Dreamland

EL MATADOR ALEGRE

Dreamland

Weird drum machines, ethereal pads, dub bass, overdriven guitars, and vintage keyboards sit alongside soft, echo-drenched vocals and fingerpicked acoustic guitar; a texture that is at once warm and glacial, human and artificial.

One minute into the opening track, “Venus and Mars,” it becomes clear that Dreamland exists somewhere else entirely: a tenderness and melancholy that feel otherworldly yet somehow close to home at the same time.
An escape from the grayness of things, to a place where colors must still exist, however faded.

Re-released by Music from Alpha in August 2026
CATALOG NUMBER: MFA5 EMA2

Originally released on March 31, 2017 by Cabezon (CBZ018).

1 – Venus and Mars
2 – Let me disappear
3 – Deep dark blue water
4 – Choices
5 – For my demons
6 – Running in circles
7 – Blood on my hands
8 – I am legion
9 – Dead end

For this album, El Matador Alegre is:
Giuseppe Vallenari
Gio

Additional musicians:
Mario Vallenari: acoustic guitar on Venus and Mars, Choices, Blood on my hands, Dead end
Andrea Marcolini: cello on Venus and Mars
Erica Mason: violin and viola on Venus and Mars

All songs by G. Vallenari/G. Massari
Produced by Gio
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Gio at Strawberry Fields

Paintings by Giuseppe Vallenari
Artwork by Gio

For this album, El Matador Alegre is:
Giuseppe Vallenari
Gio

Additional musicians:
Mario Vallenari: acoustic guitar on Venus and Mars, Choices, Blood on my hands, Dead end
Andrea Marcolini: cello on Venus and Mars
Erica Mason: violin and viola on Venus and Mars


All songs by G. Vallenari/G. Massari
Produced by Gio
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Gio at Strawberry Fields


Paintings by Giuseppe Vallenari
Artwork by Gio