Baschira

Two, almost three years ago, before Covy was a thing, actually before we even knew Covy was coming for us, i made the album cover for my friends @baschiramusic and @giugiutri , while swiss knives of talents @tzanavaris made this beautiful dream like loop animation of it. Right before the release everything went to shit with the first lockdown, so we all had to be patient until finally last saturday, the very last day before we’d enter this new semi lockdown situation, they managed to release it! It was such a special evening in that whimsical space that is @deruimteamsterdam . What a thing! I need to have more live music in my life. And hopefully collaborate with more musicians :) Baschira is actually a hyper local project for me; the band’s name is inspired by an actual historical figure born in Budrio (Bologna) super close to where I am from. His name was Prospero Baschieri (Baschira, in the local dialect) born a peasant and later a fighter who lived in the early 1800, around the time Napoleon’s troops occupied that part of Italy (which was not italy at the time). He escaped conscription twice, and became one of the main figures of the local resistance against the French in that period. He was very loved until he eventually got caught and killed, his body brutally maimed, and official accounts tried to pass down his history as the one of a mere criminal. “Zsdasdat” means wake up in Bolognese dialect.

I got to illustrate Baschira’s first album:) Baschira is actually a hyper local project for me; the band’s name is inspired by an actual historical figure born in Budrio (Bologna) super close to where I am from. His name was Prospero Baschieri (Baschira, in the local dialect) born a peasant and later a fighter who lived in the early 1800, around the time Napoleon’s troops occupied that part of Italy (which was not italy at the time).

He escaped conscription twice, and became one of the main figures of the local resistance against the French in that period. He was very loved until he eventually got caught and killed, his body brutally maimed, and official accounts tried to pass down his history as the one of a mere criminal.

“Zsdasdat” means wake up in Bolognese dialect.

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Baschira