The title of the album itself is revealing. To fine-tune the eight tracks of ‘Exile’, D’Alberto isolated himself with the aim of finding a dimension that would help him free his emotions and transform them into music. 

But he didn’t limit this isolation just to the writing phase: 

“When I need to concentrate on a new work, I like to lock myself in a room and not only compose, but also play and record everything myself,” he explains.

“It’s not something that many people do; we’re used to listening to records that don’t really reflect the talent of those who made them, because they’re made with entire teams of arrangers, performers and producers. For me, instead, the individual and personal connection between the creative idea, its implementation and the recording is crucial. 

In ‘Exile’ all the composition and performance is entirely my own; it is my personal touch, which, precisely because it’s personal, can’t be replicated. 

The title refers to my desire to be present in my music, independent of others and using all my own strengths and limitations.” 

D’Alberto uses electronics as a means to amplify the expressive power of acoustic instruments such as piano, strings, drums of oriental tradition, gongs, and Tibetan quartz bells. 

This delicate and sensitive operation was brought about in collaboration with Patrick Christensen aka PC Nackt (who has worked with Apparat, José González)