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Ovunque proteggi 2006
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Ovunque proteggi

When Vinicio Capossela released Ovunque proteggi in 2006, he already had a career that set him apart. This work, his sixth studio album, was recorded mainly at Mauro Pagani's Officine Meccaniche during 2005. The sound it proposes is markedly different from his previous Canzoni a manovella, released almost six years earlier. Between 2000 and 2006, his only publications had been the compilation L'indispensabile (2003) and the book Non si muore tutte le mattine (2004). The creative process for Ovunque proteggi was directed by Capossela himself, with artistic production shared with Pasquale Minieri. It is also the first album on which Taketo Gohara participated as a sound engineer on some tracks. The visual image of the album, with Capossela sporting a Sardinian "su boe" mask in the booklet, anticipated his interpretation of the Minotaur in the presentation tour, connecting with the theme of Brucia Troia.

Year
2006
Songs
13
Duration
72 min 0 seg
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13 song|s

Song list

# Title Available ⏱
01

Non trattare

Intermediate

6:07 02

Brucia Troia

Intermediate

4:57 03

Dalla parte di Spessotto

Intermediate

5:05 04

Moskavalza

Advanced

5:33 05

Al colosseo

Intermediate

4:10 06

L'uomo vivo

Intermediate

5:17 07

Medusa cha cha cha

Intermediate

4:58 08

Nel blu

Advanced

5:16 09

Dove siamo rimasti a terra nutless

6:16 10

Pena del alma

Intermediate

4:57 11

Lanterne rosse

Advanced

5:07 12

S.S. dei naufragati

Intermediate

8:01 13

Ovunque proteggi

Intermediate

6:16

About the album

Ovunque proteggi, according to DoReSol

The album opens with the sound of shofars, introducing Ovunque proteggi, a piece inspired by the biblical psalm of the same name, which explores the relationship of Jewish faith with Yahweh. In live versions, this song often incorporates an opening in Hebrew recited by translator and poet Guido Ceronetti, as can be heard on the live album Nel niente sotto il sole - Grand tour 2006. Another notable song is Brucia Troia, which fuses the myth of Helen and Paris with that of the Minotaur. Recorded in the Ispinigoli cave with an arrangement closer to hard rock than usual in his work, it includes a reference to "Quindici uomini sulla cassa del morto" from the television series L'isola del tesoro and is inspired by the opening titles of Pasolini's Edipo Re. On the other hand, Dalla parte di Spessotto addresses the lives of people with uncommon characteristics who are marginalized by society.

Moskavalza, described by Capossela himself as "a techno piece," narrates Russian history up to 1991, mentioning figures like Vysotskyj and Majakovskij, and incorporating a phrase from Ivan the Terrible in English and Russian. Finally, Al colosseo offers a raw description of the violent spectacles of ancient Rome, such as gladiator fights and executions, evoking amphitheaters like the Colosseum and paying homage to Tom Waits's In the Colosseum, from the 1992 album Bone Machine. Ovunque proteggi was recognized with the Targa Tenco in 2006 as best album and the magazine Mojo ranked it as the second best album of 2006 in the "world" category. Furthermore, it was included in the list of the 100 most beautiful Italian albums of all time according to Rolling Stone Italia.