Milan, October 17 (askanews) – “Two Entities” (Sony Music Italy), is the new album of unreleased songs by Mario Biondi, who returns to enchant audiences with his warm, deep voice, on the occasion of a special anniversary: exactly twenty years since the historic debut of “Handful of Soul”. “After the gift to myself and the public of the Italian project “Prova d'autore”, we have now reached the heart of the celebrations with a project once again in English with different nuances that I really like and I hope the listeners will like a lot”. The two entities that constitute Mario Biondi's soul, on the one hand his Italian roots, on the other the international spirit that harks back to soul and jazz, enable him to keep an open eye on the world while denouncing even its ugliness.
"I'm always obviously saddened by what I see, by human suffering, which in my opinion is anachronistic. It shouldn't even exist anymore, but it's clear that this war is so deeply rooted in our nature that we can't shake it off. There must always be someone who crushes and someone who is crushed." A concept he also picks up in One Big Family, We Are All One Big Family.
"But that's how it is. Objectively, we live in a world where we're shoulder to shoulder, so we're one big family. It's time we understood this and stopped hurting each other in any way." Faced with the youth mobilization, he, who has a truly large family with 10 children, says: "I don't know, I'm a bit torn lately.
It's right that young people demand things they don't have. I get bored when I see these demonstrations then used there too to foment hatred, violence, and destruction that have little to do with expressing demands." From November 1st, Mario Biondi returns to Italian theaters with a tour celebrating two decades of music, which began with the explosion of "This Is What You Are." There will be both songs in Italian and English, although Mario confirms that choosing what to perform live is never easy. "It always is, it's always difficult. It's always a punishment to put together a setlist, but we'll make it precise, to express the experience of these twenty years in a way that's not too succinct and not too, let's say, buzzword-like."
Askanews