What can pass through our minds during the last moments of life? This is what I asked myself while observing a person dear to me in those moments. I suggested to her a childhood memory, an image from far away in time and her smile gave the impression that she was exactly reliving those same sensations in those precise moments. This musical object, which aims to evoke distant memories that suddenly become close, is constructed by combining four musical objects placed ‘in panels’
The original musical objects
1 - m095: created in September 2023, it is built on a melody in odd rhythms (7/8 and 9/8) with more regular breaks (6/8). The final arrangement is built on a string quartet in which the central sound is that of the viola, which will return recursively in the album becoming one of the 'signature' timbres. The cello counterpoints while two violins perform only pizzicatoes
2 – m037: written in February 2005, it is the basic melodic/harmonic nucleus on which the text was written. The crossing of electric guitar arpeggios aims to move the sound spectrum towards the mid-highs, before the entry of the voice. The metal-prog inspiration in the chorus is interrupted by a vertical organ cut, a 1970 echo?
3 – m111: this object, composed in February 2024, is characterized by a harmonic progression based on slightly dissonant tetrads, with various key changes. The basic sound is that of an emulated sax with a combination of both sw-emulated and real Fender Strats. In the Atmos mix the analog synth leaks rotate in the space and are proposed from different directions
4 – m065: an object from March 2001 built on a harmony based on augmented chords, another 'characteristic' element of the album, used to add spatiality to the harmonic landscape. The piano sounds bring the sound spectrum back to the predominant mid/bass of the beginning
Original lyrics (in Italian)
Dimentica i fiori di questo giardino
Dimentica il sole di questo mattino
Dimentica il tempo che va
L'aria chiara come non esiste piu'
Il suono del tempo è una campanellina
L'inverno è passato l'estate è vicina
Dimentica il tempo che va
L'aria chiara come non esiste piu'
English translation
Forget the flowers in this garden
Forget the sun in this morning
Forget about the passing of time
The clear air that no longer exists
The sound of time is a little bell
Winter is over, summer is near
Forget about the passing of time
The clear air that no longer exists