Five years of working, three languages, artists from many different countries, and even Continents.
So this album was born, not out of ambitions, but out of a true Flâneur attitude, which led the producer Alex Marchetti to involve friends and singers from Italy, Sweden, Brasil into his project.
Friends and artists who added their talent and voices to the tracks he’d been writing aside his main project, the band Il Disordine delle cose.
Some, as Alice Greco, were found by lucky chance, during an evening out with friends at a local gig.
Others, as Hanna Turi, played at the house concerts he used to organise in his country house.
There are many reasons why this is a relevant album to listen to, right now.
The fluid electronic texture, the sincerity of lyrics, the catchy songwriting.
But most of all, this album comes out of people joining souls in music, out of human exhanges, out of travels.
The artwork, not randomly, is a photo Alex shoot himself in the NYC tube.
In a time when we’re all stuck, due to circumstances, it’s important to remember how much beauty travels, and encounters, can bring.
Le Flâneur is a dynamic figure.
The project: Les Flâneurs is an idea of producer Alessandro Marchetti, who’s also a member of the indie band Il Disordine delle Cose. They released 3 albums (Quite Please, Warner Chapell). The full-lenght “La Giostra” was recorded in Iceland with the sound engineer of Sigur Ros and “In the Right Place” in Scotland in the studio of Mogwai and Belle and Sebastian.
Over those years Alessandro recorded some songs with a different soul, now collected under the name Les Flâneurs, involving collaborations with several artists he met in these years. The sound ranges between indie, electronic and folk, with a significant use of synths, drum machines and orchestral sections.
He liked the idea of working with different singers, especially girls.
It’s a sort of collective project, with Alessandro working as “director” as well as producer, in which everyone has brought their talents helping to improve the songs.
The songs feature artists from different countries: from Italian Carlot-ta, to Swedish Hanna Turi, to Brazilian Priscila Ribas. There is also a featuring (clearly unauthorized) by Edith Piaf.
Several singles, released since December 2019, got praises and coverage worldwide, from the likes of influential websites as Jammerzine (US), The Joy of Violent Movement (US), This Is Chill (US), The Blackout Radio Show (US), The Breakfast King (FR), Book of Lies (UK), Music Traks (IT) and more…