Massimo Salari (Rock Impressions)
"The artist takes possession of the knowledge of art and transmits it to us... intensity, uncommon paths, and theatrical atmospheres functioning together in a reticular way."
RDM Records
4/1/20081 min read
"With the previous record, Diffrazioni Sonore, we met a one-of-a-kind artist: Romina Daniele. She is a voice experimenter and an active lover of art in general, including painting and photography. The work of creation that we were able to appreciate in her debut was purely vocal, without any addition of instruments. Courageous and enterprising, with a truly high artistic dose, we find the same today in the more appetizing Aisthànomai.
'To knowledge' or 'to perceive'—this is the core meaning of this Greek word. The artist takes possession of the knowledge of art and transmits it to us across her 17 pieces, utilizing a vocation that refers to philosophical science applied to art. She transmits to us the sensations she feels in lyrics, often of a poetic nature, about the drama of consciousness and what happens to human existence. This time it is not just mere vocalism, but we can listen to electronics on which the singer expresses herself completely, her voice going beyond its structural logics which we have always been used to. Intensity, uncommon paths, and theatrical atmospheres function together in a reticular way. As the artist says: 'Aisthànomai involves sound diffractions and introduces text diffractions (whereas the text commonly intended is the symbol of the omniscience I want to unhinge) and digital diffractions…'.
For what concerns the text, there are quotes from Barthes and the analysis of awareness, knowing one's own self and the world around us. Once again, I find myself speaking of a person who lives art at 360 degrees, without limits and with all of herself. These artists are not common; they believe blindly in pure and uncontaminated art and they breathe it. They are worthy of note and deserve absolute respect, because art needs to progress, it needs research, it needs to explode in all its magniloquence. Romina Daniele shines with her own light. If you listen to her without mental barriers, you can appreciate her in all her dazzling beauty. With Aisthànomai you will discover new psychic places."
