{"product_id":"la-commedia","title":"La Commedia","description":"\u003cp\u003eIl Quadro di Troisi presents \u003ci\u003eLa Commedia\u003c\/i\u003e Everything changes, all things evolve: four years after their eponymous debut, Il Quadro di Troisi return with a new album and a new line-up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe perfect circle traced by Eva Geist (aka Andrea Noce) and Donato Dozzy (aka Donato Scaramuzzi) becomes a triangle with the permanent addition of Pietro Micioni, who collaborated in the previous recordings and had been part of ll Quadro’s live set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing stays the same, and the world is a lot different from what it was in 2020. The global crisis generated by the constant escalation of conflict and by the pandemic was mirrored by a time of individual crisis and personal, often irreversible transformation that underscored the entire period of the album’s composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe influence of these turbulent times is felt in the writing: \u003ci\u003eLa Commedia\u003c\/i\u003e is about turning a crisis into an opportunity and using change as a catalyst for rebirth. Much like the characters in classic Italian comedies, who are masters in using irony to face life’s hardships, Il Quadro di Troisi explores the vast and unpredictable terrain between the lighter and darker sides of the human experience, matching the magical with the mundane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Commedia\u003c\/i\u003e is about the many facets of life: each song is named after an archetype (e.g. the truth, the night, the Earth, the prophet), as though our existence were a tarot deck and its reading an exercise in collective consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Commedia\u003c\/i\u003e marks the band’s embrace of a more traditional song form, shaped by a very personal and distinctive musical style. The distinguishing elements of Il Quadro di Troisi’s music – classic Italian songwriting with an electronic spin – meld into a unique mix that is both seductive and eerie, elegant and earthy, contemporary and timeless. \u003ci\u003eLa Commedia\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the band’s cultural roots while constantly moving into new territory, balancing nostalgia with a forward-thinking approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Commedia\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare gem that confirms Il Quadro di Troisi’s relevance in the international music scene, as demonstrated by the number of top-level artists featured on the album: from Suzanne Ciani, a legend and a pioneer of independent music with a career spanning five decades, to Aimee Portioli, aka Grand River, a Dutch-Italian musician, composer and sound designer based in Berlin, along with Francesca Colombo’s eclectic violin (the de facto “fourth angle” of Il Quadro di Troisi’s frame), Fiona Brice’s strings, cultural agitator and icon of the Roman underground scene Stefano Di Trapani (aka Demented Burrocacao and a member of Trapcoustic and System Hardware Abnormal, among other projects), Maestro Daniele Di Gregorio, an excellent musician and a longtime collaboration of songwriting legend Paolo Conte, and Tommaso Cappellato, whose professional description goes well beyond “drummer” and who has been working with artists like Rabih Beaini and Maurice Louca.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Raster","offers":[{"title":"Black LP.","offer_id":50474028335435,"sku":"2212333","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD.","offer_id":50474027254091,"sku":"2212332","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/La_Commedia_388f4d2d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727433082","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/la-commedia","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}