...according to our Brett on Thu 11 Feb, 2010.
Hmm...This is quite pretty in a Flau/Expanding/Moteer sort of way. Only one track in and it's already seamlessly switched from slightly Steve Reich-y percussion repetitions to lush strings to subtle electronics and back again for another pass. As things go on an instrumental pattern emerges, favouring twinkling pianos, bubbling synths and the gentle knock of the occasional beat all in the service of an incredibly serene atmosphere. I'm imagining that I'm laid up by a soft-focus mountain stream, wearing a toga and being fed grapes by cuddly cyborg nymphs. And not sat in this filthy, messy manpit.Distances between places, times, different beings collide and
become fragments in each of the 13 tracks of the second Obsil’
album.
These compositions are characterized by a visionary and
evocative mood originated by melodic grains, sometimes
deranged, that stand out on an ethereal soundscape generated by a
fusion between original and complexes synthetic sounds,
instruments from the symphonic orchestra, and a myriad of field
recordings. The sounds flow quickly and fade away in the air,
breaking melodies that they suddenly recreate.
Distances is the yield of a constant quotidian work of musical
research and sonic experimentation, a sort of sound-diary where
the peculiarity of the environment in which the album was
composed breaks into every track: in fact, every field recordings
present in the album was taken in Val di Merse (Siena, Tuscany),
the place where Giulio Aldinucci was born and lives..
01. Brucia; reciso luccicante 3:44
02. V.Santo 3:15
03. Ritorno (il Cielo in mezzo) 2:43
04. Gomitoli 4:05
05. Just Some important places 3:07
06. Sub ficinulae 3:01
07. Sui tornanti; prima del mare 2:38
08. Terra rossa [rendering] bruma alle zolle 3:47
09. B. V. 1-6-08, notte (ombre di una
scordata armonia) 2:26
10. Ancora vento fra le campane di Davide 2:17
11. A Veglia 3:44
12. Details 3:21
13. 1+1=1 6:21
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