CD: Italia

With his album "Italia", to be released in 2025, Till Brönner dives deep into the sun-drenched sound of Italy from the 60s to the 80s. It is a tribute to an era in which Italian pop culture shaped the attitude to life throughout Europe - and at the same time a very personal project: Brönner spent his childhood in Rome.

The Grammy-nominated artist can be heard on the new album not only on trumpet and flugelhorn - on "Italia", Till Brönner sings in Italian for the first time. He brought celebrity guests into the studio for several tracks: Chiara Civello, Mandy Capristo, Sera Kalo, Mario Biondi and Giovanni Zarrella.
Italia" was recorded and produced in Rome and Bari - together with Nicola Conte, DJ, jazz guitarist and sound aesthete from Apulia, who has been synonymous with elegant, cross-genre soundscapes between jazz, bossa nova and club culture for decades.

Most of the repertoire on "Italia" comes from the 1970s and early 1980s - decades that marked a golden era of musical exchange in Europe. Italian songs were played on French radio and filled German record stores. "Italy provided a kind of European sound," says Brönner, "and created an atmosphere that was groundbreaking for an entire generation."

It was also a time when music reflected hope for a better future - and pop was allowed to be light-footed without leaving out the complexity and depth of life: "There is currently a lot of hope that things will change back into something more human and earthy - and that's exactly the feeling you could really feel in the seventies and eighties," says Brönner.

The selection of songs ranges from classics by Lucio Battisti, Paolo Conte and Ennio Morricone to rarities of the time and an original composition that fits seamlessly into the repertoire. "The album contains many well-known hits - at least from a German perspective. But there are also surprises..."