Paolo Tofani
Real Essence
2015 release ** Limited edition of 900 hand-numbered copies. "Real Essence is an album made with the acoustic Tricanta Veena, recorded in India, in the spiritually dense hours before dawn. The music of this great comeback by Paolo Tofani is not only for lovers of Indian music. As if Robbie Basho had lived in India, it is influenced by the East and the West. A new music, syncretic and deeply rich in inner peace, recorded with an impressive sound, like a hi-fi demonstration, without any tricks or …
Indicazioni
* 45th Anniversary, 180 gr. Red Vinyl. From the original master tapes *First vinyl reissue of this super-rare NWW-listed 1978 album from experimental/avant-garde progressive key figure. Indicazioni is Paolo Tofani's first solo album, released in 1977 once he left Area to pursue a spiritual and even more musically experimental quest. The record was released on Cramps Records' "DIVerso" series, which explored unusual territories and included, among others, Demetrio Stratos' solo albums - looking m…
Segments
A deep investigation of a very few simple principles: acoustic instruments rub ambiguously up against electrified objects and electronics, but these in the main provide atmosphere and harmonic complexity. Taking its cue from John Cage, the trio began sticking contact mics to anything that sounded and amplified their raw sounds. Awesome! "New release for Alvin Curran, Paolo Tofani and Mauro Tespio : Electrifying all the objects is the common interest of those three artists. We could say that repr…