The first summer is another world (with the Air arrived from space)

They are lying on the beach towels in the lawn, all around a holiday air, when the Air Inside white suits, framed by a luminescent frame and illuminated by flou lights. They seem to come from space, from a distant dimension, from a world in which you can still dream, and the feeling becomes even more intense as soon as Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel attack with the synthesizers, and here is that certain suspended, rarefied atmosphere and a little melancholy as only a few knows how to do, after all the French touch It is their thing, not ours, there is little to do. Al Festival the first summer to Lido di Camaiorein Versilia, the second evening of the first weekend, the phones are facing the band but not as we would expect in these times of our times Brain Rot from social: people listen to people Really Music, look Really What happens on stage. It is not obvious. Fomo, the fear of getting lost things and therefore the anxiety of being seen – among the many social pathologies of today – does not seem to be the engine of this small boutique festival. To bring people to Bussola Park Tomorrowformer place of historic concerts from the 1960s onwards and now redeveloped – is only genuine love for music. You can see it from the faces of the spectators, which are always the same. And it is due to a billboard that holds hard, heroically, with the right distance from the mainstream (not only pop) and a focus on quality music, with consistency.

The first weekend was an oasis of alternative rock or Art Rockan Indian reserve with known names inside but not as masses: among others, the Spiritualizedi Mogwai, St. VincentThe Air precisely, NIC CESTER he is TV on the radio. “It was the most beautiful weekend in the history of the first summer, which came to the fourth year,” says the artistic director of the Enrico D’Alessandro festival convinced. “Something magical happened on stage every evening. Thanks to a linear, consistent proposal: no hip hop or house, to say. The performance level was very high ».

The concerts of the first weekend, from Mogwai to Air

Headliner of the first evening i Mogwaipost-rock Scottish band activates from the early 90s, with a very powerful instrumental set, dark and full of tension, faithful to their noise spirit. Mogwai alternate moments of ethereal suspension (Jim Morrison, Somewhere Nice, Fanzine) to epic sound explosions (We’re no here, Ritchie Sacramento, Satan). The second evening, perhaps the most beautiful, is all of St. Vincent and of Air. The first, one of the most authoritative and experimental voices of contemporary rock, with the guitar that has always been harnessed and an incredible theatrical talent, offers us a transversal selection of its repertoire: the funky sensuality of Pay Your Way in Painthe glam fury of Sugarboythe grunge veins of Broken Manthe hit Los ageless, More intimate moments: a mix of introspection and entertainment, home specialties.

St. Vincent.

Stefano Dalla Luche

The Air bring the magic of their sound with a very elegant and poetic live set, almost entirely taken from Moon Safari (1998), with inserts from Talkie Walkie, 10 000 Hz Legend And The Virgin Suicides. It starts from The Femme d’Argentsong-manifesto that immediately establishes the dreamy mood, there are hits like Sexy Boy (with lots of monkey flying to the screen) and Cherry Blossom Girl, which alternate with instrumental gems such as Halo in kyoto And HighSchool Lover – And when the latter starts, the spirit of Sofia Coppola (the song is in the soundtrack of his film The garden of the suicide virgin) It seems to report the forties of the public to the years of youth. Tear, yes.

During the third evening, NIC CESTER He sends the Kings of Leon to that country (“Fuck Kings of Leon”: yes, he says so), who gave a flat rate to the festival due to thectum at the foot of the frontman Caleb Folwill: maybe Nic wants to be a nice one, maybe he is serious, it is not clear. In any case, the former jet voice does its own with an energetic and refined soul-rock set, which closes by surprise with An adventure by Lucio Battisti. And finally i TV on the radioAmbassadors of the American Rock Indie, with a powerful and stratified ladder, which traces the path of the New York band, between art rock and soul-punk energy, between more recent pieces (Happy Idiot, COULD YOU) and classics like Wolf And Dlz.

Nic Cester.

Fabio Paleari

The TV on the Radio.

Beyond music

And in addition to music? There is the sea there, literally a few steps, just cross the road to be on the beach. The holiday and relaxed atmosphere is visible. There are those who bring the same sheet, during the day to lie in the sun, in the evening to attend the concerts. The food trucks on the bottom of the park complete the picture: you eat (special mention to the bar rice puddings), you drink and listen to the music, yes. The claim “More than a festival a holiday” It therefore seems very spot on. The numbers confirm it: especially at the festival, especially music enthusiasts from all over Italy, little local (the Versiliesi are only 8 percent) and foreigners (8 percent). The first weekend recorded 12 thousand appearances, a good result considered the defection of the Kings of Leon, which led to the refund of 5 thousand tickets reimbursed: last year, the total appearances of the two weekends had been around 25 thousand. We are now aiming on the second weekend, with an always quality billboard, which does not win the eye to fans snacks from catchphrases, and in which the legendary Grace Jones and the indie now Star Lucio Corsi stand out, which here in Tuscany plays at home. “The first summer 2026 is already confirmed,” says D’Alessandro. “I have already received emails from abroad with the object: ideas for the festival next year. It means that the project is working ».