The elf: “Music was a blessing”

Do rap, in dialect, in Catania. It is the bet on which the Elf, the art name of Rosario Luca Triscitta, who after a year returns with the art New album “Sicilian blood” (Shut Up Records), listening to from Wednesday 21 May.

Choose Sicily

“This album confirms the attachment and love for my cursed land, Catania, and for Sicily in general”. The island that has never been just a background, but the origin of everything, and that the elf never left, despite the difficulties. “I think staying was the most difficult choice I made. Catania is an arid land but at the same time, just like in botany, when it manages to be born a flower is a beautiful flower “. And Catania rewarded him, making him a point of reference when it comes to rap. “It fills me with pride know that with my music I helped to change the rap game in Sicily, but I don’t forget all the sacrifices I did when the rap was not in fashion and we listened to it in four. It was a difficult path and the reason I started was not to become popular, but but Try to get rid of all the monsters I had inside “.

Talk about mental health

And so, in the songs, the theme of mental health is often dealt with. Because music is not only a means of artistic expression, but also a way To deal with and share his personal experiences, including cerebral ischemia, transforming suffering into creative force. “Music was a blessing, an anchor of salvation who gave me the opportunity to express myself at best. I come from a particular family, I grew up in a climate of tension and had a life full of ups and downs. But we know how they say, ‘Every impediment is benefited ‘and this served me to become stronger with rap “. And to send a message to the listener and, perhaps, share the same problems. “From difficulties and problems, even those that seem insurmountable, there is always a remedy and a reaction. You have to get up and reactis the philosophy of ‘Catania’ superchir “.

The featuring with Don Pero

Of the current Sicilian scene, the elf does not share certain dynamics that tend to make ambition prevail rather than certain values. But among the rappers Made in Sicily there is one with which a mutual estimate has been established that goes beyond the logic of the game and appearances: Don Pero, who signed the only feat of the album. “I have always given space to young people and sometimes I have also been wrong. Don Pero is the only one I appreciate and is very respectful, so I had the pleasure of inserting it in the album”. Which recalls the wave of “Catania’s blood” and “pi all the chausians”, but still evolved. “On this album there is elf 2.0, like a super saiyan at the second level. A Luca who has returned to make a bad rap but who, at the same time, is very fresh”.

“Nino”

A strong sound anticipated already in the single “Nino”, which tells the reality of Catania between crime, solitude and desire for redemption. “It is a business card that introduces the listener to this journey called ‘Sicilian blood’, which starts from Sicily and takes us around the world through transversal vibes”. Although The language that prevails is the Sicilian dialectchosen as a means of telling the link with their origins and their people. “It is a social and stylistic choice, I resumed my nature in hand” explains the elf, who is preparing to bring the live album.

Live

The 20 will be at Mono, in Catania, while on the 21st, 22 and 23 he will be around Sicily for Listening Party. On the 24th we leave for Germany, on the 25th he stops pursuant to Milan, to continue in Bologna, Turin and Rome. A very dense program for the Catania rapper twice regional champion to perfect techniques, second place at the Mic Tyson freestyle Battlea participation in MTV Spit and who has millions of streaming on Spotify as “Gipsy Prince” and “Gospel II Luka” behind the shoulders, which for the future wishes only to continue making music. “I never sang to get to a specific goal. I am pleased to have a fan base of people who recognize the hard work I did. But the real competition is not with others, it is with myself. I don’t make music to expand my catchment area, but because it is my only reason for life ”.