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Battiato, a master of blending avant-garde with pop, utilized a lush orchestral backing that suddenly shifts into a Mozart-inspired operatic fragment.

The song’s title refers to a real place: , an oasis city in Tunisia located on the edge of the Sahara. During the French colonial era, a luxury train line was built there, intended to connect the desert to the coast. By the time Battiato wrote the song, the line was largely abandoned—a "ghost train" echoing through the dunes. i_treni_di_tozeur

What makes "I treni di Tozeur" so captivating is its contrast: Battiato, a master of blending avant-garde with pop,

Alice’s deep, velvety voice perfectly complemented Battiato’s intellectual, almost detached delivery. almost detached delivery.