Da Spunda is the first solo album of drummer, percussionist, composer and singer from the Piedmont region of Italy, Gigi Biolcati, a permanent member of groups such as Banditaliana, Bella Ciao and YouLook Trio. Da Spunda is an extremely individual and personal work: eleven songs, almost all written by Biolcati, inspired by traditional music and culture and mostly sung in Santhiatian dialect, difficult to understand but rich in rhythm and bearer of popular wisdom. One exception is a piece of local tradition and the original cover of "Fiorin Fiorello", for which a fun video was also made.
Published by Visage Music, Spunda is an album that talks of human feelings and relationships and is pervaded by constructive optimism as the title suggests: transforming life's difficulties into opportunities to renew and improve, just as in billiards in “La Sponda” the limits and borders become virtuous tools. Da Spunda transmits a spirit to the listener from the first note onwards and remains with him long after the end of the disc !
Da Spunda
VM3011
8/4/2017