“Poems are part of us” introduces and ends the immense melodic wonder of the latest release from Ivano Bersini.
Poems is a colourful organic arrangement of voices and piano, to back up the delivery of a deeply thoughtful poem loaded with poignant and pretty imagery consistently in contrast.
Stephanie Rodriguez M narrates Poems, as an upbeat yet acoustic arrangement of choir-like vocal layers and arpeggiated keys lead with a simple yet striking set of riffs and rhythms. It’s a distinct and impressively memorable set-up, and the poem recited is also beautifully intoxicating as it makes its way through just over two minutes of expression. The words feel timeless and professionally captured yet also cleverly contemporary in their metaphorical exploration of what poems can be.
Meanwhile the piano-part is both mildly haunting and blissfully optimistic – a balance that enchants its listener, and quickly prompts interest in a re-listen – to fall into the flow of the music again, and to feel that connection to both the musicians and the thought-provoking ideas of Poems.
Ivano reflects: “We are souls and not merely biological mechanisms with a limited life cycle. (Poems) represents a way for Me to honour and re-evaluate the human being, which should not be considered separate from the whole.”
This is something fearlessly original at present, and yet it’s also broadly appealing, creatively engaging, and instantly recognisable. That’s an uncommon fusion of qualities, and as such, Ivano Bersini has crafted something rather profound with Poems.
“Dew petals
glide over my eyes
like binary codes
travelling fast
towards the future
and leave Our world
now ancient
already silent
defrauded of emotions.”
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