Pino D’Angiò: here is the last album of unreleased material (posthumous)

In the months before his death, which occurred last July 6, Pino D’Angiò had begun working on an album of unreleased songs, his first in twenty years. Now, two months after the artist’s death, who returned sensationally to the scene thanks to the revival of the hit “Ma quale idea” (which Bnkr44 at the last Sanremo Festival wanted to re-propose together with him on the cover night), the album finally sees the light. It is called “Funky Maestro” and is an EP that will be released on September 13.

The singer-songwriter’s son, Francesco Chierchia (the artist’s real surname), was in charge of the project:

Being able to experience Pino as a parent was a privilege that is difficult to explain. Artistically, between genius, culture and irony, he influenced over 40 years of musical scene and genres. He always wanted to stay away from the spotlight, he was an anti-star, a dark innovator. From funk to rap, from disco to trance: today dad’s sound is everywhere. Untouchable. Needless to say, this EP has a particular meaning and flavor. It is the last unreleased project on which Pino, or rather, dad had fun in the studio. The strength to go into the studio and create joy was stronger than the rest. Only a giant like him could have achieved something like this despite everything.

For writing the songs for the EP, D’Angiò worked together with Kashmere, talented young artist from Ticino.

“I only know that thirteen years ago I had completely retired, after the throat cancer. I had lost my voice. I was still for eleven years and I was completely disinterested in everything that was happening in the world of music. I started writing stories and poems. But in the meantime something must have happened that I still can’t explain. And that I couldn’t control: thanks to word of mouth, many of the things I did were discovered by kids, who when I sang ‘Ma quale idea’ hadn’t even been born”, Pino D’Angiò told Rockol a year ago, in this interview, talking about the revival of his 1981 hit.

The news of his passing, last July, took everyone by surprise: only three weeks earlier, on June 15, D’Angiò had performed on stage at the Nameless Music Festival, in Annone di Brianza, part of the tour that would have seen him tour Italy throughout the summer.