Venerus and Marco Castello: a refuge from the catchphrase

There is a song that in recent weeks deserves to be listened to. You will not find it in high rotation or in the playlists that matter on streaming platforms. It should be sought, how to look for a treasure chest on a treasure map. It came out without making too much clamor, too much noise. After all, its authors – and interpreters – are not properly two artists with the Phisique du Role delle Popstar: at the mainstream championship they preferred, by attitude and vocation, that of musical research and experimentation, conquering in recent years, with their respective works, the consent of the criticism and that of a rather wide niche of enthusiasts. They are Venerus And Marco Castello And the song in question is “Felines“, Which represents a breath of fresh air in an asphyxiating summer like the one we are experiencing (and not only for temperatures): it is a refuge from the catchphrasea song that Perfumes from summer and salt.

Between Cantiutorate, Jazz and Bossa NovaVenerus and Marco Castello teleport you away from the wear and tear of modern life, towards a beach that can be so much that of an island of the Caribbean and Rio de Janeiro as that of a remote location in the Mediterranean. “Felini” challenges the logic of the catchphrases: it lasts three minutes and forty -seven seconds and is a small multisensory journey that ranges from echoes by Lucio Dalla (“Inside this cardboard cube I am quite well / and I take the whole world with my hands in a cotton ball”) to others of Fabio Concato (If there is an artist who in Italy has successfully flirted and credibility with Bossa Nova, it is precisely the author of “Bestial Sunday”).

In the song, the sloping of the waves of the sea enters the track together with the voices of the artists and the chords of the guitar, recorded live on a beach in Ortigia: “” Felini “is a song that was born a step away from the sea, and there he wanted to stay there. I have known Marco for a few years, through his music, and then we have become very close friends. Everything was born from recognizing herself, and it loved each other. We returned to Sicily and Sili recorded me and Marco who played the song by the sea, on a beach near Ortigia. Pietro, sitting behind us, whispered with the flute on our notes. Nothing more, nothing less. The magic of a story, and the few sounds that made them justice, “says Venerus.

“Felini” is a little one spell: The sound photography of a Mediterranean, intimate and vibrant summer, which celebrates the simplicity and authenticity of the shared musical gesture. A song that tells the poetry of a moment. That we hope it can be repeated.