(Adnkronos) - La band genovese, ospite dell’Adnkronos, racconta il nuovo album 'Auguri'.
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00:00In a world where music is constantly evolving, where genres merge and labels lose meaning,
00:10a band has maintained its identity, remaining faithful to its own art.
00:14ExoTago, with their new album Auguri, take us on a journey through personal growth and the rediscovery of their roots.
00:21The album comes after a period of silence lasting four years, and the Genoese group,
00:25hosted by DN Kronos, reflect on this long period of absence and how it influenced their music.
00:31Maybe we needed to recognize ourselves in what we were doing,
00:38so maybe we needed to sail a little in our own sea.
00:42Maybe we focused a little more on the contents, a little less on the form.
00:48It's clear that we like everything we've done, but I don't know if we've had an evolutionary push in that sense.
00:57What do you think?
00:58Well, let's say that the ingredients, so our instruments, are always the same.
01:04Of course we've put a few more things in our luggage, made of experience.
01:10Certainly a new artistic producer has brought...
01:14Giordano Colombo.
01:15Giordano Colombo has brought new sounds.
01:18I'm thinking of a little more low-fi sounds, I use different guitars,
01:27but the formula is the same.
01:32Pop songs, pop music, the return, the constant.
01:37Yes, I would call it border pop, considering what's going on now.
01:43Yes.
01:44We're a little on the edge, a pop that, just to quote your counterpart,
01:50is a pop that tears along the edges.
01:54In these days, in these hours, we're discovering wishes thanks to the words of others.
02:01It seems that we've gone back to softer, more welcoming and warm sounds.
02:09There's a lot of bitterness, but we haven't noticed it yet,
02:14because for us it's wishes and a new chapter in our lives.
02:19Maurizio, Simone, Olmo and Rashid remind us that music is a personal journey,
02:24a sea to sail together.
02:26Each member, in these years, has explored new horizons,
02:29but the synergy that unites them has remained unchanged.
02:32Meeting again, even with the instruments in hand, looking each other in the face,
02:37has brought results that made us understand that the band still had something to say
02:45and to tell.
02:48In short, many, many songs have been born,
02:51and I wish you the collection of a period that was also difficult, also beautiful,
02:57a combination of many things.
02:59Silence, of course, is an almost revolutionary element, almost revolting.
03:06And so, no, it didn't help us to stay silent, absolutely.
03:09No, few can afford it.
03:11Few can afford it.
03:13We don't know if we can afford it, if we can afford it, but...
03:16But we took it.
03:17But we took it, this silence.
03:19Because we have always made music like this,
03:22we have always written songs when we had things to say,
03:25and we have always been quiet when we didn't.
03:28And I think we will continue to do so,
03:30also for a kind of seriousness towards those who follow us,
03:34but also towards ourselves.
03:36In the great cauldron of pop, the exotagos stand out for their authenticity
03:40and collaborations with artists like Fabri Fibra, Coma Cose, Olli,
03:44showing their openness to new influences.
03:47This year, the temptation of Sanremo, but it was not the right time,
03:50and we look ahead, also raising the hypothesis for the new conducting of the festival.
03:55Yes, but we didn't have the right box at that BPM,
03:58so let's say we were excluded for the BPM.
04:02It's strange, because we brought a reggaeton song.
04:05Well, anyway...
04:06Emo reggaeton, emo reggaeton.
04:08Well, we still saved the episodes, the fights, the highway, etc.
04:12No, it's ok.
04:13I'm curious.
04:14We presented La puzza della città, which is this piece,
04:18this ballad that is not about love.
04:21It's a ballad, so now it seems that ballads are almost banned,
04:25but it's ok like this.
04:27We will try again.
04:28If we have another song, in some way, we will keep it.
04:33Of course.
04:34Suitable for that context, we will recondition it.
04:37What will we see?
04:38Nice question.
04:39I dream of Cattelan, personally, because I like what he does
04:45and how he does it.
04:46I always liked him even when he was a VJ, let's say.
04:50I would like that.
04:52What I would like is that there was someone who feeds on music.
04:57Not that Amadeus doesn't feed on music, but for example,
05:00I think of Savino.
05:02Well, in the field of radio DJs there would be many good names
05:06to take in that context.
05:10Finally, a message to the fans and their special greeting card.
05:14To cultivate curiosity, to cultivate doubt, to listen to good music,
05:20so the exotics.
05:22Yes, to believe in change, even if you try to preserve,
05:29to enhance some idea.
05:32And also to have the courage to always be disdained
05:37compared to what happens.
05:39No, this is our greeting card.
05:41It's our greeting card that we give to all of you,
05:46our listeners.
05:49And also to clear you up a bit.
05:51Where should I point it? There?
05:53Yes, you can see it.
05:56Here, there, there, ok.
05:59There are also some financial aids.
06:01We wanted more, guys.
06:03We wanted more, but it was a difficult year.
06:05Then Capito told us, guys, 50,000 lire, we'll follow you.
06:09No.
06:10It's clear that it's a blessing.
06:12The exotics have always played with kitsch.
06:14Always.
06:15So we always have, on the one hand, to talk about sacred themes
06:19and relevant importance, and on the other hand, to play
06:23and take us for a ride, basically.
06:26Best wishes for every smile that will make you take off,
06:30for every hug that will warm your heart,
06:33for every dream you want to make come true,
06:36together, forever.
06:39Best wishes.