Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts - Music
Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts - Music
Rych McCain International/Nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist
Emmy nominated Italian composer, producer and artist, Daniele Luppi, will release his album MILANO on Danger Mouse’s Columbia Records imprint 30th Century Records on October 27th. MILANO is a concept album, complete with songs that are fictionalized stories about misfits, fashionistas, outcasts and junkies in mid-1980s Milan. Daniele teamed up with Parquet Courts and Yeah Yeah Yeah’s vocalist, Karen O, to help deliver his vision of an emerging youth culture struggling to be heard amidst the rapid gentrification of old Milan.
The first offering from MILANO is Daniele & Parquet Courts “Soul and Cigarette” released today. The jaunty, springy tune belies its more sinister, saddened backstory of artistic struggle.
Says Andrew Savage of Parquet Courts, “'Soul and Cigarette' is a tribute to Alda Merini, one of Milan and Italy's most renowned poets, yet unfortunately not as heralded internationally. I was reading her and trying to imagine Milan as she saw and experienced it. Her story is one of great suffering and her verse is often quite painful, an important juxtaposition from the cosmopolitan Milan we associate with luxury and excess”.
Rych McCain International/Nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist
DANIELE LUPPI & PARQUET COURTS TO RELEASE CONCEPT ALBUM MILANO
FEATURING KAREN O
MILANO TO BE RELEASED ON DANGER MOUSE’S
30th CENTURY RECORDS/COLUMBIA RECORDS
OCTOBER 27th
First track “Soul and Cigarette” from Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts Available Now; Watch Video Here
MILANO TO BE RELEASED ON DANGER MOUSE’S
30th CENTURY RECORDS/COLUMBIA RECORDS
OCTOBER 27th
First track “Soul and Cigarette” from Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts Available Now; Watch Video Here
Emmy nominated Italian composer, producer and artist, Daniele Luppi, will release his album MILANO on Danger Mouse’s Columbia Records imprint 30th Century Records on October 27th. MILANO is a concept album, complete with songs that are fictionalized stories about misfits, fashionistas, outcasts and junkies in mid-1980s Milan. Daniele teamed up with Parquet Courts and Yeah Yeah Yeah’s vocalist, Karen O, to help deliver his vision of an emerging youth culture struggling to be heard amidst the rapid gentrification of old Milan.
Daniele Luppi |
The first offering from MILANO is Daniele & Parquet Courts “Soul and Cigarette” released today. The jaunty, springy tune belies its more sinister, saddened backstory of artistic struggle.
Parquet Courts |
Says Andrew Savage of Parquet Courts, “'Soul and Cigarette' is a tribute to Alda Merini, one of Milan and Italy's most renowned poets, yet unfortunately not as heralded internationally. I was reading her and trying to imagine Milan as she saw and experienced it. Her story is one of great suffering and her verse is often quite painful, an important juxtaposition from the cosmopolitan Milan we associate with luxury and excess”.
Daniele Luppi |
Regarding the video, Daniele Luppi notes, “Every picture featured in
the video has a deep meaning to me. Peter took photos of the most
iconic and visual striking things happening in Milan in the 1980s and
seeing these images again evoked a myriad of emotions, I couldn’t
believe he photographed the same places and things I experienced as a
teen in the city.”
Purchase and stream “Soul and Cigarette” here: http://smarturl.it/SoulCigarette
Watch visuals for “Soul and Cigarette” here: http://smarturl.it/SoulCigaretteVid
See Pitchfork premiere here: http://smarturl.it/SoulCigaretteP4K
Watch visuals for “Soul and Cigarette” here: http://smarturl.it/SoulCigaretteVid
See Pitchfork premiere here: http://smarturl.it/SoulCigaretteP4K
MILANO is the unofficial follow up to Luppi and Danger
Mouse’s 2011 album Rome, a love letter to classic Italian
film scores, with Jack White and Norah Jones. More details on MILANO including
track list and pre-order, will be announced in the coming weeks; fans
should watch MILANOALBUM.COM for more information.
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