Pop Down The Rabbit Hole among the Top Albums of 2011 according to SYFFAL!

It is like the best movie soundtrack ever but by one dude. Think of Elliot Smith making voyeur porn with The Beatles and emotional stability. I would let this Italian bastard’s voice get to second base for sure.

Tim Baker 
Thank you, Tim!
http://www.syffal.com/top-10-albums-2011

Wheels and Love among “The best 100 songs of 2011” according to Rockit

Stream the playlist at http://www.rockit.it/articolo/17974/topit-2011-71-80

  

Le parole di Alessandra Cristofari a “recensire” la canzone (grazie Alessandra):

Questa canzone è un parco da mettere in tasca e tirare fuori all'occorrenza, ché poi si apre col tramonto giusto, i colori a olio e l'erba fresca. Senza vergogna per la nostalgia atavica e per gli attimi in cui cercherete un posto così, solo per pensare ancora a chi non dovreste ma che siede proprio lì accanto a voi, insieme alle margherite.

Touched By a Cloud - The song and the lyrics on youtube. Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdUfUN1EwvM

Read the lyrics of Wheels and Love and listen to the new album on Youtube!

In response to the many (well, maybe just a few) who've been asking for the lyrics of my songs, I decided to upload the entire new album on Youtube, along with lyrics (so you can sing along) and a few notes.

Here are the lyrics of the opening track:

Wheels and Love

Let the rain fall out on the way

Let the birds play their secret game

It seems so clear

Just sitting here

See the kisses fly through the ring

See the bicycles cross the street

I wait for you

Just sitting here

and watch the wheels and love outside the window

Notes:
I wrote “Wheels and Love” in my garden, on a sunny September morning, while the birds were singing in the trees. Kind of a dreamy picture. I recorded the first half of the song singing and playing directly in my mobile phone, in the garden, and then added the rest of the arrangement in my home studio. Actually, I don’t know why I wrote a melancholy song in such a beautiful morning.

Listen to the song and watch the beautiful paint-on-glass animation by Massimo Ottoni:

Wheels and Love at ANIMPACT best of best animation festival in Corea

Wheels and Love at ANIMPACT best of best animation festival in Corea!

Il video di Wheels and Love al ANIMPACT best of best animation festival in Corea! Alla facciaccia del PIVI.

Interview on Il Fatto Quotidiano by Pasquale Rinaldis

Proud to be interviewed on Il Fatto Quotidiano (my favourite Italian newspaper) by Pasquale Rinaldis!

Il suono British di un cantautore marchigiano - Intervista su Il Fatto Quotidiano

Intervistato su Il Fatto Quotidiano da Pasquale Rinaldis (che colgo l'occasione per ringraziare ancora). 

Tra l'altro, essendo abbonato sin dal primo numero, per me è un onore.

Commentate e gioite, con in sottofondo Pop Down The Rabbit Hole, su Il Fatto Quotidiano!

A new article on INDEPENDENT PEOPLE by Sisley

Check out the article on INDEPENDENT PEOPLE by Sisley and Rockoff.

Interview on Interrobang?! Magazine - an independent publication for the arts

Read the interview on Interrobang?! Magazine - an independent publication for the arts

Get physical with Interrobang and buy the print copy here.

Indie-pollo al latte di mandorle e frutta secca su Indie-cook!

Indie-pollo al latte di mandorle e frutta secca su Indie-cook!

Su invito di Shiva Bakta (la cui bellissima musica vi esorto caldamente ad ascoltare qui) ecco la mia ricetta per il Pollo al latte di mandorle e frutta secca. Una ricetta medievale perché, si sa, il medioevo era un periodo molto indie. Buon appetito.

Indie-chicken with almond milk and dried fruit on Indie-cook! 

Here’s my recipe for Indie-chicken with almond milk and dried fruit on Indie-cook! Maybe Google translator may help you to get a edible dish!

Thanks to Shiva Bakta for inviting me. And Check out his beautiful music here!

New review (in Italian) on Jumma Magazine by Luca Coccia

Read the review on Jumma Magazine

The new album in Turkey on CutMagazine!

