MILANO AVAILABLE ON DANGER MOUSE’S

30^TH CENTURY RECORDS/COLUMBIA RECORDS

 

 

“The smooth Americana of Milano is a far cry from the soulful melodies of Daniele Luppi’s last collaborative project Rome, and presents the ideal melting pot for the influence of both the brash musicianship of Parquet Courts and fellow collaborator Karen O’s forceful vocals.” – The 405

 

 

Producer and artist, Daniele Luppi, has released his album MILANO on Danger Mouse’s 30^th Century Records. MILANO is a concept album, complete with songs that are fictionalized stories about misfits, fashionistas, outcasts and junkies in mid-1980s Milan. Daniele teamed up with Parquet Courts and Yeah Yeah Yeah’s vocalist, Karen O, to help deliver his vision of an emerging youth culture struggling to be heard amidst the rapid gentrification of old Milan.

 

MILANO can be streamed at purchased at all digital retailers here:  http://smarturl.it/MILANOalbum

 

NPR, who streamed MILANO as part of their first listen programs, raves “Luppi enlivens MILANO‘s arrangements with playful flourishes, adding bells (“Mount Napoleon”), synths (“Lanza”) and skronky saxophone solos (“Cafe Flesh”). The result is unlike anything we’ve come to know in Luppi’s distinctively swooning music.”

 

MILANO tracklist:

 

SIDE A

SOUL AND CIGARETTE

TALISA (feat. Karen O)

MOUNT NAPOLEON

FLUSH (feat. Karen O)

MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN

 

SIDE B

PRETTY PRIZES (feat. Karen O)

THE GOLDEN ONES (feat. Karen O)

LANZA

CAFÉ FLESH

 

Standout tracks from MILANO include Daniele & Parquet Courts “Soul and Cigarette” a jaunty, springy tune that belies its more sinister, saddened backstory of artistic struggle, as well as “Talisa” featuring Karen O, an electric track that serves as a love letter to Talisa Soto, a celebrated model, actress and close friend and muse of Gianni Versace. This is also rounded out by the flirty “Mount Napoleon”.

 

Watch “Talisa” featuring Karen O here: http://smarturl.it/TalisaVid

Watch “Soul and Cigarette” here: http://smarturl.it/SoulCigaretteVid

Watch “Mount Napoleon” here: http://smarturl.it/MountNapoleonVid

 

 

 

MILANO can easily be seen as the final volume of Luppi’s Italian album trilogy, sealing an expansive love letter to his homeland’s famed arts and culture. Whereas his last two records, An Italian Story and Rome, pay homage to iconic grooves by The Marc 4 and soaring Spaghetti Western Era film scores, Luppi’s newest effort examines the gritty 1980’s New York Punk scene and its influence on Milanese music, fashion, and high-art.

 

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About 30^th Century Records

 

Since launching in December 2015 with the release of 30th Century Records Compilation, Volume I, Danger Mouse’s 30th Century Records, the imprint in collaboration with Columbia Records, has already built an impressive roster, releasing albums by Autolux, Sam Cohen, Maybird, Dams of The West (featuring Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Tomson), and the album Last Place by Grandaddy. The most recent project for the Label and Danger Mouse was the ambitious accompanying soundtrack for the acclaimed Amazon Original Series “The Man InThe High Castle,” Resistance Radio: The Man In The High Castle Album which features everyone from Beck, Michael Kiwanuka, The Shins, Sharon Van Etten, + more, all covering songs from the early 1960s.