Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
Apr 4, 2011
Danger Mouse's new project, Rome, will officially be released on May 17th via Capitol Records. Five years in the making, the new album draws influences from spaghetti westerns from the 1960s and features Italian composure Daniele Luppi. The album also features contributions from Jack White and Norah Jones.
White sings vocals on three tracks: "The Rose With the Broken Neck," "Two Against One" and "The World." The single, "Two Against One (f/Jack White)" is now impacting Alternative.
Lovers of Italian film and music everywhere will be delighted to learn that Rome, the lovechild of Daniele Luppi and Danger Mouse is well and truly on its way. Fans of Luppi will rejoice in the spaghetti-western feel of the album, though newcomers will find much to appreciate with the likes of Jack White and Norah Jones featuring heavily on the album. Where Jack White penned lyrics to three tracks himself, the sultry tones of Miss Jones can be heard on a further three. The music written by Danger Mouse reflects his love of Ennio Morricone and Italian film music, and the collaboration with Luppi could not have worked better.
Authenticity was key for the music makers on this entirely analog record, with Luppi and Danger Mouse sourcing vintage equipment from the Italian city where the project gets its name. Travelling to Rome together, the two also amassed a number of the original recording musicians from the Ennio Morricone's score for Good the Bad and The Ugly, among others, many of whom had not worked together in several decades.
The album was recorded in Rome's Forum Music Village studios, which helped replicate the practices used by Morricone in his work with director Sergio Leone.
"The studio was a beautiful thing" says Luppi. "It sits underneath a neo-classical church and is carved out of an ancient catacomb. The space is huge. It has an echo chamber and a room full of vintage tapes. The vibe is really inspiring."
Rome Track Listing:
- Theme of Rome
- The Rose with the Broken Neck
- Morning Fog (Interlude)
- Season's Trees
- Her Hollow Ways (Interlude)
- Roman Blue
- Two Against One
- The Gambling Priest
- The World (Interlude)
- Black
- The Matador Has Fallen
- Morning Fog
- Problem Queen
- Her Hollow Ways
- The World