Read the article on cutmagazine (you'll need a turkish translator!).

And check out David Drago's Dragonfall 2011 compilation of Italian independent music (with "Against the Day") on The Breakfast Jumpers.

An interview with Alberto Arcangeli: the musical maestro behind Pop Down The Rabbit Hole

"He blends genres and styles in a totally inimitable way, all by himself. From the dreamy pop of Wheels and Love to the psychedelic title track Pop Down The Rabbit Hole, this album is a real gem."

The beautiful Amelia Gregory interviews me for Amelia's Magazine, read the interview!

New review (in Italian) on Mag-Music

Read the new review on Mag-Music by Davide Ingrosso!
Leggi la nuova recensione su Mag-Music!

Review on Shiver webzine by Francesco De Paoli

“Pop Down The Rabbit Hole è un disco che non suona originale ma solo perché non ne ha bisogno: ha scoperto la ricetta segreta per  il pop perfetto".

Here's the link to this beautiful review on Shiver webzine
Leggi la recensione su Shiver webzine

Pop Down The Rabbit Hole on Ekaya Indie Music (Netherlands)

"Good music coming from Italy?" Read the answer on Ekaya Indie Music (Netherlands)

Interview on SYFFAL by Tim Baker!

"Songs that slip and slide and twist in ways you never expected a song to move. Lyrics that comfort and move you, song writing that makes you forsake your god, family and country for a chance to hear the next chord.

If I could adopt an Italian, even if just for one day, it would be Alberto Arcangeli so I could show him how great hamburgers taste."

Read the interview

New Continental ad with Dream Song

Watch the new Continental winter tyres media campaign with Dream Song here

Review on BEAT NEWS by Blue Bottazzi!

"Se avete nostalgia della Swinging London dei Beatles, del ciondolante suono psichedelico di Syd Barrett e di Donovan o del David Bowie acustico di The Man Who Sold The World, dovreste ascoltare Pop Down The Rabbit Hole dell’italiano Alberto Arcangeli. Non è solo nostalgia; le canzoni potrebbero tranquillamente appartenere al repertorio neo psichedelico di Robin Hitchcock o di certe cose di Wilco o Eels. Gli arrangiamenti sono opera di prezioso cesello, le canzoni intriganti e la voce aggraziata. [...] Ascoltatelo, potrebbe essere una bella sorpresa. Per me lo è stato."

Read the complete review on BEAT NEWS by Blue Bottazzi

Leggi la recensione su BEAT NEWS di Blue Bottazzi

Today News

Interview on Distrazioni Sonore by Patrizio Longo. Check it out here.

Article about the new album on Musica a grammi by Davide Ingrosso here

And the big news: yesterday I started reading A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole!

Rockit's review for English speakers

The songs are like melodic mantras. The attitude is just right. The years of experience make themselves felt. The originality of the harmonic creativity is invaluable and cannot be left unmentioned. Yes, the delicate inspiration of Alberto Arcangeli has finally found a home, after an anxious wait, in a new musical creation, vivid and complete, a rare balance of memories, confessions and romantic storytelling.

A beautiful review of "Pop Down The Rabbit Hole" on Rockit - by Ester Apa

"L'ambizione in questo lavoro è decisamente proporzionale alla resa. Sono brani, questi, che scorrono come acqua fresca, Alberto Arcangeli ha da sempre il talento e la stoffa per entrare nel firmamento musicale italiano e non solo; e questo è il disco giusto per rendersene definitivamente conto."

Thanks to Ester Apa for her fantastic review of my new album.

Read the review on Rockit 

Buy "Pop Down The Rabbit Hole" for only 2$

From today you can buy the new album, "Pop Down The Rabbit Hole", for only 2$ (1.5€)! Practically, you only pay for the shipping costs and get the CD with his brand new beautiful sleeve.
Cool?

Click here to buy my CD with Credit Card.

Click here to buy my CD with Paypal.

Pop Down The Rabbit Hole on Gimme Indie (scandinavian) Playlist!

