Derby Sunshine

Depuis quelque temps j'écoute en boucle "Bedford", une chanson du talentueux Luigi Buccarello communément appelé Derby Sunshine. Ce nom qui ne m'évoquait rien il y a peu est devenu une source d'inspiration. Je me suis donc mise à la recherche d'un moyen pour contacter ce jeune italien. Curieuse de savoir qui se cachait derrière ces gracieuses mélodies!
Finalement j'ai pu le contacter, et je lui ai posé quelques questions pour vous!





-Derby Sunshine, who are you, truly?
A random dude with a great love for music
-What inspires you?
Anything I can't touch with hands!
-Do you plan on integrating music forever in your life ?
It's not a plan, it's a fact.
-Where do you see yourself in a few years ?
Doing what I do today I guess.
-According to you who's the number one artist of 2013 ?
There isn't one yet.


- JAWHARY

Depuis quelque temps j'écoute en boucle "Bedford", une chanson du talentueux Luigi Buccarello communément appelé Derby Sunshine. Ce nom qui ne m'évoquait rien il y a peu est devenu une source d'inspiration. Je me suis donc mise à la recherche d'un moyen pour contacter ce jeune italien. Curieuse de savoir qui se cachait derrière ces gracieuses mélodies!
Finalement j'ai pu le contacter, et je lui ai posé quelques questions pour vous!
- JAWHARY

Depuis quelque temps j'écoute en boucle "Bedford", une chanson du talentueux Luigi Buccarello communément appelé Derby Sunshine. Ce nom qui ne m'évoquait rien il y a peu est devenu une source d'inspiration. Je me suis donc mise à la recherche d'un moyen pour contacter ce jeune italien. Curieuse de savoir qui se cachait derrière ces gracieuses mélodies!
Finalement j'ai pu le contacter, et je lui ai posé quelques questions pour vous!
- JAWHARY

Tonight, I invite you to discover Derby Sunshine, alias Luigi Buccarello. He touched me by his music, both nostalgic & melancholic and playful & joyful. From the first notes, I succumbed!

Through this interview, Luigi confides in ?bracadabrac and takes you to his nostalgic electro-pop universe.

Madame Figaro already compares him to New Order and My Bloody Valentine ! So, you see… "The Roman Luigi Buccarello perfectly revives atmospheric voices and crackling amps ." Madame Figaro

Ready for take-off?

Interview by Elodie VERNHET for ?bracadabrac

Derby Sunshine, who are you? I am Luigi. I was born in Rome, but I moved to London at 24. I bought my first guitar at 15, after my sister made me discover Ok Computer by Radiohead. I never managed to sit down and study music theory, but I played incessantly since then. Writing music is like playing with Lego bricks. It’s fun! I add and swap things around until it sounds good. I really enjoy it. That’s why I can only write when I’m in the playing mood, I need to be very happy. My universe reflects who I really am. I like old movies, playing football and reading a lot… But, I am a lazy music listener! I tend to listen the same songs over and over…

If you had to define your music in one word, which one would it be? Playful
What are your main sources of inspiration? It comes from very eclectic sources! Love in all his forms, relationships, films, football, big cities, memories…
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Are you planning any concert in France? Not yet, but hopefully soon…
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On a desert island, which song would you take with you? If you ask me the same question in one hour, the answer will have most likely changed! Now, I would say Losing You, by Solange.
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Losing you by Solange
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For an unplanned trip, what would you bring with you? My laptop, a keyboard and some headphones. Ah, and the laptop charger!

Something else to tell people reading ?bracadabrac? Have a look at The Night of The Hunter by Charles Laughton. Definitely, my favorite movie!

Trailer : The Night of the Hunter de Charles Laughton

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Thank you Luigi for your time! I hope to make an other Interview of Derby Sunshine but this time, when you will be playing in France! I wish you every success and I invite my blog-readers to discover your music… Here it is ! - ABRACADABRAC

Tonight, I invite you to discover Derby Sunshine, alias Luigi Buccarello. He touched me by his music, both nostalgic & melancholic and playful & joyful. From the first notes, I succumbed!

Through this interview, Luigi confides in ?bracadabrac and takes you to his nostalgic electro-pop universe.

Madame Figaro already compares him to New Order and My Bloody Valentine ! So, you see… "The Roman Luigi Buccarello perfectly revives atmospheric voices and crackling amps ." Madame Figaro

Ready for take-off?

