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Umberto Petrini: Ooze (Splasc)
Petrini is an italian pianist rooted in the tradition of Thelonious Monk with
a touch of free jazz and a lyrical approach that reminds us of late romantic
sonatas (check out "Un verso di Eluard"). A profound "sentimental mood" propels
each of his 11 original meditations in an orbit of its own. The decadent and
moody pace of the melodies reflects the hybrid style of the performer, who is
not content with the jazz traditions and delves (sometimes ferociously) into
minimalist and serialist diversions, who shuns happy endings and often nests
his plots in fragmented, cubist structures. In the end Petrini's music shows
feeling and feelings, solemnly European but deeply african, at the same time
abstract and earthly, conceptual but only to a point.
SPLASC
c/o Senz'H
V.Roma 11
20151 Arcisate
Italy
Le Forbici Di Manitu`: Luther Blissett/ The original soundtracks (Alchemax)
The Cd collects the soundtracks composed for a brazilian director by the
Italian collective Le Forbici Di Manitu`. The occasional nature of the music
might explain the extremely diverse styles of these electronic songs.
The common theme is collage: the band constructs structures out of incoherent
sounds pasted together in wild and disconnected ways.
The outcome is more often engaging than pretentious, alternating techno-pop to
an organ chorale complete with gregorian chants.
Every element of the harmony seems inert and abstract to the point of
pure art per art, with no other referent than the sound it is making.
Alchemax Industries
c/o Vox Pop
v. Bergognone 31
20144 Milano
Italy