"Out Here" by Claudio Fabbrini is a refined journey into music, musical cultures and styles, a contemporary fingerstyle in search of sounds and perfection that are rarely heard today.
The opening of the disc, entrusted to the song "Window”(A perfect fusion of music and acting, also thanks to the splendid voice of Ferruccio Filipazzi), and the beautiful phrase of Italo Calvino that stands out on the cover ("... now Africa, Australia, the Americas, the Indies stretch so far branches and roots ...") show how this project is an all-round journey into art, a careful, conscious and deep in the search for beauty.
This album is timeless, without limit of space, a path that develops in 7 tracks born from elegant melodies, refined harmonies and a thoughtful and accurate mixture of guitar styles and techniques.
Claudio shows all the potential of the acoustic guitar and the measured and careful use of some effect, sometimes evocative, never excessive, inserted at the right moment to further underline the importance of the theme or harmonic development presented.
Wave: a game of virtuosity, sunshine and harmonics that run after each other. Progressions that introduce themes that are sometimes melodic, sometimes chordal connected to each other according to wise logic and expressiveness.
Amaranth: Nostalgia and reflection in this track give an atmosphere of pure imagination and cantability that at times recalls the Neapolitan song of the late nineteenth century. Gypsy-style themes, obstinate, measured and attentive for an elegant, dreamy, sweetly determined atmosphere.
Mosquito: Brazilian sounds, almost onomatopoeic ironic description. Sudden changes of register and octaves favor the imagination and the sincere sunshine that this piece exudes. Elegant and never banal harmonies support an important, never redundant melody that opens up to the listener with sudden and interesting changes.
Lady on tour: a lady rock, a lady of music, not flirtatious but determined, with a well-defined character. A confident character, the result of years of concerts. An "on the road" song.
Family Affair: The intimacy of the piece creates a very clear common thread, through an echo of sounds and themes that bounce as if to mark the days, emotions and lives of people. A story of life.
The escape of the dwarves: a “percussive” guitar, tears of fresh and light sound for a fugue that appears before the eyes, as clear as in a film. Music paintings are placed side by side and unraveled to then find a clear solution and interesting conclusion.
An all-round artist, a virtuoso of the instrument who never exceeds in creating clusters of notes only for their own sake or redundant. Never a note out of place, never a banal thematic proposal. A work conceived, built in all its structures, modeled and meditated to achieve the essence and perfect originality of music.
The audio shot made by Paul Costola further enhances this precious work: the acoustic guitar, the unique and undisputed queen of this work, thus shows itself in its best guise, rich in nuances, sounds and colors; a perfect, clear and beautifully realistic recording.
Out Here is a record to be savored sentence by sentence, to be enjoyed at any time of the day: sitting in an armchair, during a pleasant reading, in the middle of your work, as an elegant background to an event or immersing yourself in attentive listening that will allow you to know the great wealth of these pieces.
Seven paths that, as in a kaleidoscope, will show each of you, through a perfect musical morphing, how to enter the soul. Irony, a sense of family, the importance of the true values of life are just some of the many things that emerge from listening to, but also observing, how this record was written, produced, packaged. Claudio "lays bare" as an artist, as a man, as a thinker, he risks gambling all his experience, all his competence but, in my opinion, he wins, indeed…. wins hands down.
As a composer he proves to be a careful and refined communicator and conveyor of emotions and elegance. As a guitarist he confirms, once again, how much technique, how much love for his instrument and how much skill this great artist possesses. "Out Here" projects Claudio Fabbrini into the record market "that counts", a musical career that has started very well and has been won with full merit. We just have to stay at the window and enjoy the show. To listen to, to listen again, without stopping.
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