Pop Down The Rabbit Hole on Gimme Indie (scandinavian) Playlist, check it out: http://www.gimmeindie.se/content/static/musiken/

Great!

Review (en francais) of Pop Down The Rabbit Hole on Indiepoprock.net

Selection of the month and review for Pop Down The Rabbit Hole on Indiepoprock.net. By Benjamin.

"Simple, pop, raffiné, Pop Down The Rabbit Hole allie efficacité beatlesienne et errance americana / folk ; mélange arpèges gracieux, picking country et glockenspiel, le tout soutenu par une voix merveilleusement juste"

Read the article on http://www.indiepoprock.net/autoprod.php?id=2788

Review of Pop Down The Rabbit Hole on SENTIREASCOLTARE by Stefano Solventi

"Il talentaccio pop che non ti aspetti. L'album d'esordio - più o meno - di Alberto Arcangeli."

Read the review on SENTIREASCOLTARE

New review and interview (in italian) on Degnidinota by Chiara Marra

Read the new beautiful review and interview on "Degni di nota" by Chiara Marra

A beautiful, wonderful, heartbreaking review of the new album by Tim Baker from SYFFAL

Read the review of Pop Down The Rabbit Hole by Tim Baker (SYFFAL) http://www.syffal.com/alberto-arcangeli-pop-down-the-rabbit-hole-album-review

Article (in italian) about "Wheels and Love" on Il Resto del Carlino

Wheels and Love selected for the 2011 Independents' Film Festival (IFF)

Too many news to post these days! The video of Wheels and Love, directed by Massimo Ottoni, has been chosen as an Official Selection of the Tampa Bay Art & Education Network's 2011 Independents' Film Festival (IFF).

An annual event since 1993, the IFF is one of the longest running established film festivals in Florida, its success built upon dedication to the audience and the filmmaker.

Pop music to the nth degree - A beautiful review (in italian) on Bandblog

Read the review on Bandblog by Alessandro Ribaldi.

Music Pop all'ennesima potenza - Nuova (e bellissima) recensione su Bandblog, a cura di Alessandro Ribaldi.
"Ascoltatelo e capirete anche voi la differenza tra il bello opinabile e quello oggettivo." Continua su Bandblog...

Pop Down The Rabbit Hole on Sailor Music (China)

Pop Down The Rabbit Hole has been featured and reviewed on Sailor Music, a beatiful chinese webzine about Indie music. Here's the link to the article (google translator highly recommended!).

"Award of excellence" for Wheels and Love at Best Shorts Competition

Wheels and Love has been awarded for "excellence" at Best Shorts Competition (La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.).

Pop Down The Rabbit Hole - Free Download!

Pop Down The Rabbit Hole is available for free download at www.albertoarcangeli.com/Music.php!  Download it, listen to it in your car (or wherever you want), and suggest it to a friend!

Da oggi  Pop Down The Rabbit Hole è scaricabile gratuitamente all'indirizzo www.albertoarcangeli.com/Music.php! 
Scaricalo, ascoltalo (tipo in macchina funziona bene, ma si può sperimentare liberamente) e consiglialo ad un amico.

Wheels and Love wins the Professional Jury Award at ANIMA MUNDI

Wheels and Love wins the Professional Jury Award at ANIMA MUNDI Web&Cell Animation Festival of Brasil! Here's the link to the Award Winners http://www.animamundi.com.br/en/festival/awards/award-winners:618.html

Watch the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsPa0B_unPA

BIG THANKS to all of you who supported us by voting for our Video!

Wheels and Love ha vinto il premio speciale della giuria (quello che conta...) all'ANIMA MUNDI Web&Cell Animation festival of Brasil! Qui il link agli Award Winners http://www.animamundi.com.br/en/festival/awards/award-winners:618.html.

Un ringraziamento speciale a tutti quelli che ci hanno supportato votando per il nostro video!

E naturalmente, il link al video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsPa0B_unPA
Evviva.

