Gazebo displays elegance, imagination in new release

In his new release, “The Syndrone,” the Italian singer-songwriter-arranger Gazebo demonstrates once again his incredible talent for creating memorable melodies and inventive lyrics that paint pictures in his listeners’ minds. His storytelling abilities cover uncharted terrain for pop music.

A tale about the demise of a satellite (Tears for Galileo), a heart-rending portrait of a pope’s final days (the Man at the Window), and a fantasy about a miracle potion that can cure love pain (Apply) are examples of the range of subject matter this artist can craft into songs of rich emotional content.

Gazebo (Paul Mazzolini) had international hits in the ’80s — “I Like Chopin,” and “Masterpiece” — and has continued to reach huge audiences in Europe and beyond over the years. He has retained the same sophistication and sense of mystery that brought him to stardom with this album, while showing greater maturity as a lyricist and arranger.

He peers into the depths of the cosmos to explore the illusion of time and the “opium lies” of our limited perspective in an expansive philosophical piece called “Erosion.”

“In the explosion of the universe we live,
from the tiny short to the infinitely boundless
from the crackle in the drying mud I come
I see the surface from a different perspective
slipping in between the curves of
erosion…”

Gazebo invites his fans to not only listen but also to symbolically feel, taste, touch, see and smell what he has to offer. It’s a concept he says was inspired by French poet Charles Baudelaire “correspondences” theory which was the basics of impressionists painters from that period like Renoir. The song “Parfum Exotique” is based on Baudelaire’s homonymous poem.

The album’s title, “The Syndrone,” Gazebo says, is a neologism that describes this new sort of “blues” people feel nowadays, “lost between the non-totally satisfying virtuality of relationships, like in social networks, the fear of environmental matters and uncertainty about the future.”

The album jacket features a picture of the singer, his arms outstretched, standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon as if directing some cosmic, unseen orchestra, and at once offering himself to the universe while taking the whole cosmos into his very being. He looks back on the passage of time in his own life in the song, “25 Years” and wonders about what might have been:

“25…years have passed
rushing through my life…
through the shadows
or confusions
and the dangers of illusions
all I do is sail
away”

The work is not entirely ethereal, though. It includes a touching tribute to his daughter, “Crystal” that shows a father’s tender care for a child entering an imperfect and sometimes difficult world. It includes a beautifully done song about yearning to be with someone who is unattainable, “Free (if only).” And a tune about online affairs of the heart in “Virtual Love.”

Through it all, Gazebo proves himself to be the consummate producer and arranger, enhancing his memorable melodies with hard-edged rhythms, and always surprising the listener – from the opening drone of the bagpipe in “Tears for Galileo” to the classical guitar harmonies of “Free.” The album also includes vintage bonus tracks: “I Like Chopin,” “Masterpiece,” and “Dolce Vita.” If you haven’t heard Gazebo since those songs were hits, you’re about to discover what Europeans have been wild about for all these years. You’re in for a treat with this new collection.

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