Massimo Silverio - Hear new single + Watch video - Debut album 'Hrudja' out 24 November
MASSIMO SILVERIO
HEAR NEW SINGLE 'JEVÂ' + WATCH VIDEO
DEBUT ALBUM 'HRUDJA' OUT ON 24 NOVEMBER ON OKUM
Italian songwriter Massimo Silverio will release his debut album 'Hrudja' on 24th November on OKUM.
He writes and sings in his native language, a minority language called “carnic” spoken in the Carnic Alps of the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and parts of Slovenia. Between the charm of the borderland and the tradition of an ancient language, Silverio has created his very personal aesthetic made of poetry and sounds, mixing classic and contemporary, folk and experimental, acoustic, electroacoustic and electronic.
Following first single 'Nijò', today Massimo shares another album track, 'Jevâ'. He explains: "I wrote Jevâ two years after leaving my hometown. The song is like the wakening from a dream told by a Mother dressed in meadows and mountains, while she caresses her youngest child, now ready to leave towards distant new worlds. This very intimate loss can probably be experienced by anyone far away from home".
LISTEN TO 'JEVÂ' HERE
The video accompanying the new single depicts the ancient ritual of La Femenate (woman or witch), a tradition that has its roots in Celtic culture and takes place to predict the following year's harvest by lighting a bonfire.
When the sparks head towards the east,
take your bag and go to the market (prediction of abundant harvest).
When the sparks go towards the west,
take your bag and go around the world." (looking for work)
Director and documentary maker Giulio Squarci saw this connection between the song's message, symbol and actual verb of Jevâ, something that rises and burns, like a song in the night.
WATCH 'JEVÂ' VIDEO HERE
Starting at a very young age, Silverio has created an imaginary world made of places, mountains and rivers, faces and ancient rituals translated into music through the use of classical instruments such as the cello, double bass, prepared percussion, piano and folk ones such as the guzla (instrument of the Dinaric Alps), but also synthesizers, guitars, organs and above all the voice which becomes the guide with its light and intimate timbre, mixing Carnic and English to tell a minority yet universal story.
The album, produced by Manuel Volpe (Rhabdomantic Orchestra) with the participation of Nicholas Remondino (Lamie, Stefano Battaglia, Vieri Cervelli Montel) is entitled “Hrudja” and will be released by Okum on 24th November 2023.
WATCH 'NIJÒ' VIDEO HERE
PRE-ORDER DEBUT ALBUM 'HRUDJA' HERE
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