Giovanni Rossi (Industrial [r]Evolution) — Jan 1, 2016
Analysis of the triple album structure, vocal balance, and "Dasein" existential context. "Spannung is a refined work... calibrated in the wondrous equilibrium of a voice that succeeds in expressing itself with extreme naturalness precisely within the difficult territory of instrumental performance."
RDM Records
1/1/20161 min read
"We begin this 2016 with a freshly published album. Spannung is the new work by Romina Daniele, a triple CD that aggregates the beauty of no fewer than 31 tracks. Pretentious? Not in the slightest. Excessive? Not at all. Anachronistic? Perhaps yes, but it would be better described as 'courageous,' in an era where the bite-and-run format of the streaming single on Deezer or Spotify seems to cannibalize the market.
Spannung is a refined work, studied down to the smallest details, calibrated in the wondrous equilibrium of a voice that succeeds in expressing itself with extreme naturalness precisely within the difficult territory of instrumental performance. Romina uses her vocal cords as if they were a true and proper instrument, rendering them the protagonists of the long studio analysis of 'Dasein,' an elegy that settles along all three discs in various iterations. The dark ambient environment of 'Resonance' is the ultimate demonstration of the singer's vocal mastery, capable of organizing her own lines into a performance fully worthy of the name. Then there is the colorful 'Sycamores Trees,' a condensation of emotions in which the texture of the vocalist unfolds in all its grace, at the service of an evocative track pregnant with atmosphere. And when it seems that everything might be extraordinarily and pleasantly repetitive, here emerges a gem like 'Blue Spirit Blues,' pure and bleeding blues, upon which Romina settles lasciviously and convincingly. The discoveries do not end here; there are many other tracks sung and interpreted with other vocal variations, each of which should make its own entrance into the virgin listener's ears without anticipation, so as not to ruin the surprise. And above all, there is the closing track entrusted to the twenty-four minutes of 'Dasein III,' a further fascinating electroacoustic experiment of environmental inquiry.
I remained fascinated by the voice of Romina Daniele, sliding along the magic of Spannung, a complex album produced in a superlative manner, orchestrated between electronics and classicism, arranged with an abundance of details. She composes, sings, arranges, and moves within the complicated universe of experimental music with a naturalness that surprises. Spannung is an album that should not be missing from the collection of anyone who loves contemporary experimentation, above all the voice and its multiple expressive capacities. Romina Daniele is a seductive, fascinating, and magisterial interpreter of the thousand possibilities entrusted to human vocal cords."
Giovanni Rossi with Industrial Revolution
