Zezel is a music research project oriented towards new sounds and expressive modalities, originally undertaken by the musicians of the former Easy Jam Group. The need to define a specific musical identity, as well as that of inventiveness, are met by the compositions of Emilio Castorina, whilst Carlo Maragni's contribution on keyboards represents an important enrichment of the harmonic textures. The useof electronic instruments (MIDI guitar, EWI, Octapad, loops) and computer aided sound formulation lead to an important acoustic impact that, together with less conventional riffs and employing simple tunes and traditional sounds as that of the saxophone, affords highly emotional listenings. The fusion between the world of acoustic sounds and that of electronics is generating a sort of musical chattering: “zezel” in the local dialect of Mesocco means “chattering”, “gossip”; this word thus best expresses this musical concept, and is also the title of one of Emilio's tunes. We may be proposing a new musical trend, the “Electric Jazz Gossip”, a music belonging to the tonal universe and at the same time remaining rich with cues and opportunities towards other worlds, and particularly that of the improvised music.
