With A Screenshot of Now, guitarist and composer Giacomo Susani presents a new song cycle in which he sets poems by Chinwe D. John to music. Screenshot of Now comprises 14 poems by the author, who also works as a doctor, for which Susani has composed music for voice and guitar. The music, recorded here for the first time, is designed to uncover the deepest symbolic layers of the texts and to weave sound and words so closely together that they become inseparable. Each poem explores facets of modern life: the destructive force of global politics, the breaking of family bonds, freedom, the seductive beauty of nature, love in a chaotic world, escape from oppression, or a biting satire on the "pirates" of our time. Ultimately, there is a gentle reminder that simple pleasures lose none of their power despite all technological upheaval. Three world-class singers share the solo parts: Alexander Chance, Tim Mead, and Daniel Norman; Giacomo Susani himself accompanies on guitar.





