VINICIO CAPOSSELA

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Vinicio Capossela's latest, long-awaited studio album, released january 2006. "Ovunque Proteggi" reached a surprising number one spot in the charts and sold over 70,000 copies in its first two months of release. It is a collection of solemn songs about “man, the earth and its never-ending topicality”. This time Capossela excelled himself, focusing on evocative words based on narrative archetypes that are engraved on the hard stone of time: “You get to a point where the novel, the topic or the mere current issue is not enough… You need to get back to the roots. On one hand, historical ages – baroque, neoclassical, modern… on the other, stone”.

"Ovunque Proteggi" is rich in historical, biblical and mythological references, each of which is connected with today’s reality, where it finds its deepest meaning. It is a parade of characters that the author defines as “wretches of all historical times”, stuck between the misery of their human condition and the longing to lift their eyes to the grace of God. Travel in space and time adds a deeper perspective to the record, serving almost as an “archaeological sediment” which makes Ovunque Proteggi a “geographical” album. It is a geographical album also because, in Pasolini’s style, it contains a geography of places and people, of the important encounters made before completing this work.

The first stone was placed in Rome, in front of the Colosseum, during the recording of the song “Al Colosseo”. That was the start of six months of work during which Capossela wrote and recorded in the very places the songs led him to: a prehistoric cave in Sardinia (Ispinigoli), a church in Sicily (Scicli) or in Milan, a theatre (Treviso), a disused monastery (Montebello) or the hot and humid southern Emilia (Rubiera) where he polished the lyrics to his songs.

"Ovunque Proteggi" ranked second in the “Best world album 2006” category in the year-end poll held by prestigious international music publication MOJO.

"Ovunque Proteggi" has already been released abroad in Switzerland, Spain, and Hong Kong, and is due for release in Germany, France, the United States, and Greece.