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2013 15 Mai

Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld – Still Smiling

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„Chi può non perda, ancora stasera a Moncalieri e domani a Bologna, il concerto di Theo Teardo con il frontman degli Einsturzende Neubauten Blixa Bargel. Insieme, i due artisti hanno scritto e inciso da poco fra Roma e Berlino, con il Balanesku Quartet, un cello, un violino, e lo stesso Teardo al basso alla chitarra e a quasi tutto il resto, Bargel alla voce e all’Hammond e quant’altro, un disco fulminante dal titolo „Still Smiling“, che affascina per la profondità e insieme la lievità della sua concezione. Dodici canzoni in italiano, tedesco, inglese, dove la voce di Blixa ti rapisce al primo istante con „Mi scusi“ e il suo italiano quasi perfetto, mentre discetta appunto sulla propria pronuncia („Facevo latino a scuola, a un livello cavernicolo“), come si avventurasse in una sceneggiatura misteriosa dalla quale non si riuscirà a uscire. Teardo è autore di colonne cinematografiche di Salvatores o Sorrentino, Blixa è in libera uscita dalla carismatica band tedesca, dopo aver incontrato Teardo e i Balanescu in uno spettacolo teatrale. L’alchimia fra i due è evidente. Il rimando fra testo, musica, interpretazione, crea atmosfere irrequiete e sognanti, ironiche e misteriose, colte ma coinvolgenti, con fughe punk ed elettroniche. Un bellissimo, sorprendente ascolto.“ (Marinella Venegoni)
 
 
 

 

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2 Comments

  1. Michael Engelbrecht:

    VÖ: 28. Juni

    This is a quite unique collaboration, an unexpected one between the italian composer Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld, leader of Einstürzende Neubauten and former Bad Seeds. They first met 2009 during the realization of „Ingiuria“, a theatre pièce and right after that they collaborated on a song for a soundtrack, „A Quite Life“.
    That song started the whole process of writing and producing an album together where songs and more experimental pieces could find a common ground.
    The original use of strings: cello, violin, guitars, a full string quartet diverts the traditional perception of those classic instruments when they deal with electronics and the result is emotionally moving.
    The album has been written and recorded between Berlin and Rome, it took nearly two years to be made, Teho and Blixa worked next to each other choosing carefully every sound, every word and silence.
    There are 12 songs on Still Smiling, including a new version of A Quiet Life and a cover of Alone With The Moon by The Tiger Lilies.
    Amongst collaborators there are The Balanescu Quartet and cellist Martina Bertoni.
    Lyrics are visionary and are sung in english, german and italian, Blixa reveals a really personal and intimate side to the listener this time.
    Still Smiling is an album whose special vision covers all the sky between Rome and Berlin, daytime and nocturnal.

  2. Michael Engelbrecht:

    Here’s the video by Chiara Battistini of Mi Scusi, the first track from the album:
     

    Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld – „Mi Scusi“ (video edit)
     
    Musicians

    Teho Teardo – baritone guitar, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, rhodes piano, synths, piano, percussions, electronics, programming

    Blixa Bargeld – voice, hammond organ, clavichord, electric slide guitar, water percussion, re-arrangements, glockenspiel

    featuring:

    Martina Bertoni – Cello

    The Balanescu Quartet

    Alexander Balanescu – violin

    James Shenton – violin

    Katie Wilkinson – viola

    Nick Holland – cello

    Elena De Stabile – violin

    Elisabetta Pacini – italian accent voice


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