Interview by Elodie VERNHET for ?bracadabrac

Derby Sunshine, who are you? I am Luigi. I was born in Rome, but I moved to London at 24. I bought my first guitar at 15, after my sister made me discover Ok Computer by Radiohead. I never managed to sit down and study music theory, but I played incessantly since then. Writing music is like playing with Lego bricks. It’s fun! I add and swap things around until it sounds good. I really enjoy it. That’s why I can only write when I’m in the playing mood, I need to be very happy. My universe reflects who I really am. I like old movies, playing football and reading a lot… But, I am a lazy music listener! I tend to listen the same songs over and over…

If you had to define your music in one word, which one would it be? Playful
What are your main sources of inspiration? It comes from very eclectic sources! Love in all his forms, relationships, films, football, big cities, memories…
m
Are you planning any concert in France? Not yet, but hopefully soon…
m

On a desert island, which song would you take with you? If you ask me the same question in one hour, the answer will have most likely changed! Now, I would say Losing You, by Solange.
m
Losing you by Solange
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For an unplanned trip, what would you bring with you? My laptop, a keyboard and some headphones. Ah, and the laptop charger!

Something else to tell people reading ?bracadabrac? Have a look at The Night of The Hunter by Charles Laughton. Definitely, my favorite movie!

Trailer : The Night of the Hunter de Charles Laughton

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Thank you Luigi for your time! I hope to make an other Interview of Derby Sunshine but this time, when you will be playing in France! I wish you every success and I invite my blog-readers to discover your music… Here it is ! - ABRACADABRAC

QUOI ?
À l'instar de ses compatriotes Mauro Remiddi (Porcelain Raft) et Alessio Natalizia (Banjo Or Freakout), Luigi Buccarello s'est expatrié à Londres pour embrasser un rêve musical en Technicolor. Originaire de Rome, le garçon, autodidacte et appliqué, a d'abord débuté en bande avant de faire volte-face : “J'ai mis un terme à mon ancien groupe lorsque j'ai compris que quelque chose ne fonctionnait pas. Pendant un ou deux ans, j'ai tenté de comprendre, avant de réaliser simplement que j'avais besoin d'être seul, d'exprimer ce qui fourmillait en moi sans traiter avec la vision d'autres personnes. Ce que je créé relève d'une certaine intimité, d'une lecture personnelle à un moment précis.” Composées dans la joie et l'allégresse (selon ses dires), les mélodies de Luigi Buccarello ne laissent pourtant transparaître que leur mélancolie. Le choc ressenti à la découverte d’Ok Computer (1997) de Radiohead à l'âge de quinze ans a sans doute laissé des traces. Puisant dans tous les styles que sa terre d'accueil a initiés depuis la fin des années 80, le jeune homme a finalement trouvé, avec Derby Sunshine, l'équilibre parfait entre les lignes mélodiques héritées de l'école Sarah Records et d'intenses grésillements électroniques chipés à Aphex Twin.

DERNIÈRE SORTIE
Manipulant aussi bien les images que les chansons, le jeune homme a trouvé un compromis astucieux en gratifiant tous ses morceaux d'une vidéo artisanale : “Je pense toujours que je devrais me lancer dans la réalisation de films plutôt que dans la composition musicale…” Usant d'images tombées dans le domaine publique et d'effets kaléidoscopiques, la méthode offre le plus beau des écrins à son dernier titre The Milky Way.



TUBE ABSOLU
LCD 4 témoigne de tout le savoir-faire du néo-Londonien où rythmiques martiales, gimmicks et vocalises aériennes forment l'armature d'une chanson rendue poignante par son apparente simplicité.

FUTUR CONDITIONNEL
Les compositions de Derby Sunshine ont été jouées en live pour la première fois en mai dernier, mais l'idée de les emmener au-delà des frontières britanniques a déjà fait son chemin. Ainsi, Luigi Buccarello a planifié une tournée européenne hivernale qui devrait coïncider avec de nouvelles appétences discographiques.
Fabien Le Gourrierec - MAGIC RPM

