Label: 2007 IRMA Records
Catalog: IRM 842 CD
8033237768421
Country: Italy
Released: 2007
Genre: Electronic, Jazz, World, Italian
Warm and mellow down tempo / trip hop with outstanding female vocals and a retro, dark feel.
1 Another Glimpse Of Sun (4:32)
2 Red Star (3:20)
3 Nicotine (3:54)
4 We Will Fade Out (4:51)
We Will Fade Out - Musetta
5 Standing By By Side (4:05)
6 Peace And Melody (3:40)
7 The Days Of Roses (4:52)
8 Catch 22 (4:25)
9 Underneath The Mango Tree (2:29)
10 Some Thoughts Are Hard To Die (4:09)
11 Rosemary's Baby (2:08)
12 Ophelia's Song (4:09)
A hip Italian duo - one that mixes torchy vocals with mellow downtempo beats - but all at a level that's got a bit more depth and soul than most of their contemporaries! The lovely Marinella Mastrosimone handles vocals here - and she's got a breathy, raspy style that echoes jazz work of the 30s and 40s, but also manages to have a more contemporary, dark-sounding undercurrent. Instrumentation is from Matteo Curcio - who uses a fair bit of programming, but with acoustic elements at the core - in a way that further adds to the warmth of the session. There's a sound here that almost reminds us of the first sorts of experiments in this mode that came from England and Germany over a decade ago.
The careers of bass player/dj/producer Matteo Curcio and singer/art director Marinella Mastrosimone converged in 2006 to form Musetta. The duo’s backgrounds are rather different: while Matteo has his roots deep in electronic music, with a love for Kraftwerk and 70’s German cosmic music, but grew up studying jazz, Marinella’s main influences are Italian 70’s prog rock and Indian classical music. They started touring as Musetta the same year, playing at various live events, among which the famous Heineken Jammin Festival, with a great response from the audiences. They have also worked on various fashion shows in Milan, for some great designers like Romeo Gigli, Krizia and Enrico Coveri. ‘Mice To Meet You!’ is their debut album, which sees the collaboration of UK producer Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey, Placebo, Tricky, Melissa Etheridge). One of the tracks on the album, 'Ophelia's Song', was licensed to Creative Commons and has become the ‘most remixed track’ on ccmixter.org. The remixes of another song, 'Peace and Melody', are climbing the Beatport charts and are in the playlists of top UK DJ’s like Pete Tong, John Digweed and Sasha. Musetta’s image and mood is inspired by early 20th century arts, by cartoons, film-noir and science fiction. Their current live show is integrated by a VJ set, specially conceived to interact with the music.
Catalog: IRM 842 CD
8033237768421
Country: Italy
Released: 2007
Genre: Electronic, Jazz, World, Italian
Warm and mellow down tempo / trip hop with outstanding female vocals and a retro, dark feel.
1 Another Glimpse Of Sun (4:32)
2 Red Star (3:20)
3 Nicotine (3:54)
4 We Will Fade Out (4:51)
We Will Fade Out - Musetta
5 Standing By By Side (4:05)
6 Peace And Melody (3:40)
7 The Days Of Roses (4:52)
8 Catch 22 (4:25)
9 Underneath The Mango Tree (2:29)
10 Some Thoughts Are Hard To Die (4:09)
11 Rosemary's Baby (2:08)
12 Ophelia's Song (4:09)
A hip Italian duo - one that mixes torchy vocals with mellow downtempo beats - but all at a level that's got a bit more depth and soul than most of their contemporaries! The lovely Marinella Mastrosimone handles vocals here - and she's got a breathy, raspy style that echoes jazz work of the 30s and 40s, but also manages to have a more contemporary, dark-sounding undercurrent. Instrumentation is from Matteo Curcio - who uses a fair bit of programming, but with acoustic elements at the core - in a way that further adds to the warmth of the session. There's a sound here that almost reminds us of the first sorts of experiments in this mode that came from England and Germany over a decade ago.
The careers of bass player/dj/producer Matteo Curcio and singer/art director Marinella Mastrosimone converged in 2006 to form Musetta. The duo’s backgrounds are rather different: while Matteo has his roots deep in electronic music, with a love for Kraftwerk and 70’s German cosmic music, but grew up studying jazz, Marinella’s main influences are Italian 70’s prog rock and Indian classical music. They started touring as Musetta the same year, playing at various live events, among which the famous Heineken Jammin Festival, with a great response from the audiences. They have also worked on various fashion shows in Milan, for some great designers like Romeo Gigli, Krizia and Enrico Coveri. ‘Mice To Meet You!’ is their debut album, which sees the collaboration of UK producer Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey, Placebo, Tricky, Melissa Etheridge). One of the tracks on the album, 'Ophelia's Song', was licensed to Creative Commons and has become the ‘most remixed track’ on ccmixter.org. The remixes of another song, 'Peace and Melody', are climbing the Beatport charts and are in the playlists of top UK DJ’s like Pete Tong, John Digweed and Sasha. Musetta’s image and mood is inspired by early 20th century arts, by cartoons, film-noir and science fiction. Their current live show is integrated by a VJ set, specially conceived to interact with the music.
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