A COPY FOR COLLAPSE - The Line

Daniele Raguso's project has always balanced electronic sensibilities (synth-pop, chillwave) with darker undertones tied to the Apulian musician's background. Now, a long time after his most acclaimed albums (the excellent "Waiting For" dates back to 2015, while the more recent "Your Imaginary World" is nonetheless a seven-year-old release), A Copy For Collapse returns with an album full of collaborations and more layered than his previous work.

"The Line" opens and closes with three compositions led by a male voice, the title track (Raguso goes back to singing, as he has before) and the closing "The Last Warning" and "Sleeper", the latter (in cahoots with The Spoiled) not too far removed from darkwave suggestions. Everything else, though, moves in new directions, in some cases following that trend which has long seemed to favor the pairing of synthesizers and female vocals.

And so we get tracks in the style of Boy Harsher ("Faded") or others with an electro edge (from the synth-punk attitude of the single "2020 XXX" to the remarkable "Seance"), without neglecting a keen eye on the French scene: take "Dark Planet", a captivating song that inherits the kind of groove so dear to the likes of David Carretta and Arnaud Rebotini (Lady Maru's contribution blends very well with that of another male guest, producer Caramel Chameleon).

Furthermore, while the tracks featuring Elisa Pambianchi ("Sirens" and "Heat") show a distinctly 80's touch, A Copy For Collapse also bets on experimentation, raising the bar with the abrasive "NCUPK", without doubt the boldest moment of the whole record.

All things considered, "The Line" once again highlights the compositional skills of the Bari-based artist and his desire to broaden his musical horizons: the sound is up to date and comes across as fresh even when A Copy For Collapse looks somewhat to the past. That said, these tracks were put together over a long span of time, and for this very reason the album loses some cohesion and compactness: a minor shadow that only marginally dents the project's intentions, which is, incidentally, very active on the live front both in Italy and abroad.

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05/03/2026