JUJU (Gioele Valenti) al LIVERPOOL PSYCH FEST 2017
Unica band italiana, assieme ai connazionali Julie’s Haircut, JUJU si è imposto da subito come significativo tassello di una scena psych in forte fermento, contribuendo a veicolare l’attenzione internazionale sulla scena nostrana.
Dopo un tour di supporto ai GOAT lo scorso autunno, aggiunto alla line up della band Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation, JUJU suonerà il prossimo Settembre sul prestigioso palco del Liverpool Psych Fest, appuntamento imperdibile per tutti gli appassionati di psichedelia.
Il lavoro di JUJU ha come focus la tragedia di un esodo senza fine, raccontato in una chiave psichedelica, a cavallo tra GOAT e Hawkwind. Persone, lingue e culture sperse in un Mediterraneo di sangue, sullo sfondo di un simbolismo magico-esoterico.
PRESS
“… JuJu fuses elements of psychedelia, glam, prog and post-punk into a propulsive, melodic art rock. Valenti describes JuJu’s self-titled debut long-players as “my personal tribute to the big music I’ve always loved, regardless of genre.” But the album also has a more serious intention, sourcing the refugee crisis as its primary inspiration: “Where I live in Sicily, we literally see children die among the waves.” For Valenti, the music and words “conspire with ancient symbols and arcane memory, something buried deep in the collective unconscious of the Mediterranean, to give voice to a ‘drowning’ culture.” — MOJO Magazine
“Many acts propose a 21st century awareness of music history, accepting into their bloodstream disparate influences, but few enter that same log as their heroes; too many will simply pay homage, ignoring the fact that the greatest homage to the musicians that shaped them would be to continue their legacy of influence on new listeners. JuJu achieves what so few can. … This one comes highly recommended.” — The Active Listener
“ … a tightly internalised and personalised twist. It comes from the heart and from the gut. … The result is a masterfully haunting set, and the passions and fervour of its entreaties ethereally linger in the memory.”
— Record Collector Magazine
“‘JuJu’ is an album of sweepingly melodic music that still retains a strange kind of intimacy. Just when you thought you might never want to hear another ‘psych rock’ album again in your life, along comes an artist who resets the co-ordinates and makes the past seem startling new again.” — The Quietus