Article by Gli IndiePatici: Alberto Arcangeli: Pop down the rabbit hole

Gli IndiePatici: Alberto Arcangeli: Pop down the rabbit hole: "... la musica va fatta con onestà, prima di tutto. Senza cercare scorciatoie. Senza tante patinature. A patto che ci sia la sostanza - che qui c'è."

Pop Down The Rabbit Hole - The new album is out!

Listen to a full preview of “Pop Down The Rabbit Hole” on Rockit!

(and leave a comment logging-in directly with your facebook account)
http://www.rockit.it/album/16961/alberto-arcangeli-pop-down-the-rabbit-hole

Track list:
01. Wheels and Love
02. Pop Down The Rabbit Hole
03. Nothing Compares to Your Eyes (on Saturday Night)
04. Hard Games (feat. Yani Martinelli)
05. Against The Day *
06. Winter Leaves
07. On The Way to Mars
08. Border of Nowhere **
09. Blow Wind *
10. Wheels and Love (reprise and Paris Metro samples)

All songs written by Alberto Arcangeli except:
* written by Alberto Arcangeli/Tony Lawson
** written by Paolino Tomatis.

All instruments played by Alberto Arcangeli, except:
Yani Martinelli: vocals, wooden frog, wintery jingle bells on “Hard Games” and “Winter Leaves”.
Paolino Tomatis: vocals and acoustic guitar on “Border of Nowhere”
Giuseppe Minaudo: drums on “Border of Nowhere”
Marcello Branca: shakers on “Nothing Compare to Your Eyes (on Saturday Night)”

Thanks to: Paolino, Giuseppe, Tony Lawson, Yani Martinelli, Zio Frank, Music Super Circus, The Beatles, Google, Brian Wilson and the summer.

Album sleeve by Massimo Arcangeli and Maddalena Arcangeli.

Hope you like it!

Interrobang Magazine!? Announcing the Contributing Authors and Artists for Vol. 5, the 2011 Spring/Summer Issue!

Here are the Contributing Authors and Artists for Vol. 5, the 2011 Spring/Summer Issue!

Katie Anagnostou, Alberto Arcangeli & Collaborator Massimo Ottoni, Alan Barta, Jessica Bates, Sansert Choabert, Sarah Crossland, Elizabeth Fogle, Paul Hetzler, Ames Mangan, Amy Miller, Abby Raymond, Ines Rivera, Matt Runkle, David Sankey, Christopher Schaeffer, Timothy Schirmer, Sky Vettel, Corey Wakeling, & Matthew Williams.

Artists for the next issue hail from the United States, Australia, Argentina & Italy.

Interrobang!? Magazine is a web and print ‘zine for the arts based in both Providence, RI and New Orleans, LA.

Wheels and Love selected for Lago Film Fest - International Festival of Short Film, Documentary and Screenplay

“Wheels and Love” has been selected for competition at Lago Film Fest - International Festival of Short Film, Documentary and Screenplay, 22-30 July 2011, Veneto Region section. Check it out! http://www.lagofest.org/

Evviva. Wheels and Love è stato selezionato per il Festival Internazionale di Cortometraggi, Documentari e Sceneggiature, 22 luglio-30 luglio 2011, Revine Lago (TV). Per maggiori informazioni http://www.lagofest.org/

Partecipate numerosi, magari vi capita anche di mangiare il coniglio con peverada, beati voi.

Wheels and Love selected for ANIMA MUNDI WEB & CELL 2011 - International Animation Festival of Brazil

Great news! “Wheels and Love” has been selected for competition at the prestigious Anima Mundi Web&Cell - International Animation Festival Of Brazil. Anima Mundi is the Film Festival for Animation in Latin America, and one of the five principal animation festivals in the world.

The competition for the Public Prize is now open and the selected films of the International Contest for Internet and Mobile Phone Animation, ANIMA MUNDI WEB & CELL 2011 are now available on the website for voting!

The voting begins on June 22nd and will end on July 24th.

To be able to cast your votes you need to sign up.

Go to http://www.animamundi.com.br/en/web-cell/ and vote, vote, vote!!!!

