{"id":2291310,"date":"2026-02-20T17:26:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2291310"},"modified":"2026-02-20T17:26:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:26:06","slug":"uccio-lives-pizzica-meets-synths-in-ems-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/uccio-lives-pizzica-meets-synths-in-ems-new-single\/","title":{"rendered":"Uccio Lives: Pizzica Meets Synths In [EM]\u2019s New Single"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-112934\">\n<div class=\"post-image-content\">\n<figure class=\"post-featured-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- end.post-image-content --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <!-- end .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mascarimiri.bandcamp.com\/track\/uccio-vive\" title=\"\">Uccio Vive<\/a>\u201d<\/em> is the first single from <em>Tradisco<\/em>, the upcoming album by [EM] Elettro Mascarimir\u00ec, due in spring 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The track reworks a pizzica by late Salento singer and percussionist Uccio Aloisi, with Claudio Cavallo (Elettro Mascarimir\u00ec) translating its rhythmic drive into an electronic structure. Cavallo aims to evoke the psychedelic, acid feel he associates with Aloisi\u2019s tambureddhu (large tambourine) playing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EM  [ElettroMascarimiri] - UCCIO VIVE  (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nb98M3ppncA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He traces the idea to a specific live memory from the 1990s at a Festa dell\u2019Unit\u00e0 event near Lecce. After hours of rock and metal performances, Cavallo recalls Aloisi taking the stage with only tambureddhu (tambourine) and voice. According to Cavallo, the audience, largely young interested in  other genres, responded immediately, with movement in the crowd that reminded him of a Clash-era pit. He describes that moment as proof that traditional music can appeal to younger audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Cavallo says <em>\u201cUccio Vive\u201d<\/em> grew out of that contrast: a persistent rhythmic call that connects past and present through the tambureddhu\u2019s pulse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"guerrillawrap\">\n<div class=\"guerrillagravatar\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5edbe3c3cb9eb17444f04e58aba75ae61da0785b1ad24ec34778ee48af31dd80?s=80&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5edbe3c3cb9eb17444f04e58aba75ae61da0785b1ad24ec34778ee48af31dd80?s=160&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<h4>Author: <span>World Music Central News Room<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>World music news from the editors at World Music Central&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom\">\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/worldmusiccentral.org\/uccio-lives-pizzica-meets-synths-in-ems-new-single\/\" data-a2a-title=\"Uccio Lives: Pizzica Meets Synths In [EM]\u2019s New Single\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.addtoany.com\/buttons\/share_save_171_16.png?w=790&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- end .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source worldmusiccentral.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cUccio Vive\u201d is the first single from Tradisco, the upcoming album by [EM] Elettro Mascarimir\u00ec, due in spring 2026. 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Cavallo aims to evoke the psychedelic, acid feel he associates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2291313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[443959,443960,428461,443961,311953],"class_list":["post-2291310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-elettro-mascarimiri","tag-folktronica","tag-italian-music","tag-pizzica","tag-world-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Uccio-Lives-Pizzica-Meets-Synths-In-EMs-New-Single.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2291314,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291310\/revisions\/2291314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}