Iuliano is a Naples, Italy-based artist and a graduate of the famed Berklee College of Music. His life has taken him all around the US, Malaysia and Thailand and these experiences have given his music a really wide and honest feel. He won a prestigious award judged by pros like Tom Waits and it demonstrated he had a genuinely special way of composing music. His latest track “Time” is a first taste of his forthcoming record entitled The Place and it shows off his ability to blend soft techno sounds with a very personal touch.
The music is a doorway to a much wider world of creativity and personal freedom. “Time” is a call to stop and look at ourselves seriously in our fast-paced modern society where most things go by too quickly. It makes a sound that feels small and quiet like a secret, but also huge and open. It’s like the music has a life of its own, it grows and shrinks and feels just like being alive.
The music is held together by a steady rhythm and it moves forward without ever becoming rushed. Our days pass with soft, floating electronic sounds and airy layers surrounding the sturdy base. There’s a fine line between the ticking clock and the way we experience a single instant in our emotions. The song goes on as we slowly make our memories through the years, getting thicker and more complex as we get older.
The most important portion of the song’s power is how Iuliano uses his voice.It starts as a low murmur, as if he were talking to himself, but then it turns into a loud, clear sound. His voice is multi-layered, multi-stacked and sounds like a great mass of souls groaning in unison. These vocal layers are vestiges of who we once were, a reminder that we are always a part of who we are now.
At its essence, the song is about that one thing we can never get back once it’s gone.It asks questions about the significance of the present and how the past one day disappears. The main thing is that we are distinct versions of ourselves every day. It reflects the struggle we all have trying to stay in the present, while life keeps pulling us into the future. The non-permanence is a big part of the specialness of beauty, it argues.
The song is like a mirror of our connections and how we grow, as we watch our own daily routines. And every bridge we cross and every person we meet is of this same invisible power. It relates how love is kindled as a spark of fire and evolves into a steady, lasting flame. It also shows how ideals that were so far away become suddenly nostalgic. To live fully we must know we are continually shedding our old skins in order to progress.
Ultimately, this piece is a reminder to be kind to ourselves as we navigate the passing years. It makes us love this time now even though we can’t stop the world from moving forward. It’s not how fast we encounter but how deep we encounter that determines the real meaning of our lives. Iuliano has written a song that helps us find some peace in a world that never stops moving.
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