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Ovunque proteggi
Vinicio Capossela · 2006 · Track 3
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If there is a moment when Dalla parte di Spessotto becomes hypnotic is when the accordion and the guitar intertwine in a sway that never quite resolves. It is not a waltz nor a tango: it is as if the rhythm hovers between the earthly and the dreamlike, with that melody that seems to move forward and backward at the same time. The voice of Vinicio Capossela enters here with a cadence almost narrative, as if each word were a step on a path only he knows. It is no coincidence that the song was chosen to open Ovunque proteggi, the album that in 2006 cemented him as one of the most distinctive names in the Italian music scene. Recorded at the Officine Meccaniche studios of Mauro Pagani, it sounds like a workshop of dreams: instruments breathing together, in no hurry to reach anywhere.
The title already hints at what it is all about: Dalla parte di Spessotto is not just a song, it is a tribute in the form of a ballad. Spessotto, according to accounts, was a real figure from Irpinia, a place Capossela frequently returned to in those years, and the lyrics play with that blend of the everyday and the legendary. The album was presented in January 2006 at the Chiesa di San Carpoforo in Milano, a venue that gave it the air of a ritual rather than a concert. But the most curious thing is that, after six years without releasing a studio album, Ovunque proteggi arrived as an unexpected turn: while Canzoni a manovella was an album of more direct songs, this one delved into denser atmospheres, as if each track were a room full of echoes. The Targa Tenco in 2006 and the second place on Mojo’s list the following year only confirmed that, sometimes, what seems like a detour turns out to be the right path.