Andrea Laszlo De Simone: listen to Malik Djoudi's rework of "Non è reale". New screenings of "A Very Long Shadow" announced

The reinterpretation project surrounding “A Very Long Shadow” by Andrea Laszlo De Simone continues. After the version by Mabe Fratti, a second rework of “Non è reale” arrives, this time entrusted to French musician Malik Djoudi. The track thus becomes part of “A Very Long Shadow (reframed)”, a series of reinterpretations of Andrea Laszlo De Simone's latest work created by artists from different geographical and musical backgrounds.

One of the most acclaimed tracks from the musical and visual work conceived by De Simone changes shape: Djoudi reworks its rhythmic pulse, steering it toward a dimension closer to clubbing and weaving his own voice in French together with that of the original author. The result is a version that shifts the song's emotional balance, heightening certain nuances while softening others. "I tried to preserve the soul of the song; I changed its pulse. I sought calm, but also urgency, steering it toward the world of clubbing. I wanted to add my voice to create a physical, intimate encounter with Andrea's voice, so that our two worlds could become one," says Djoudi. "What I love about Andrea's music is the way he makes melancholy luminous."

The rework was made with the musicians from Djoudi's band — Adrien Eudeline, Gérard Black and Jocelyn Mienniel — and mixed by Bastien Doremus. The track will gradually be added to the “A Very Long Shadow (reframed)” playlist, an open-ended project featuring new reinterpretations of the album's songs by international artists.

Listen below to Malik Djoudi's rework of "Non è reale".

Several months after the album's release, the screenings tied to the audiovisual project “A Very Long Shadow“ are also continuing, having drawn around ten thousand attendees so far across cinemas and festivals in Italy and abroad.

At the same time, the so-called "immersive bubble" is also taking shape, an installation designed for spatialized listening of the album accompanied by the seventeen fixed shots created by the Piedmontese artist. The experience is designed for a small audience — twelve people at a time — and offers an intimate way of experiencing the music, treated as a physical object and the centerpiece of the work.

The installation, built and conceived by Pase for Dna Concerts, 42 Records, Ekler Paris and The Goodness Factory, will arrive on April 18 and 19 in Pordenone, at the Capitol, as part of "Sexto verso Pordenone Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2027". From April 25 to 27 it will instead be hosted at the Fondation Vasarely, as part of the Aix-en-Provence Biennale.

The schedule of screenings in cinemas and festivals also continues: March 18 in Modena (Cinema Astra, Viaemili@Docfest), March 19 in Catania (Cinema King), March 28 in Lecce (CineClub Giuseppe Bartolucci), March 30 in Prato (Casa del Cinema), April 2 in Perugia (Cinema Postmodernissimo), April 11 in Lisbon (Festival do Cinema Italiano), then May 21 in Nantes at Stereolux and May 23-24 in Cassuejouls for the Bon Esprit de Clocher Festival.

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