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Nell'alto dei giorni immobili
The album is dedicated to Fausto Romitelli and includes his composition for six instruments "Nell'alto dei giorni immobili" in a unique live recording by the finnish ensemble Zagros with the addition of a double bass as a seventh instrument, that was requested for that special performance by the composer himself.Alongside Romitell's piece, four remixes are presented as the winners of the Sincronie Remix 2011 competition, realized by Diego Capoccitti (Italy), Neil Kaczor (UK), Andrea Mancianti (I…
Ictus Ensemble
A sensational LP... That's it! A A creative collaboration between italian composer Riccardo Nova and belgian Ictus Ensemble: Riccardo Nova concentrated on the art of the ‘drone’, on the dividing line between certain works of contemporary music (such as those of the composer Giacinto Scelsi) and trance rock, a hypnotic music consisting of long, sustained compact chords with an expressive incantatory power. At that time, Nova systematically combined parts for acoustic instruments with a ‘mirror-im…