Å (which is the first and the last letter of some Scandinavian alphabet) is a young trio of musicians on violin, exotic percussions, theremin, guitar, synth and piano, who have created a remarkably original world of sound. Although one can hear occasional influences from kraut rock style and the early minimalism, this sound is uniquely Italian in its sense of sound, space and time. An imaginative, meditative, bizarre, courageous and nostalgic music consisting in spontaneous compositions and improvisations, lately arranged by Xabier Iriondo, and mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi - the result of four or five long free-form improvisations, resonating of minimal drones à la Tony Conrad, largos for piano that sound like a raw Luciano Cilio, strange electrified noises, and percussive inventions

"A distinctive style, though and cuts from big raw guitar chords to pithy piano sonatas, to electronics with distant wailing vocals to mbira loops - all to great effect" The Wire

Davvero Eccellente (Blow Up)

floaty vocals, glitchy electronics, and birdlike horn warble... all woven together gorgeously and with a sense of the dramatic. Very very nice. As is the packaging too! (Aquarius)

This is the best new Italian disc to be produced since the last Baustelle (Yoox)

Davvero un bel lavoro! (Sound and Silence)

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