Hugo Race Fatalists – I Made It All Up For You

Hugo Race returns after highly successful collaborative albums with The Church frontman Steve Kilbey (Speed of the Stars), Michelangelo Russo (100 Years), and Gianni Maroccolo (The Vigil, winner of the prestigious Premio Ciampi) with I Made It All Up For You, an epic album from his Italian band Fatalists – existential songwriting framed by the band’s signature fusion of roots music, electronica, Italian soundtracks and desert rock.
“Fatalists recorded the basic tracks at the floating studio on the Puccini lake an hour out of Florence – Giovanni Ferrario (Scisma, PJ Harvey) on guitars and synth, Francesco Giampaoli (Sacri Cuori/Brutture Moderne) on bass and Diego Sapignoli (Sacri Cuori) on percussion. Violinist Massimiliano Gallo met me in Sicily for a short tour to learn the new songs, adding layers of his Calabrian magic to the mix. Jennifer Charles (singer of New York band Elysian Fields) graces this album on the songs I Collide and Broken Love, the lyrics of which were co-written by author / designer Alannah Hill. My longtime road brother Michelangelo Russo also dusts the tracks with his otherworldly electric harmonica. A lot of joy and pain and reflection went into the making of this album and I hope that comes across; this is about the darkness yes, but also the light. I hope you love this album. I made it all up for you.