COSMO - La Fonte

Two years after "On the wings of the white horse", Marco Jacopo Bianchi continues his evolution towards a form of songwriting increasingly distant from the liberating four-on-the-floor beat expressed on "Cosmotronic", when the man behind the Cosmo project successfully broke through with the idea that you could make high-level pop songwriting by cross-breeding it with rave culture and bringing it into the clubs. From his home in Ivrea, he continues to observe the world with a certain detachment, and today Marco chooses to rediscover his origins, purity, "the source", through a style of writing capable of making a concrete return to the more "classic" song format. The process is carried out (as with the previous album) alongside his close friend Alessio Natalizia, aka Not Waving, ready to offer decisive input on stylistic choices, helping to reduce - almost to the point of eliminating entirely - the clubbing-derived elements.

The "old" Cosmo can still be glimpsed in "Ogni giorno/Ogni notte" (which sounds a bit like Raf), as well as in the coda of "Sboccia un fiore", but in 2026 the choices head in other directions: a collective purification ritual that plays out between the soft psychedelia of "Incanto", the soul undertones of "Totem e tabù", the bucolic minimalism of "Tornare alla fonte", and the family intimacy of "Per mio fratello", co-written with Achille Lauro (who asked not to be credited). Listen closely to "Ciao", a thoroughly convincing and daring synthesis of Kraftwerk and Lucio Battisti, proof that sonic exploration is still possible even while speaking to a wide audience. Battisti is indeed the most obvious touchstone for this new brand of authorial pop bearing Cosmo's name, alternating beats and acoustic guitars, memorable melodic lines and vocoders. Marco sets aside any predictable solution to put himself back on the line, in search of essence, taking risks, and emerges - at last - a singer-songwriter with a capital S, on an album that clearly charts the road ahead, while we await the definitive work.

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14/06/2026