giorni come questi. giorni in cui non vivi veramente. magari stai tutto il giorno in casa. ti fissi davanti al televisore, cerchi di studiare o di finire il tuo progetto di lavoro. oppure esci, ma fai tutto automaticamente. passi davanti agli scaffali del supermercato reggendoti al carrello come fosse una tua protesi. neanche guardi la cassiera in faccia, apri il portafoglio e torni a casa. respiri.
poi però qualcosa ti desta. sei in piedi e qualcosa ti butta a terra. la faccia schiacciata al suolo. senti il sapore amaro di una terra che ti soffoca la gola. senti un contatto violento con il mondo. ti rendi conto che forse era meglio quell’apatia. era meglio essere semicoscienti.
non ti piace la vita vera.
preferisci la sopravvivenza.
Author: ilariamontagni
Researcher Health Communication
LASCIO ROCKIT
Ecco il perché in questa mail ai ragazzi di Rockit:
Allora ragazzi, non voglio più scrivere recensioni per Rockit. Naturalmente sono sempre a vostra disposizione per le recensioni che devo rivedere, correggere, rifare completamente. E se sono già stati spediti nuovi cd, quelli li faccio, of course. E se Fausto hai bisogno di sbobinature, ci sono 🙂 Ho messo in conoscenza Pons perché non so come tecnicamente posso disiscrivermi da Rockit. Vorrei lasciare le recensioni fatte e fare solo il profilo del Play. Se pò fà?
Grazie a questi mesi con voi e vista l’esperienza del Festival di Arezzo ho capito che “this is not my world”. Prima come chitarrista bocciata al conservatorio, poi come cantante stroncata da tutti e ora come pseudo giornalista mi sono resa conto che il mondo della musica e dello spettacolo in generale è proprio lontano da me. Non mi piace più recensire e se credevo che questa fosse la mia strada, bè, ho “cannato” alla grande. Non mi convince mai quello che scrivo e il fatto che le mie recensioni siano spesso rieditate da Sandro è la prova lampante che proprio non mi viene spontaneo giudicare la musica degli altri. Amo scrivere e sono estremamente gelosa delle mie parole.
Per citare un certo Pastore, “le cose importanti sono ben altre”: allora basta con le polemiche tra artisti, attacchi alla musica altrui, email di risposta che non arrivano mai, figure di merda che mi tocca fare con gli agenti ecc… Purtroppo queste cose mi inquietano e da ottobre a questa parte non sono più tranquilla. Pensavo di scrivere la tesi su Rockit per vedere se riuscivo a considerare questo sito più mio, ma in realtà non mi ci sento proprio dentro. Mi è diventato estraneo e più cerco di leggere nuovi articoli e recensioni, più me ne distanzio. Questo mi capita anche con altre riviste musicali, che sia chiaro. Non è un j’accuse a Rockit. Solo non mi trovo dentro questo sistema.
Ora mi dedicherò all’azienda per cui già lavoro e ai miei studi di giornalismo. Mi allontano da recensioni che non fanno per me. Vi ringrazio per l’opportunità che mi avete dato e vi lascio. 
La “scassapalle” (citazione da Acty) se ne va 🙂
A presto
Bu
Review of a cd 15
GASPARE DE VITO
Passing Notes
At tha age of 23, Gaspare De Vito stopped playing in order to become a designer. Then he re-started playing sax in 2005, in Barcellona, getting close to the Cuban music which is continuously echoed in “Passing Notes”. De Vito uses his instruments by exploiting all the musical nuances: from the darker cante hondo to the growls, the harder and boiling sounds, in order to get to the main characteristic of the whole cd: the Cuban ocha, music and religion mixed together. And the ocha is just known as the union of African rhythms and the South American ones, “The Fish From London” is a perfect exemple of it.
Warm, dry notes, minimalism. “Passing Notes” is the celebration of De Vito’s art who has arranged and composed these nine tracks. In fact there are a lot of breaks, the cd on the whole does not give space to the orchestration. Flute and sax are the absolute protagonists in their thousands of uses: water and air sounds in “Sunrise (First Day)”, to the African flavour of “Morning Prayer” til the funeral “Too Easy To Love”. Not to mention the seduction, maybe the eros, of the alluring “Looking For The Roots”.
If you love sax, “Passing Notes” is a masterpiece. Those who love mainstream jazz maybe fill find it too essential. It is actually a very good cd.
Original Italian version on ROCKIT: http://www.rockit.it/album/10210/gaspare-de-vito-passing-notes
Review of a cd 14
CECILIA
Papillon
Cecilia is all but not a butterfly. When a song is beautiful and gets inside you, it does it violently, so strongly that you cannot stop crying. The warm voice of Cecilia actually goes gently into your ears, but it is like a rock on your soul. This goes with tracks such as “Papillon” and “Ombra”, but also the other brasilian and latin songs with jazz rhythms. A faboulous and perfect techinque. When you listen to Cecilia, it seems like being face to face to a musical singer, but Cecilia’s voice doesn’t disappear in an immense theatre, but she dedicates her show while you’re sitting on your sofa drinking some red wine.
