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Costellazione Seconda
Constellazione Seconda is the follower of the Lombardi 1978 "Costellazione" a piano sound exploration based upon a map of sky constellation, planned as the first step of a large work focused on the exposition and 'performance' of constellations maps, planetaria and maps of the heavens. This new work breaks up into 21 short piano movements, concentrating on incredibly short staccato notes that sting violently between fractured harmonics leaving plenty of momentum-puncturing silences to really he…
Caged/Uncaged - A Rock/Experimental Homage To John Cage
2002 release. Issued for the XLV Biennale di Venezia with support from The Institute For Contemporary Art, New York, Mudima Fondazione per l'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy. All John Cage excerpts are from John Cage's "Silence and One Year from Monday," recorded at 222 Bowery in New York City, December 1968 and March 1969, courtesy of Giorno Poetry Systems. Featuring David Byrne, Debbie Harry, Arto Lindsay, Ars Hell and Mutt, John Zorn: Naked City, Chris Stein, Amy Denio, David Weinstein…
Musica Futurista
A stunner of an 8CD box set dedicated to the history of Italian futurist music – put together by Daniele Lombardi – the most complete collection of music ever assembled in reverence of the historical Futurismo movement of the Italian avant garde! Disc 1 features Daniele Lombardi at the piano performing material by FB Pratella, Silvio Mix, F. Casavola and others, plus the first recording of L Russolo's Intonarumori and Arco Enarmonico. Disc 2 features Metropolis – a three part composition by Lomb…
Maledetti (Maudits)
1976 was a year of flux and change. For the recording of the fifth Area album, the core membership of Stratos, Fariselli, Tofani and Tavolazzi were present, but drummer Capiozzo only appears on about half of the album, replaced on various tracks by either Walter Calloni or Paul Litton. Steve Lacy augments the band, as do several other studio musicians (including a string quartet). Perhaps it was the contributions of this eclectic group of guests that gives Maledetti its bi-directional feel. On o…
Finale (1971-1973)
Awesome piano release on the legendary 'nova musicha' series, brand new remastered-digipack edition for this italian master of the post-avantgard scene.La genialità creativa di Paolo Castaldi eseguita dal preparatissimo musicista Giancarlo Cardini, interprete delle nuove esperienze acustico – rappresentative del maestro. “Questa versione esecutiva si presenta qua e là ridotta rispetto al testo integrale pubblicato da Ricordi. Le omissioni (sviste), possibili in questa partitura a differenza che…
En rouge et noire
an excellent and breathy recording with lush piano elegies awash in a radical sonic realm that is profoundly reminiscent of Charlemagne Palestine but in a very hectic/spirited way, truly an excellent and underrated recording that explores new piano possibilities. Beautiful digipack edition + large booklet
Recitarcantando
Restocked, special discounted price: one of his best and 'more affordable' release, Demetrio Stratos live in 1979 with Lucio "Violino" Fabbri (PFM violin player).The amazing research of Stratos brings many suggestions of unexplored fields of research that are still to be studied such as the particularly stimulating and innovative pre-eminence of the meaning over the meant, and the ritual value of the voice.[12] His research into the field of phonetics (Articulatory phonetics, Acoustic phonetics,…
suonare la voce
RESTOCKED! Finally available again, a must have early footage video documenting the incredible performances and vocal techniques of Demetrio Stratos, lead singer and organ player for Area. "Suonare la voce" is the most complete video collection of both performances and vocal studies of Demetrio Stratos during his solo years, with John Cage, M. Cunningham ecc. The VHS release on EMI has been longtime out of stock, now this very rare footage is available again in digital format.
Cantare la voce
Restocked, special price: digipak CD with 16 pages booklet, reissue of a 1978 LP out on Cramps Records. His research into the field of phonetic and experimental poetry led to his freeing his voice every naturalistic restraint, restoring its depth and dimension. The result of this van be heard in the two recordings of his compositions "Metrodora" and "Cantare la Voce" where what sounds like an instrument is in fact his voice.