Elasi: “Music is an elixir that brings lightness”

“I think of music as a form of evasion, of liberation, that’s why I wanted an elixir that brought lightness and chashed the melancholy.

I hope to be able to lighten people and to be able to bring a little tradition to the clubs, of music from the world, which comes from distant or close places “. These premises to guide Elasi – singer -songwriter, composer, producer and Alessandrina – during The two years of research, alongside Rocco Rampino, from which his first album is born which, not surprisingly, is titled “Elasir”, available on all digital platforms from Friday 17 January for Trident Music. This day would bring luck – says the young artist – even if I am very superstitious. My grandmother was a Neapolitan and therefore I do not put my hat on the bed, I do not pass under the stairs, I have formulas that I repeat to me – no, I can’t reveal them other than they don’t work anymore! -. I am also linked to many objects that seem useless, but those I care about most are my guitars, woe to those who touch them “.

With a classical guitar formation at the Alessandria Conservatory and an apprenticeship of production and composition in Los Angeles, Elasi arrives at the release of the first album after a research path that begins in 2020 with the publication of the “Fields” debut EP “, of which the single “Avalanche” obtains important positioning and awards. In 2022 he published the EP “Oasis Elase” where he mixes electronic, pop, traditional tools, choirs of distant countries and thanks to which it is the first Italian artist who is supported by MTV Push and the first producer to be recognized with the Ostero Award City of Matera that supported it in its ethno -musical research with an artistic residence in Albania.

The singles “Che hot” and “Franco” are 2023, in collaboration with the French producer Anoraak, “Harbilities” feat Willie Peyote and “Vanilla disco” published with Lorenzo Betw, while in 2024 the individual “white tiger” with fresh come out in 2024 And “Espelial Music” with Sebra Cruz and Malamore, in collaboration with Lele Sacchi.

“Elasir” arrives after the research work in artistic residence at the Casa degli Artisti in Milan, anticipated by the individual “Amæmi” and “Iceberg”. “Contrary to what you think, Milan is still a fertile ground for music. The Milanese are used to welcoming those who come from outside and there are people who have a great desire to do. It is a city that has given me so much” – – Elasi comments, which adds: “I believe a lot in the importance of teaming up, I have always had a passion for collectives. I had already co-founded one of Alexandrian artists in Alexandria and also here, together with plastic, I founded“ Few CLTV “, An Italian network of producers”.

The research is the common thread that binds the different souls of Elasi, from that of producer to that of songwriter, passing through the one from DJ. “Research allows me to expand curiosity and the desire to experience and explore many musical genres, from electronics to popular music, which strikes me for its viscerality and for the use of voices, up to Bossa Nova, commercial , jazz, afrobeat. I believe that it is a DJ is closely connected to the way I make up and write ” – observes the artist, who would define himself as” pop by laziness, because it contains many genres and there are refrains that are repeated “.

If his greatest dream is to travel the world with music, it can be said that he has already been fulfilled, since Elasi has performed in festivals around the world such as Eurosonic, Sziget, Zandari, Boiler Room, the First summer festival, you love me, open sound. Now, however, its concentration is all on the tour that will start on March 15 at the Locomotiv Club in Bologna and then moved from Siena, Livorno, Bari, Parma and other cities throughout Italy. “It will be tough, I’m doing dance lessons because it will be a One Woman Show With John and Elena, two dancers accompanying me.

I thought of playing alone, a bit like in the DJ sets, and I will have synthesizers, guitars, consoles, instruments and various effects on stage. There will be infinite tests. There are no shortcuts, it is not a matter of luck or talent but of so much study and training “.