QUOI ?
À l'instar de ses compatriotes Mauro Remiddi (Porcelain Raft) et Alessio Natalizia (Banjo Or Freakout), Luigi Buccarello s'est expatrié à Londres pour embrasser un rêve musical en Technicolor. Originaire de Rome, le garçon, autodidacte et appliqué, a d'abord débuté en bande avant de faire volte-face : “J'ai mis un terme à mon ancien groupe lorsque j'ai compris que quelque chose ne fonctionnait pas. Pendant un ou deux ans, j'ai tenté de comprendre, avant de réaliser simplement que j'avais besoin d'être seul, d'exprimer ce qui fourmillait en moi sans traiter avec la vision d'autres personnes. Ce que je créé relève d'une certaine intimité, d'une lecture personnelle à un moment précis.” Composées dans la joie et l'allégresse (selon ses dires), les mélodies de Luigi Buccarello ne laissent pourtant transparaître que leur mélancolie. Le choc ressenti à la découverte d’Ok Computer (1997) de Radiohead à l'âge de quinze ans a sans doute laissé des traces. Puisant dans tous les styles que sa terre d'accueil a initiés depuis la fin des années 80, le jeune homme a finalement trouvé, avec Derby Sunshine, l'équilibre parfait entre les lignes mélodiques héritées de l'école Sarah Records et d'intenses grésillements électroniques chipés à Aphex Twin.

DERNIÈRE SORTIE
Manipulant aussi bien les images que les chansons, le jeune homme a trouvé un compromis astucieux en gratifiant tous ses morceaux d'une vidéo artisanale : “Je pense toujours que je devrais me lancer dans la réalisation de films plutôt que dans la composition musicale…” Usant d'images tombées dans le domaine publique et d'effets kaléidoscopiques, la méthode offre le plus beau des écrins à son dernier titre The Milky Way.



TUBE ABSOLU
LCD 4 témoigne de tout le savoir-faire du néo-Londonien où rythmiques martiales, gimmicks et vocalises aériennes forment l'armature d'une chanson rendue poignante par son apparente simplicité.

FUTUR CONDITIONNEL
Les compositions de Derby Sunshine ont été jouées en live pour la première fois en mai dernier, mais l'idée de les emmener au-delà des frontières britanniques a déjà fait son chemin. Ainsi, Luigi Buccarello a planifié une tournée européenne hivernale qui devrait coïncider avec de nouvelles appétences discographiques.
Fabien Le Gourrierec - MAGIC RPM

playlist - BIRP!

playlist - BIRP!

Derby Sunshine is the latest project of Italian born musician and musical Chameleon Luigi Buccarello. Working previously as a solo artist and singer-songwriter in the now defunct St Francis, his output has varied in both style and quality. His last work with St Francis left the impression of a performer and songwriter who had yet to develop his own sound and none of his previous output felt fully realised. That has now changed, however. Reinventing himself as one-man electro pop troubador, Luigi has cast aside much of the Sparklehorse and Bright Eyesisms that characterised so much of his previous material and we are happy to report it suits him well. His songwriting is more concise, brave and feels like he is finding his own musical personality rather than paying homage to others.

Tonights venue is 'The Shoreditch' and is typical of music venues in this neck of the woods. Overpriced beer, disinterested staff and a lack of real atmosphere. None of this seems to put off Derby Sunshines loyal and ever expanding fanbase as there is a tangible sense of excitement when Luigi takes the stage. Kicking off proceedings with a dreamy slice of Electronica that has hints of The Radio Dept and going straight in into LCD4, his first song released under his new moniker, it's a highly impressive start. Melancholic and haunting, but at the same time dancible. Next track 'Love Love Love' is the evenings only real clanger, lumpen beats and a forgetible melody. Not that this proves to be a problem as follow up 'The Milky Way' raises the roof. The track shimmers with beauty and grace as Luigi delivers nothing short of a pop masterclass. It has an unforgetable melody and yearning quality which has the audience in a hushed silence. It is a up there with the best tracks released this year - no question about it. It shows what Derby Sunshine are truly capable of. Greatness. Ending the evening with a new track that has shades of German Ambient, the set is over.

Short, well paced and passionate, This is the music of a man on top of his game and getting better with age. Listeners are strongly advised to check out Derby Sunshine either live or recorded. This is truly life affirming music. - LIVEMUSIC.FM

video - NO FEAR OF POP

Luigi Bucarello la mente detrás de Derby Sunshine libera una nueva canción y con esto también un vídeo de esta misma, el titulo de dicho material es “The Miliky Way”.

Como nos tiene acostumbrados, este ingles no cambia de formula de sus 2 anteriores canciones al mas puro estilo dreampop con esas voces oniricas y un sintetizador que llega a embolber a uno en pocos segundo.

