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    Three panels fold 15x15 cm digifile, photos by Matteo Uggeri and Alberto Carozzi, artwork by stella*nera

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about

In 2016 I attended a workshop based on the act of improvisation in music, directed by Nicola Guazzaloca with Luca Serrapiglio at Valdapozzo, a very special location in North-West Italy, actually a sort of self-managed place for artistic experimentation, housed into an old farmhouse.
By this experience, as we noticed that some good music was in the air, we decided to develop a full record, and so we did it with the help of Andrea Serrapiglio, Luca’s brother, who’s also a sound engineer.
The album was named “Piccola orchestra artigianale degli improvvisatori di Valdapozzo” and was produced by Marco Pandin and then and published by his label stella*nera.
In 2017, for the official launch of that record, a special happening was then organised in Valdapozzo, with hours of collective music improvisation. After the show I was talking with Marco Pandin, and he told me that he was shocked by a particular thing I did at the end of the performance, that consisted on a long fading out at the guitar, almost unplaying it but keeping a sort of never-ending feedback alive. He asked me to think about those last five minutes, and trying to make some recordings with that spirit, as he needed that for a personal project based on some writings he did.
On early April 2018, in my home studio, I did these recordings, playing as less as possible on my electric guitar, and without any other intervention or overdub. After that, I sent the recordings to Matteo Uggeri, that wasn’t involved at all in all the previous project, but he’s a long time companion in our common band Sparkle in Grey, and as he enjoyed them a lot. I therefore asked him to add something.
The result is what you can hear on this record.
Alberto Carozzi


Alberto sent me those 5 recordings in late Spring 2019 saying something like “I think you’ll like this”. I did. At the point that I’ve worked on the equalizations first, and I messed up a bit the structure, trying to not affect the sound timbre, that was nearly perfect to me. I afterwards thought that tribal beats would have added some light to it, so I mixed the guitar drones with sampled and reworked drums. Alberto enjoyed it a lot.
A last addition was some random element, as I wanted some tingling high pitched sound to enlarge the spectrum and provide the needed mess. One evening I’ve asked my two daughters (2 and 5 years old) to sit on a bed and play Tibetan bells, an Indian feet ghungroo bell (that was given me as a gift by Alberto years ago) and egg maracas shakers, all while listening to the whole album.
A long and complex editing of such very messy recording followed, and – as said – the final result is what you can hear on this record.
Matteo Uggeri

credits

released March 3, 2020

Alberto Carozzi: guitars, effects
Matteo Uggeri: beats, samples
Tibetan bells, Indian feet ghungroo bell, egg maracas shakers and backing vocals by Nora and Olivia Uggeri

Recorded (separately) by Carozzi and Uggeri in 2018 and 2019
Mixed by Matteo Uggeri in 2019
Mastered by Ian Hawgood in 2019
Photos by Alberto Carozzi and Matteo Uggeri, artwork by Stefano Gentile

Labels: stella*nera / silentes / dethector / grey sparkle

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