Animated Greetings!

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Wheels and Love selezionato per ANIMA MUNDI WEB & CELL 2011 - International Animation Festival of Brazil

Evvai! Il video di Wheels and Love è fra i venti finalisti del Festival Internazionale ANIMA MUNDI WEB & CELL 2011. Tanto per dire, il Festival ANIMA MUNDI – Festival Internazionale d'Animazione del Brasile, che viene annualmente organizzato dal 1993, è oggi il più importante festival d'America e uno dei cinque Festival d'animazione più importanti del mondo.

Al momento è aperta la competizione per il Premio del pubblico, ed è possibile votare le animazioni selezionate alla pagina http://www.animamundi.com.br/en/web-cell/.

Per votare occorre registrarsi, ma vedete di non fare i pigri, perché siamo gli unici italiani in lista. E come se non bastasse, siamo pure Indie. Ahahah!

Saluti animati!

New interview (in italian) on Fili d'aquilone by Federico Platania

Here's the new interview on Fili d'aquilone, by Federico Platania

http://www.filidaquilone.it/num022ascoltare.html

Ecco la nuova intervista su Fili d'aquilone (rivista d'immagini, idee e Poesia).

http://www.filidaquilone.it/num022ascoltare.html

Wheels and Love - New song and video

Watch the Video of “Wheels and Love”, the first single from the upcoming album

The video is by artist/animator Massimo Ottoni.

I love Massimo’s work and I think he is a genius. But let’s not tell him or it’ll give him a swelled head. He used an experimental animation technique called “paint-on-glass” (every single frame is hand painted on glass) and he’s been locked away in his camera room for months. Hope you like it too.

I recorded the first half of the song singing and playing directly in my mobile phone, in the garden, and then added the rest of the arrangement in my home studio.

Read the article and watch it on Portable

(or follow me on my social networks Vimeo and Youtube)

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Guarda il nuovo video di “Wheels and Love”, il primo singolo tratto dal prossimo album.

Il video è dell’artista Massimo Ottoni.

Adoro il lavoro di Massimo, lo trovo geniale. Però è meglio se non glielo diciamo, sennò si monta la testa. Il video è stato realizzato con la tecnica sperimentale “paint-on-glass”, il che significa che ogni singolo fotogramma è stato realizzato a mano dipingendo su vetro (e significa anche che Massimo ha passato svariate settimane rinchiuso nel suo studio).

Per quanto riguarda la musica, la prima metà del brano l'ho registrata sul mio cellulare in giardino, cantando insieme chitarra e voce, e poi ho aggiunto il resto degli strumenti nel mio home-studio.

Guardalo su Rockit

(oppure nei miei social network Vimeo e Youtube)

Continental commercial with Dream Song (I just found a new)

Count on Us for Brak..
Watch the ad...

New interview (in italian) on Distrazioni Sonore by Patrizio Longo

A volte la passione verso un'Arte nasce ancora prima di apprenderne il metodo, come dire che è qualcosa di istintivo, strettamente legato alla persona. Raccontando di sé dichiara: «Ho sempre fatto musica, ancora prima di saper suonare, quando imitavo i Beatles sui banchi di scuola con squadra e riga al posto di basso e chitarra. Ho cominciato a suonare la chitarra a 13 anni, e non ho mai smesso.»

http://www.patriziolongo.com/post/2906/intervista-ad-alberto-arcangeli-dreamsongs

Article on Il Resto Del Carlino

Il Resto Del Carlino - Pesaro - Scrive la musica per passione, finisce nelle tv di mezzo mondo

An article (in italian) about Dream Song on "Panorama Tirreno"

A beautiful article by Biagio Angrisani on Panorama Tirreno.

http://www.panoramatirreno.it/

MUMOK: Hyper Real

MUMOK: Hyper Real




I loved this exhibition!

Blow Wind a ballad from the new album to come

Listen to Blow Wind, a song from the new album to come.

Blow Wind

Download the Rockit compilation including Blow Wind at www.rockit.it  or listen to it at  www.radio35.net

Cheers.