Igort writes lyrics, composes and sings. Sarah Tartuffo, exponent of french Trip-hop scene sings and plays bass, Mario Pirolla from Naples talks with his Ludwig drum set, Rosario Castagnola, "the genius", is playing almost every instrument (Piano, acoustic and electric guitar, Synth, Doublebass, Theremin etc etc) and taking care of compositions.
In the title track "Ballad of odd days" the great Diego Leanza (courtesy of Atomic Bees, India records) plays bass guitar in the first part of the song.
The album "Ballad of Odd Days" is produced by Rosario Castagnola and Lo Ciceros and dedicated to the great neapolitan actor and playwright Eduardo De Filippo.
Influences
Desert winds, american movies ot the 40s, Teatro napoletano, musique francaise, Lev Termen who invented Theremin in 1919, Tales from the great american depression, Hemingway, Cormack McCarthy, Garcia Marquez, Arturo Toscanini, Diane Arbus, Tennessee Williams, Weegee, Hubert Selby Junior, Kurt Vonnegut Junior, The sound of Geta in Tokyo streets, The Ratpack, Ozu Movies, Las Vegas, Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura, Marcello, Frida, Toto', Peppino e la Malafemmina.
Sounds Like
The First Album:CASINO. has been finished to mix on May 10th 2007.
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A MUSICAL DRAMA IN PICTURES, WORDS AND MUSIC, by
*IGORT & THE LO CICEROS*
Igort and the Lo Ciceros have been playing together for two years.
After a long gestation period, their first record, CASINO, is finally under production;
its recording sessions, done between Paris, Ischia and Napoli involved, besides Igort, Rosario Castagnola: moltiinstrumentalist
and producer, Sarah Tartuffo: singer and bassist, Mario Pirolla: producer and
drummer.
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This Album has been conceived as a choral narrative, a sort of novel in music.
In the long sessions that have been necessary to create the songs we used to play at night, until the first light off the new day coming. It has been very tiring but very quiet too. I like the night, and his atmospheres, I think it has been important to achieve some psychedelic visions, as you can listen in some liquid guitars played by Rosario Castagnola.
From my side I always travel with my low-quality-japanese-notebook, and take some notes, ideas, sometimes dialogs, or even little poems that will be used to structure a song.
Melodies come in a very relaxed way.
Carver is a song dedicated to the great storyteller Raymond Carver, and it's written with some different "everyday life" sentences, as the great and wonderful titles that Carver used for his books.
Ballad o f Odd days is a visionary story of urban desperation. I imagined it as a story in the end of forties, a story told like in a day book. In the odd days something tragic happened to this italian american middle age man. This song has a never ending structure with a lot of different sound situations. It..s very important for the album since it gives a precise idea of all direction I..m interested to develop: mystery; obsessions, spleen, nostalgia of an unknown past.
But music can tell more than words.
Ellis Island Angel is a visionary song about the great american depression of the end of the twenties. Another song of hope and desolation, and tells a little story of mystic visions in the italian american culture.
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ELLIS ISLAND ANGEL
THE FIFTH DAY
LETTERS AND ROSES
Ti sto cercando Il graphic novel di Giovanni Marchese e Luca Patané racconta una delle più drammatiche piaghe della nostra società: l'immigrazione clandestina
grazie e merci maestro igort... ti manderò il progetto _sconcerto in pittura_ così vedi tutto il lavoro, come nasce etc...quest'anno mi agito tantissimo nel mio edgar abito e spero di venirne fuori con qualcosa che cambi un pò il mio tram tram insostenibile, normalmente e noiosamente sono un art director. baci e buon lavoro
grazie maestro igort. grazie dell'ad, grazie per brillo, per juri -che sono i miei preferiti- e per tutte le altre story. ora sto ascoltando casinò dal tuo blog..fatti un giro nel mio space, quando hai tempo, e dimmi cosa pensi dei miei lavori. saludos
i just finished reading "5 is the perfect number". i'm completely amazed of your immense creative genius! sicuramente meriti un posto nella letteratura contemporanea italiana, cazzo! dalla blue dahlia di scozz, l'umanità del killer! perchè in fondo, la vita è una partita di risiko. grazie igort!
Ciao Igor, com'è? Grazie ancora per il lavoro fatto. Noi siamo in trepida attesa di 'sto disco dato che entro il fine settimana dovremmo averlo pronto: non vediamo l'ora che sia tra le nostre mani. A presto, Leo
coucou c'est 'tête de bois n°1' elle est très très chouette votre page je suis très pressé d'entendre le disque ...et de passer une soirée avec vous, lo Ciceros ! gwn
A MUSICAL DRAMA IN PICTURES, WORDS AND MUSIC, by
*IGORT & THE LO CICEROS*
LETTERS AND ROSES
