TRACKS:
 
1. Samba Lombarda
2. Iurop Is a Madness PT. 1 (feat. Zacharia Diatta)
3. Iurop Is a Madness PT. 2 (feat. Zacharia Diatta)
4. Gobbastan PT. 1 (feat. Enrico Coniglio)
5. Gobbastan PT. 2
6. Gobbastan PT. 3 (feat. Andrea Serrapiglio)
7. Grey Riot (feat. Yan Jun, Danilo Doninelli and Tiziana Vaccaro)
8. Tripoli
9. Song for Clair Patterson (feat. Osvaldo Arioldi Schwartz)
10. Minka Minka
11. Brahim Izdag PT. 1
12. Brahim Izdag PT. 2
13. Brahim Izdag PT. 3 (feat. Enrico Coniglio)
14. There's a Riot Goin' On

 

DESCRIPTION:

All the tracks on this album were recorded during the sessions for Thursday Evening and Idiot Savant (the split we did with Controlled Bleeding). This makes Brahim Izdag the final part a triptych, as it was recorded in the same sessions of these two albums in Andrea Serrapiglio's studios.

During the years from 2012 up to the present day, we realised that sounds from other countries were migrating into our music, in a way that seemed very smooth and organic.

Alongside these sounds, we invited several collaborators: Zacharia Diatta (a singer from Dakar), Yan Jun ('chinoiser' from Beijing), Osvaldo Arioldi Schwartz (founder member of Officine Schwartz), Bernardo Carvalho (the Portuguese artist that made Brahim Izdag's cover illustrations), Enrico Coniglio (venetian field recordist) and Danilo Donninelli (from the Marche regional traditional music band Traballo).

2015

REVIEWS, COMMENTS and more: The Wire, Brainwashed, Rumore...

"Di rara grandezza" RUMORE (Daniele Ferriero)

"One of the biggest strengths of Brahim Izdag is how well Sparkle in Grey manage to jump from style to style" BRAINWASHED (Creaig Dunton)

"The musical syncretism seems to be brought up a step further with a load of unexpected musical styles and influences" PROGARCHIVES (Philippe Blache)

"Una stupefacente Babele musicale ricca di rimandi e riferimenti che giungono da luoghi e culture quanto più diversificate a costruire un caleidoscopio di suoni e atmosfere irresistibilmente trascinante" SO WHAT (Peppe Trotta)

"L’album è un eccentrico, elegante, fluido e divertente pout-pourrì di contaminazioni improbabili" (Vittore Baroni)

"Gli Sparkle in Grey mettono in musica l’ennesimo attestato di coerenza politica" BUSCADERO (Lino Brunetti)

"J’ai déjà écrit que l’approche de ce groupe italien n’était pas simple car elle demande à l’auditeur une bonne dose de concentration," PROFIL (Richard Hawey)

Featured on Tapper CD#40, THE WIRE

FORMATS:

RADIO IZDAG EDITION

- CD in gatefold digifile package with illustrations by Bernardo Carvalho
- 24x24 illustrated poster
- 2 pins
- an extra CD*, "Radio Izdag", in special paper cardboard enriched by unique hand drawings by Matteo Uggeri.

"Radio Izdag" is an EP with a 20' track (otherwise unavailable, not even on digital format).

Limited to 25 numbered and signed copies - Price: 35 €

NORMAL EDITION

- CD in gatefold digifile package with illustrations by Bernardo Carvalho
- 24x24 illustrated poster

Price: 10 €