{"product_id":"till-broenner-italia","title":"Till Brönner - Italia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eITALIA\u003c\/strong\u003e was recorded in Bari and Rome, produced by \u003cstrong\u003eTill Brönner\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eNicola Conte \u003c\/strong\u003e– DJ, jazz musician and sound aesthete from Apulia, internationally acclaimed for his elegant, genre-blending musical language that fuses jazz, bossa nova and club culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItalian pop culture as an European state of mind\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe repertoire of \u003cstrong\u003eITALIA\u003c\/strong\u003e draws largely from the 1970s and early 1980s – a golden era of musical exchange across Europe. Italian songs played on French radio, filled German record stores, and shaped a continental cultural mood. \u003cem\u003e‘Italy created a kind of pan-European sound,’ \u003c\/em\u003esays Brönner,\u003cem\u003e ‘and an atmosphere that was formative for an entire generation.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was also a time when music was reflecting the hope for a bright future, when pop songs were at the same time light, and exploring the complexity and meaning of life. \u003cem\u003e‘There is a lot of hope today that things might shift toward something more human and more down to earth again – and that’s exactly the kind of feeling you could literally sense in the ’70s and ’80s,’\u003c\/em\u003e says Brönner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProducer \u003cstrong\u003eNicola Conte\u003c\/strong\u003e reflects on the cultural self-understanding of that time: \u003cem\u003e‘We focused on a moment in Italian cultural history that is still, to this day, one of the most engaging, artistically relevant and colourful.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClassics, rarities – and one original composition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to classics by \u003cstrong\u003eLucio Battisti\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePaolo Conte\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eTony Renis\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eITALIA\u003c\/strong\u003e also features rarities from the Italian pop culture of that era – songs that never gained recognition beyond the country’s borders. Brönner: \u003cem\u003e‘The album contains many songs that are well-known – at least from a non-Italian perspective. But there are also surprises. Nothing is more boring than a record where you know exactly how it will sound from the first note.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe musical range spans the work of legendary cantautori to iconic film scores by \u003cstrong\u003eEnnio Morricone\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePiero Piccioni\u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eFranco Micalizzi\u003c\/strong\u003e – complemented by an original composition by Brönner that blends so naturally into the repertoire, it takes a look at the credits to realize it doesn’t stem from that same golden era of Italian songwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrönner sings in Italian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his trumpet and flugelhorn, \u003cstrong\u003eITALIA\u003c\/strong\u003e also features Brönner’s singing. For the first time on a studio album, he sings in Italian – including on the newly released single \u003cstrong\u003e‘Viva la Felicità’\u003c\/strong\u003e, and on \u003cstrong\u003e‘L’Appuntamento’\u003c\/strong\u003e, the melancholic global hit made famous by \u003cstrong\u003eOrnella Vanoni\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003e‘When I translated the lyrics into German, I thought: That could have been my story.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album alternates between instrumental tracks – shaped by Brönner’s unmistakable tone – and vocal pieces performed by absolute dream guests: \u003cstrong\u003eChiara Civello, Sera Kalo, Mario Biondi, Mandy Capristo, \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eGiovanni Zarrella\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA return shaped by memory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe idea for \u003cstrong\u003eITALIA\u003c\/strong\u003e is also rooted in Brönner’s biography. He spent part of his childhood in \u003cstrong\u003eRome\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003e‘It was a phase in my life that shaped me deeply – above all, this very specific Roman way of being. That’s something Italia is inspired by.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps \u003cstrong\u003eITALIA\u003c\/strong\u003e is Till Brönner’s most personal album yet: \u003cem\u003e‘Some records come from a feeling. 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