What We Do When in Silence

Featuring: Alessandra Novaga, Nicola Ratti, Enrico Malatesta

Huge Tip! * Limited edition of 300 copies, Embossed cover, comes with insert and postcard * Killer record here! Three Italian heavyweights doing what they do best - radical improvisation that sits somewhere between electronics, silence, and pure Mediterranean mystery. This is the real deal. Nicola Ratti, Alessandra Novaga, and Enrico Malatesta - three names you need to know if you're serious about contemporary improvised music.

The sound? Imagine if AMM had been born in Southern Europe with laptops and preparations instead of guitars and radios. Imagine if the silence of John Cage met the warmth of Italian stone buildings. Imagine improvisation so deep, so focused, so present that you forget where the electronics end and the acoustic sounds begin. This is music that lives and breathes - nothing decorative here, nothing "atmospheric" in that boring new age sense. This is CREATIVE MUSIC at its finest!

Enrico Malatesta - you know, the percussionist who's been working with Eliane Radigue - is absolutely amazing. One of those players who makes you rethink what percussion even is. Nicola Ratti's electronics are subtle, sophisticated, never showing off but always essential. And Alessandra Novaga brings this beautiful approach to processing and transforming sound in ways that feel both ancient and totally now. Together they create something special, something rare.

Holidays Records - consistently one of the most interesting labels coming out of Italy these days. They get it. They understand what improvisation needs to be. Embossed cover, limited to 300 copies - this will not stick around. Trust me on this one. If you're into the deeper zones of improvised music, if you collect labels like Erstwhile, Another Timbre, Ftarri, if names like Toshimaru Nakamura, Radu Malfatti, or Keith Rowe mean something to you - you need this record.

Highest recommendations! Go for it!