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Remember post rock? We do. We remember bucket loads of serious young men doing quiet loud dynamics and not singing very much. We used to sell tonnes of the bloody stuff. Its tailed off in recent years with only the mammoth bands remaining, Mogwai have a new album out soon, Sigur Ros probably own Iceland by now and from Italy Giardini Di Miro have soundtracked a film and released it on CD. It has to be said that its expertly done. Beautifully recorded, each song starting quietly and slowly gathering pace with such things as strings and clarinets joining the carefully picked guitars and subtle drumming. You probably have to wait until track 7 before they really let rip with guitars gradually becoming more distorted and the dynamics reach Godspeed like proportions. They are expert in adding little twists and melodic progressions which keep it interesting so its not just random start quiet, end loud stuff, there's things going on beneath the surface. For fans of Mogwai, Godspeed, Sigur Ros, I Like Trains, etc etc etc.
Giardini di Mirò is a band from Cavriago, Italy. To date they've released four full-length albums, a multitude of EPs, remixes and exclusive tracks for compilations. While not working with the band, GDM's members engage in solo projects, tapping into sounds and genres one would not necessarily expect from a band deeply routed in guitar music. The band also collaborated with and commissioned remixes from artists like Cyne, Dntl, Hood, Alias, Apparat, Piano Magic, Opiate, Isan and Herrmann & Kleine. Giardini Di Mirò has been on City Centre Offices' watch for almost ten years now and they are thrilled to release "Il fuoco" Il fuoco Translated "The Fire", Il fuoco compiles music for Giovanni Pastrone's silent movie of the same name. Released in 1915, the movie is considered to be a masterpiece of early 20th century italian cinema. In October 2006, the "Museo Nazionale Del Cinema" in Turin commissioned the band to compose and perform a new soundtrack for the movie. After an incredible success in one live show, the band decided to turn the soundtrack into a proper album, taking the music composed for the film several steps further and adding new ideas. "Il fuoco" is Giardini di Mirò's most ambitious work to date.
Giardini di Mirò's first release for City Centre Offices is the soundtrack for Giovanni Pastrone's silent movie from 1915 of the same title.
The soundtrack was originally commissed by Italy's national film museum in 2006 and later reworked into an album
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