Serramanna – Sardinia – Song denounces the exploitation of the island
Sardinia, a popular destination for thousands of tourists, with dream beaches and sea, a hinterland worth visiting, where gastronomy and entertainment reign supreme: but not all that glitters is gold. On our island recently, a multinational company has been implementing energy speculation it’s a assault al territory and to the landscape. And they are not the only problems gripping our land.
The Sardinians know it well Train to Rootsone of the most important bands on the Italian and European reggae scene. Their latest single Sardiniastrictly in the Sardinian language, driven by an engaging ska base, with vintage sounds and samples of Sardinian choirs, recounts the age-old exploitation of the island in an almost ironic way.
«The idea of the song – said the group’s frontman, the serrammaneseformer ambassador of reggae music in Sardinia, Simone Pireddu Bujumannu – was also born because of the hostile climate that has been felt in recent months on our island, already exploited, tormented and mistreated. The current energy assault is absurd and illogical, our land has already given too much in the past. It is time to say enough”.
In the song, a social denunciation is exercised where tourists, but also all listeners, are invited to visit all those places where the exploitation of the territory, of the landscape but also of the local workforce. As in the case of the abandoned mines and buildings of Sulcis-Iglesiente, which have left indelible traces on the landscape physiognomy and above all in the life of the Sardinians. Places like Quirra where military exercises have persisted for 70 years, Teulada and the unexploded bombs on the seabed, the bomb factories in Domusnovas and the polluting ones of Ottana and Sarrock, the abandoned quarries after the gold rush of Furtei. Just to name a few.
«We must fight and oppose to stop yet another attack on our land, they want to pass it off as a just cause for the future. But whose future? Certainly not to preserve our beauty, our thousand-year history and our uniqueness” explains the group’s vocalist.
I Train to Roots, Simone Pireddu Bujumannu, voice, Antonio Leardi Papa’ Nto, keyboards, Stefano Manai Stiff Man Iguitar, Giampaolo Bolelli Hellobass/vocals, Tommaso Gieri Pol Drummerdrums, already boast twenty years of activity and have won over the public in hundreds of concerts around half of Europe.
In their albums a mix of styles and languages, different musical nuances, funny but also committed lyrics and important collaborations such as Eugenio Finardi, Levante, Bunna, leader of Africa Unite, and Clementino.
They are currently busy with their new tour and working on their new album, in collaboration with Roble Factory and the historic record label Phonotype Records of Naples, heir to the oldest record manufacturing company in Italy.
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