Martina Lupi

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Martina Lupi is more than just a voice: she is a seeker of invisible frequencies, an artist who has successfully carried the ritual power of ancestral instruments into the sophisticated textures of contemporary songwriting.

After years of experimentation with the Tupa Ruja ensemble, where the didgeridoo and harmonic singing became instruments of pure narration, Martina now arrives at her long awaited solo debut: "Dannate Salvatrici" (Damned Saviours), (Filibusta Records).

This album marks the birth of a new singer-songwriter persona, where the word becomes flesh and the sound becomes archetype. At the heart of the project resonates the "Sound of Distance," an aesthetic and philosophical concept that Martina explores alongside the pianistic sensitivity of Alessandro Gwis. Here, distance is not absence, but a vibrant territory of anticipation, a fertile void where the piano, electronics, and Martina’s world instruments engage in a dialogue to evoke what is distant, yet profoundly present.

Drawing inspiration from Jungian archetypal psychology and classical mythology, reinterpreted through a contemporary lens, Martina writes songs that are small treatises on transmutation. Tracks such as "Fiamma" (Flame) or "La Distanza" (The Distance) investigate the wild nature of the soul. Hers is a form of "medicine music".

Winner of prestigious accolades such as the Folkest Award 2022 and Best Arrangement at the Bruno Lauzi Author Music Award 2024, Martina Lupi has graced renowned stages, from the Auditorium Parco della Musica and the Casa del Jazz to the Teatro Bellini in Naples. She has collaborated and continues to work with internationally acclaimed musicians (including Javier Girotto, Alessandro Gwis, Alessandro D'Alessandro, Michele Gazich, Antonello Salis and Marco Siniscalco), bringing to the stage not just a concert, but a necessary sonic ritual capable of igniting ancient memories through an unmistakably modern language.