Lascivious and deep, with only one lacking aspect: the English pronunciation in “Dance With Me” should be revised. So, it’s better to “only” sing in French, Portuguese and Italian. Isn’t it enough?
Original Italian version on ROCKIT: http://www.rockit.it/album/9996/cecilia-papillon
my impressions on this course
Courses can sometimes be real curses… I mean, during my school career it happened (and it’s still happening) that lessons are boring, teachers are real assholes and exams are hard and anxiogenous.
Well, with this course I felt at ease: I’ve just done what I like. Writing in English and let people know what my passions are. I love words and for the first time I’ve felt that somebody (maybe only the teacher, but a person is enough) was listening to me, or rather, reading my thoughts.
I’ve written two books and hardly my friends have read them. Prof. Iamarf has read them and this meant a lot to me. I felt my works were not just a solipsistic exercise…
Well, dear Andreas, I’ve understood that even if I hate being alive and can’t find many people taking care of my tortured soul, somebody on the net can understand what I feel.
Prof, a volte mi sono trovata lì lì per mandarle una mail sulle mie paturnie e i miei disastri familiari… poi mi sono trattenuta perché non era forse politically correct. Al di là di tutto, quello che più ho imparato non è stato tanto l’aprire un blog o capire delicious…. ma che forse vale la pena continuare a respirare… perché qualcuno che ti ascolta c’è…
thanx!
Reiew of a cd 13
PETRINGA
Sabir
This cd is like a traduction into music of the “esperanto”: different cultures and languages which mingle into a real 
musical Babele. There’s a lot of East culture in these 9 songs, especially in “Oasis” and in “Arabesque”. But also Southern United States’ jazz and mediterranean melodies. We are face to face with a complete fusion between free-jazz and arabic dances which play a lot with improvising and seduction. “Sweet Obsession” is the jewel of a well-played cd which is pleasant but too heavy in contents. The union itself of the music of the two opposite parts of the world has to be deeply understood before appreciating its originality. This cd goes beyond the multi-ethnical events and the jam sessions of musicians from all the world. Spontaneous and technical aspects together in a great new project. Wonderful clarinet: Gabriele Mirabassi.
Original Italian version on ROCKIT: http://www.rockit.it/album/9997/petringa-sabir
Review of a cd 12
ANDREA BUFFA
…in effetti c’ho molto da ridere
These seven songs have only a great pro: they are played and sung with passion. With that spirit which is the characteristic of the musicians with a natural and genuine approach to their early music. This demo is not a perfect one, as the texts are ordinary and the melodies similar one to the other. It’s difficult to memorize the rhythms and the chorus lines which is not so good for a folk cd. “Ombre della città” is the best song but it could have been better if it had been only in dialect. There’s much work to do, but Andrea Buffa has got a good potential.
Original Italian version on ROCKIT: http://www.rockit.it/album/10065/andrea-buffa-in-effetti-cho-molto-da-ridere
Review of a cd 11
FRANCESCO LA BARBERA
Le isole dell’estate
The titletrack: three beautiful moments given as a gift. Only guitars, contrabass and a light singing on the background. Being humming but not banal and taking away from jazz any élitarian patina: this is the aim Francesco La Barbera wants to follow along the whole cd. The second song, “Amberle” tells of a sweet awekening while “The ending summer” pushes you inside the frenzy of a day which alternates moments of peace and war. The jazz becomes a way to describe the daily life. But the fact that this genre goes into a more “pop” world, implies a very good techinque by Francesco. His fingers runs thirstly on the strings: pizzicatos, arpeggios, a lot of inversions… Behind the immediacy of these 11 songs there is a great work.
You cannot miss”Lady Margareth”, “Il giorno buono” and “Spring”, good end for this magnifique cd. Francesco La Barbera is simply phenomenal.
Original Italian version on ROCKIT: http://www.rockit.it/album/9638/francesco-la-barbera-le-isole-dellestate
Review of a CD 10
OTTODIX
Fiori Del Male
The reference to Baudelaire could seem banal, but Ottodix, pseudonym of Alessandro Zannier, manages very well with a poignant text: Take my poison away, I can live without it, this decadent life which makes me so interesting. (“Tu toglimi il veleno, posso farne a meno, della vita decadente che mi ha reso interessante”). But then the rendition into music is not convincing at all. Too many references to the rythms of David Bowie and of Depeche Mode, but in Italian all seem too forced. Mixing electronical music, songwriting and italian melodies is something few elected people can do. Ottodix does it only partially. It seems to be in front of a Bluvertigo‘s copy. But you know, there is only one Morgan.
The piano version of “Invisibile”is better: it is without synths and special effects (as the 80’s riverber) that Ottodix does his best showing a winning voice.
Original Italian version on ROCKIT: http://www.rockit.it/album/9724/ottodix-fiori-del-male
Assigment 7
I know what delicious is and I’ve been using it for some time but I must admit I’m not so keen on it. Especially because my researches on the web are limited. For my work as a pseudo-journalist and music reviewer, I must make my researches only in the official websites of a band, a festival etc… Only in order to write my own thesis about translation I had to make a lot of researches on this subject and tags were very useful. For the rest, I must say I’m not a real web-surfer. I just cruise along the infinite infos in this ocean…
this is my delicious account
Ilaria Montagni 