ELLI DE MON - Grembo de pria

Coming off the excellent reception of “Raìse”, the album that marked a change of course defined by the use of Vicenza dialect, Elli de Mon returns with a 7'' fully in line with the new path she's taken. The two tracks once again do without English and lean primarily into the psych side of the project, marked by sturdy stoner inflections on “Monte Orco” and a more folk-leaning, ancestral vocal delivery on “Late bianco”. Two different visions, united by the intensity of the performances, which on the B-side bring in the blues-rooted electric guitar of Marco Contestabile, aka Black Snake Moan, alongside the established trio completed by Marco Degli Esposti (guitars) and Francesco Sicchieri (drums).

While musically the two-track release doesn't offer much that's new — functioning essentially as an appendix to the album — its release carries weight both for the intent behind it and for the artwork of the vinyl edition, created in collaboration with Silvia Gavasso, who made the cover image and the cyanotype included inside.

As explained in the accompanying notes, the work is conceived as "a ritual, a song of the Mountain-Goddess dedicated to women, and in particular to women who terminate a pregnancy, whether by choice or not." An important theme, one deeply felt by the musician, who has decided to donate part of the proceeds from sales to the Italian associations L.A.I.G.A. – Libera Associazione Italiana Ginecologi Non Obiettori per l'Applicazione della L. 194/78, which safeguards the right to voluntary termination of pregnancy (www.laiga194.it), and CiaoLapo, which provides psychological support and assistance through the experience of perinatal loss (www.ciaolapo.it).

A writer as well as a musician, the Vicenza-born artist pairs the music with her "Manifesto – La Montagna parla per noi".

The Mountain, the Summano, is a womb.

Once She was a Goddess: a sacred and terrible mother, faceless and pitiless, capable of giving life and taking it back in the same breath.

The Mountain gives life and takes it away, without guilt: as a necessity written into the cycle of nature.

Thus it reminds us that the cycle of nature itself knows no shame, only transformation.

And yet, in Italy, women who terminate a pregnancy are made to carry the weight of guilt.

Today, those who lose a child and those who choose or undergo an abortion are often forced to stand side by side with those giving birth, in the same corridors, in the same rooms, under the same fluorescent light.

These women find themselves alone, judged, surrounded by looks that condemn rather than offer care.

Obstetric and gynecological violence is almost never talked about. Yet it exists, it's real, it digs into bodies and words, and it hurts.

We say this: every woman who goes through the experience of abortion is already immersed in a sacred pain.

She doesn't need moralizing, she needs hands that support, silences that respect, voices that say: you are not alone.

Abortion is not guilt: it is part of a cycle as ancient as the earth, an intimate decision belonging to the body and soul of whoever lives it.

The real violence is the blame, the judgment that wounds more than the wound itself.

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03/04/2026