Mediterranean Secrets

Daniele Fabio

Mediterranean Secrets

The album

Mediterranean Secrets, is part of a series of works dedicateci and inspired by the Mediterranean, its music and sounds, but also its stories, legendsand memories.An intimate and introspective journey, where the elements of this inspiration go through a process of deconstruction and reconstruction; being reborn in diffe rent forms; in some cases there are sounds clearly attributable to traditional sounds, in other cases this link is no longer perceptible, although it remains latent in the deep heart of the composition. The Mediterranean is a crossroads of cultures, sounds, colors, languages; in it different seas intertwine and merge, so in this album we find different languages, sounds and compositional forms. A path where the guitar is the protagonist, an instrument that in itself embodies the union of different cultures, which has always straddled multiple musical worlds, on a borderline that unites popular music and Western cultured music. The guitar is gradually joined by instruments belonging to the classica! and popular tradition s, such as strings, voices, percussion, bouzuky, guitar and elements of electronics . The compositional languagestarts from diatonie, modal sounds and gradual ly moves towards more complex harmonies and forms. In this case the term "secret" takes on different meanings: on the one hand there is that connection, sometimes impe rcept ible, of some songs with the Mediterranean roots; on the other, the predilect ion far the small form, the solo instrument or the small chamber ensemble, because "secrets" are something to be kept, and even if they can contain immense things, they must take on a small form to be safeguarded; and finally a reference to the inner dimension, that piace where secrets dwell and wait to be discovered.

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Daniele Fabio

Mediterranean Secrets

Giulio Tampalini - Daniele Fabio

The artist

Daniele Fabio

He began his career path studying guitar and Jazz composition under the guidance of maestro Lutte Berg. He soon began to perform concert activity in jazz, rock and blues fields, alongside his study. He got in touch with the world of classical music studying Renaissance and Baroque lute at the Conservatory of Music of Cosenza under the guidance of Maestro Ugo Di Giovanni, collaborating with various baroque ensembles and orchestras such as the Ensemble of Ancient Music of the Conservatory of Cosenza and the Ensemble "Riflesso Armonico", performing “continuo” activity and with them a concert activity throughout Italy winning several international competitions in the sector. At the same time he deepens the study of ethnic music, voice, composition and arrangements, approaching the study of instruments such as the Arabic oud, the Irish bouzuki, percussions, the guitar-harp, ocarina and the recorder, mandolin, drums, bass, keyboards, fretless, classical, acoustic and electric guitar. He participates in various record productions as a musician, arranger, composer and singer, and performs an intense concert activity both as a session musician for artists between northern and southern Italy, such as Massimo Ferrante, Ennio Rega, and many others, both in formations directed by him. He collaborates with various theater companies, such as “Tolda 86”, dealing with composing and arranging music, performing in the main theaters of Calabria like Teatro Rendano, Teatro Morelli, the Piccolo di Castiglione, the Franz Teatro, and others.
At the same time he takes care of music teaching at various private institutes and academies in Calabria and Lombardia. Subsequently he studied Jazz at the civic school of Milan, and began a collaboration with Antonello Gabelli, with whom he constitutes the new official formation of “Corvi” as a singer, guitarist, composer and arranger, making several tours throughout Italy.
He continued his studies at the conservatory, in classical guitar and composition.
He formed several ensembles including ‘Aria’ with the opera singers Franco Ruggero Pino, Teresa Musacchio and Katia Mancuso on viol with whom he perform concerts in the main Calabrian theaters.
In the meantime he won several international competitions as a guitarist, and as a composer