‘300 Unplugged’ is the first solo recording project by Italian singer Federica Bocchini and will be released by Edizioni Micrologus in physical and digital formats.
The album brings together thirteen pieces drawn from some of the principal Italian manuscripts of the fourteenth century and weaves them into a narrative journey through different stages of love: encounter, desire, eros, separation and transformation.
Created together with Danilo Tamburo and Matteo Nardella, the project approaches Trecento music as a living language that continues to speak to contemporary listeners. Ballate, madrigals, cacce and instrumental dances are presented not as distant historical artefacts, but as expressions of emotions and experiences that remain deeply familiar today.
All three musicians come from Bevagna, a medieval town in Umbria where the historical festival Mercato delle Gaite has helped preserve a vibrant connection with medieval culture and music for more than thirty years. Growing up in this environment fostered a shared artistic language that finds one of its most personal expressions in ‘300 Unplugged’.
The recording is rooted in the study of historical sources and medieval performance practices, while remaining focused on the expressive and human dimensions of the repertoire. Instruments used in the recording are reconstructions based on iconographic and documentary evidence from the period.
The project is accompanied by an original visual narrative created by illustrator Stella Bastianelli, whose artworks translate into images the symbolic landscapes evoked by the music.
Press materials, images and listening information:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CFG1_7PKdI8yrhIQoC9YmN0UbsETFHWT?usp=sharing
