered a beautiful band, which is somehow the "father project" – or, at least, the “brother one” - of Bachi da Pietra.
Instrumental or whispered songs, poetry, experimentation, noise, melodies, spleen, minimalism... Things I love so much. Unfortunately, they split before I could be aware of their music.
Some of their songs are in free download on their site (www.succi.it/mm), from where we've taken the music you're listening to (“Porte dell'inverno” excluded).
"Giorno è notte" (which is a calembour: "giorno e notte" means "night AND day", while "giorno è notte" means "day IS night"...) is a fantastic dark ballad, which recalls, especially in its part 2, the quite early (and more inspired) Jason Molina of "Protection spells". And “Porte dell'inverno” is, in my opinion, such a song that even Mr Tom Waits – God bless him - couldn't avoid loving it.
Enjoy,
Fiorenzo Fuolega
Artists permanently (and randomly) "on air" at present date: Madrigali Magri (Italy), Gimme 'hat Moonshine (Belgium), Krakenti (Latvia), Wheelchair Discotheque (Latvia), TheOneOnTheIsland (Slovakia), Maok (Slovakia), LaBon (Slovakia), Jordan Jordan (Slovakia), Social Society (Slovakia), Batte (Norway), Orange Crush (Norway), Oriental Music System (Hong Kong), Iamsum (Hong Kong), Rex Cody (Hong Kong), Donkey Valium (Hong Kong), Smiling Buddhas (Hong Kong), O-M (Hong Kong), Hvoya (Ukraine), Automatic Pilot Required (Brazil), Yogi (Brazil), Light Merchants (South Africa), The Slowmovies (Italy); I am this (USA); Kråkvind (Sweden); Above the tree (Italy); Volcano Playground (Canada); Linz (Italy); Anomie Belle (USA), Christophe Marc (France), Death Valley Sleepers (Denmark), Jeremy Sparrow (Denmark), Zoon van snooK (England), Systemton (Germany), Matti Bye (Sweden), Manuzik (Japan), Chances (Italy), Hometaping (Great Britain...?), Ping (Norway), Frey (New Zealand), Manhan (Japan), One Chef (Sweden), Mijagi (Poland), Pandacetamol (Scotland), Lu-Sin (Argentina), Thomas Solgaard (Denmark), Wonderboy (France), Los Hermanos Butaca (Argentina), La Biyuya (Argentina), Negro Fluo (Argentina), Sempai (Italy), Riccardo Vianello (Italy), Wolther goes stranger (Italy), Eildentroeilfuorieilbox84 (Italy), Buzz Aldrin (Italy), Stefano Roveda (Italy), Rosso! (Italy).