STUPID WORLD (2004)

Pivio

I dischi dell’espleta – ESP001
CD, Digital

Pivio’s first solo album and first title for the new label I disco dell’espleta. It contains rearranged ballads, initially conceived for the films Casomai, L’odore della notte and Amorestremo and dramatic songs inspired from the clashes at the G8 in Genoa (Chanson de non amour, Alimonda, Stupid World). Ten songs in English, largely unpublished, also written in collaboration with the longtime partner Aldo De Scalzi.

1. Chanson de non amour 6:35
2. Have you seen 3:36
3. I dream myself 4:42
4. I feel you in this room 5:32
5. A presence 4:45
6. Alimonda 4:18
7. Only for a while 7:42
8. A merciful desire 4:54
9. The smell of the night 5:47
10. Stupid world 4:47

1, 10 (Pivio / M. Odino – Pivio) Published by Creuza Srl
2 (Pivio – A. De Scalzi / Pivio – A. De Scalzi) Published by CAM Srl
3, 8 (Pivio – A. De Scalzi / M. Odino) Published by Creuza Srl – Maccaja Srl
4 (Pivio – A. De Scalzi / A. Tibaldi) Published by RTI SpA
5 (Pivio – A. De Scalzi / M. Odino) Published by RTI SpA
6 (Pivio) Published by Creuza Srl
7 (Pivio – A. De Scalzi / M. Odino – Pivio) Published by Creuza Srl
9 (Pivio – A. De Scalzi / Pivio) EMI Music Publishing Italia Srl

Pivio: voice, synth, mellotron, percussions, backing vocals
Aldo De Scalzi: synth, el. and ac. guitars, voice in 2
Claudio Pacini: electronics
Alessandro Sacco: violin and viola in 1, 10
Roberto Maragliano: drums in 4, piatti in 10
Flavio Piantoni: bass in 4
Roberto Titanti: backing vocals in 4
Laura Inserra: didjridoo in 5
Daniele Guerci: violin in 6
Roberto Mazzola: violin in 6
Andrea Maddalone: el. guitars in 10

Produced by Pivio & Aldo De Scalzi
Musica preproduction at Trancendental Studio (Roma)
Recorded and mixed  at Orange Studio (Genova)
Claudio Pacini: sound engineer
Massimiliano Nevi: mastering at BtBazar Studio (Roma)

Rita Giacalone: artworks