En lo que al vídeo se refiere son unos curiosos efectos de VHS magnetizada muy trash movie el estilo.
- NUEVA BOMBAY

He may not be from Derby, but he [Derby Sunshine, a.k.a. Luigi Buccarello] certainly knows a thing or two about the sunshine, as the waves of ethereal haze spilling from the speakers ply their trade in assaulting your senses with dreamy visions of summer.

Distant vocals drift in and out of the track, like an evening breeze running through your hair, and synths soar across the soundscape, akin to a seagull gliding on the thermals above a humid and bustling seaside town.

The track is available now via Derby Sunshine’s Soundcloud page. - CENTURIES

Keeping with the ultraviolet dream pop stylings that seem to be passing my ears today, London’s Derby Sunshine (Luigi Buccarello) is currently microwaving my ears a bit with this heater: - PASTA PRIMAVERA

Lo avevamo ospitato al suo esordio assoluto nella compilation natalizia, e ora cominciano finalmente a uscire le prime nuove canzoni: si fa chiamare Derby Sunshine, ed è il progetto musicale del fotografo Luigi Buccarello, romano trapiantato a Londra. Da qualche giorno si trova su Soundcloud (e con un video anche su Youtube) questa LCD4: al vecchio piano Wurlitzer romantico sono subentrati synth magniloquenti, atmosfere epiche e la pulsazione calda di una cassa. Tutto molto, molto cinematografico. Ora aspettiamo il resto! - POLAROID RADIO BLOG

LCD4
Luigi Buccarello nos pone (no sólo) los pelos de punta con su LCD4, uno de los hits como Derby Sunshine
Luigi Buccarello no es el primer italiano que nos causa buena impresión en sus primeras incursiones musicales. También lo hicieron en su día Alessio Natalizia con su proyecto como Banjo or Freakout o Mauro Remiddi, como Porcelain Raft. Inexorablemente (y no sabemos si es culpa de la fama, aunque sea ligera, o únicamente de sus espléndidas obras cortas, sus epés, fundamentalmente) los trabajos en largo nos hicieron repetir aquello del primero era mejor, sólo que aplicado a sus primeras manifestaciones artísticas. No sabemos si nos decepcionará después o no, pero Derby Sunshine tiene un petardazo increíble con este LCD4 del que es imposible despegarse. Sincero synthpop de nébula que escala en arpegios de sintes y notaciones reiterativas que nos conducen a un incógnito estado de placer. Producido por Manolo Remiddi (y es que casualidades en esta vida ya hay pocas), el single abre boca y nos conmina a seguir la pista al que puede ser uno de los mejores socorristas de nuestra querencia bliss. Que venga pronto con más. Y que nos encandile igual.


- NOTODO

I’m feeling pleasefully nostalgic this morning and I have Derby Sunshine to thank for that. The London-based producer and singer-songerwriter, whose real name is Luigi Buccarello, creates a wonderful, nostalgia-drenched, noisy dream pop affair with hints of melancholy. His new track “The Milky Way” is a jaunty ride through dreamy vocals, blissful synths and an uptempo beat, all wrapped up in a heartwarming sound. The song is being accompanied by a fitting music video that shows a compilation of low-quality footages that could easily be taken from old VHS tapes. Watch it below. - MUSIC FOR THE MASSES

LCD4 - Derby Sunshine
LCD4

by Derby Sunshine

Our first post of the year, Derby Sunshine’s ‘LCD4’, is the perfect kickstarter for your January one resolutions. It’s a synthastic anthem of a track - orchestrating big meaty synths into a sound that’s imbued with swagger and sentiment. In other words, it’s this years indie electronica rendition of ‘Eye Of The Tiger’. Download it via the soundcloud link below.
- TRANSIENT JUKEBOX

LCD4 - Derby Sunshine
LCD4

by Derby Sunshine

Our first post of the year, Derby Sunshine’s ‘LCD4’, is the perfect kickstarter for your January one resolutions. It’s a synthastic anthem of a track - orchestrating big meaty synths into a sound that’s imbued with swagger and sentiment. In other words, it’s this years indie electronica rendition of ‘Eye Of The Tiger’. Download it via the soundcloud link below.
- TRANSIENT JUKEBOX

DERBY SUNSHINE - LCD4 - DON'T DIE WONDERING

sparkling electronic bombast - VICE

We were gemini in the dark - stark dazzlings roaming in a never-ever-ever land we called LCD4 because naming is the darkest thing. London’s Derby Sunshine are the we.

We were gemini in the dark - closing the sun and being without being seen. In a never-ever-ever land where with one more ever the moon would go blacker than eternity. - VERB/RE/VERB