Luca Tilli
Empty smile
LabelWe Insist!GenreExperimental
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*100 copies limited edition* This solo could have been titled "16 Caprices for cello.” As in Paganini's Caprices, all the techniques and virtuosity of the classical tradition are used here, expanded and enriched by the sounds and research of the contemporary one. However, the approach to the instrument is physical and bodily characteristic of European free improvisation and jazz. But as in Tristan Honsinger, Leroy Jenkins or in Cage's Freeman Etudes for violin the focus is always The Music, whose often hidden corners are uncovered. References to the many traditions encountered, to animals, ethnic sounds, the sound of other instruments, noises and the human voice, are many and are always addressed with a smile on the lips.
Release notes
Limited edition of 100. Recorded at Abbey Rocchi Studios, Roma on 15 June 2023 © & ℗ We Insist! Records 4-panel digisleeve with a 4-page booklet
| 1 | The Right Chair | 1:34 | |
| 2 | Motivo | 2:36 | |
| 3 | In The Morning | 2:36 | |
| 4 | Gemini | 3:12 | |
| 5 | Providence | 2:14 | |
| 6 | The Wrong Chair | 2:02 | |
| 7 | IDA | 2:02 | |
| 8 | Bombetta (To Angelo N) | 1:41 | |
| 9 | Empty Smile I | 2:19 | |
| 10 | Empty Smile II | 3:05 | |
| 11 | Empty Smile III | 1:01 | |
| 12 | Empty Smile IV | 4:04 | |
| 13 | Empty Smile V | 1:23 | |
| 14 | Empty Smile VI | 3:35 | |
| 15 | Empty Smile VII | 1:32 | |
| 16 | Empty Smile VIII | 3:00 |
- (素朴な) Sobokuna
- Artwork [Cover Art By]
- Luca Tilli
- Cello, Composed By [Compositions By]
- Maria Borghi
- Graphic Design
- Giancarlo Nino Locatelli
- Liner Notes
- Gianmaria Aprile
- Mixed By, Edited By, Mastered By
- Pietro Bologna
- Photography By [Inside Photo By]
- We Insist! ets
- Producer [Produced By]
- Tommaso Cancellieri
- Recorded By







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