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Di Melodia e Distanza

by giovanni battagliola

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How will we be, my friend when this is all over? Our wounds might heal if we can hold each other Console me, God oh, how I miss my brother Console me, God oh, how I miss my sister All certainties faded away oh, soothe my soul oh soothe my soul
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Electrical bursts/from ancient stars Spin my body around the sun From the outer space/I brought my promises They'll end in the deep dark!
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Is This A Limbo? Or Are We Under Glass? Is There A Window? Guess My Lungs Might Collapse... Are We Survivors Or Are We Just A Mess? Is This A Limbo? Or Are We Under Glass? What Are We Longing For? Are We Passing Thru Hell? What Are We Living For? Is This Some Kind Of Test? Are You A Hero? Or Are You Just A Man?
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*From "The Waste Land" by T. S. ELIOT* "April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow, feeding A little life with dried tubers. Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade, And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten, And drank coffee, and talked for an hour."
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Melodia 03:44
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The sacred fire has taken over me That’s the only way if you have to write and sing This is my medicine and i’d like you to take it too Two guardians stand beside me They keep the sacred fire alive They ease my sorrow and melancholy On this sunny morning you’re the one who miss. In this desolate mess we have to hold on and look each other in the eyes The dark will not swallow us
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Distanza 05:12
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NEXT TIME by MARY OLIVER Next time what I’d do is look at the earth before saying anything. I’d stop just before going into a house and be an emperor for a minute and listen better to the wind or to the air being still.When anyone talked to me, whether blame or praise or just passing time, I’d watch the face, how the mouth has to work, and see any strain, any sign of what lifted the voice. And for all, I’d know more — the earth bracing itself and soaring, the air finding every leaf and feather over forest and water, and for every person the body glowing inside the clothes like a light.

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Scritto e registrato durante il periodo di lockdown per Covid-19 con il contributo di alcuni cari amici musicisti che hanno lavorato dai loro studi casalinghi.
Canzoni di melodia e distanza, i due temi principali che ci hanno tenuto compagnia durante questo periodo di grandi cambiamenti.
Il disco è gratuito ma chi se la sente può acquistalo per 5 Euro che verranno interamente versati al progetto #aiutiAMObrescia.
Questo è il nostro piccolo contributo per alleviare il sacrificio di coloro che ogni giorno lottano incessantemente per salvare vite.

Written and recorded during Covid-19 lockdown period with the help of some close friends who worked from their home studios.
Songs about melody and distance, two major themes keeping me company during times of huge changes.
For those who like, album can be purchased for 5 euros, which will be entirely donated to project #aiutiAMObrescia.
This is our small contribution to relieve the struggle for those who everyday relentlessly fight to save lives.

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released April 11, 2020

Giovanni Battagliola: synthesizers, piano, modular systems, guitar, drum machines and granular fxs

Guests:
Dario Bertolotti: vocals on "all certainties faded away"
Tin Woodman aka Simone Ferrari & Davide Chiari: vocals, guitars and electronic on "in the deep dark"
Stefania Boresi: vocals, piano, kaoss pad on "under glass"
Emiliano Milanesi: vocals on "april"
Paolo Cattaneo: additional synthesizer on "sacred fire"
Cristan Barbieri: vocals on "sacred fire"
Luisa Pangrazio: vocals, drum programming, additional synth on "next time"

Produced, mixed and mastered by Giovanni Battagliola @JJBATTLE studio (BS)
Artwork photos shot near Černobyl' Nuclear PP in Pryp'jat'(Ukraine) by Giovanni Battagliola

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Giovanni Battagliola Brescia, Italy

Electronic performer and world traveller
In love with melody and music machines.

Co-founder of Jay Perkins and Don Turbolento

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