Shijo X – …If
a Night (Bombanella
Records)
Shijo X’s Davide Verticelli and Laura Sinigaglia got
together in 2009 as a duo, and released their debut LP, “One Minute Before”. In
2010 they were joined by Federico Fazia (bass) and Federico Adriani (drums) “…If
a Night” is their first album as a four piece.
Taken straight into a bohemian late night, of
anaesthetised bar jazz and wild Italian sci-fi soundtrack oscillations, “Bologna
by Night” with a muffled, loudhailer-like vocal sounds like Portishead meets
Tom Waits. Sinigaglia’s robust, but flexible voice dominates throughout,
yet is adapted to the esoteric environments created by bass, drum, piano and
synthesizer: be this the programmed beats of “In (the) Moscow”, the free and
minimal construct of “Television”, the spaced-out clockwork of “Bad Bed”, the
jazz standard-esque “Almost in trouble” or the drum ’n’ bass storm of “Krueger”.
Undoubtedly influenced by Bristol’s trip-hop
pioneers, a great beat or easy comparison to Massive Attack, Portishead,
Tricky, et al is never too far away.
Willsk
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