ALESSANDRO SGARITO - ROBERTO MARES - Rifugio per mille persone

The collaboration that brings Alessandro Sgarito and Roberto Mares into dialogue is the offspring of a slow rhythm, a construction defined to the millimetre with infinite patience. An exchange set in motion in 2024 and carried on for as long as it needed to be, it takes its name from a real architectural structure – a World War II air-raid shelter – located in the garden of one of the two artists. A place, then, even before a story: a record that wants to be a comfortable listening environment, an all-round sensory experience.

The watchword for this activated synergy is balance, the art of introducing one's own vocabulary into a shared space without overpowering it. The sound stratifies, swells and expands until it takes on its definitive shape, letting every modulation, every note breathe. The synths lend density, the instruments trace the melody, the pulses add structure. Ambient is the dominant field of action, but the sound shifts nimbly onto new classical coordinates dotted with piano and synthetic strings, downtempo openings and electric drifts with a post-rock matrix. All without creating any breaks, keeping the whole thing evolving coherently.

This perfect interlocking welcomes a series of precious contributions with equal skill, able to interact and expand the sonic horizons without distorting them. Helga Raimondi's (Dictaphone) hypnotic voice on "Unbroken", and the deeply profound words narrated by Fabio Puletti on "Cloud#10", bring the warmth of presence. Laura Bisceglia's cello elegantly guides the two tracks she takes part in, enhancing their elegiac tone without weighing it down. In the same way, Fabio Capanni's guitar acts with surgical precision while staying in the shadows, yet shapes the outcome of the closing "Gl_tch L_ve".

A choral vision from which a hybrid trajectory steeped in contemplation is born. A story that seeks no resolution, but welcomes you into the warmth of sound to grant a time suspended from the anxiety of the world to whoever has the patience to step in and linger.

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18/06/2026