Like a breath that expands and slowly fades away, “Del Soffio”, Aniello Perduto’s debut for Maple Death Records, takes shape as a single composition lasting just under fifty minutes, stemming from an open score performed at the prestiguous AngelicA | Music Research Center. Amid echoes of European free jazz, electroacoustic improvisation, minimalism, and contemporary music, the trio brings to life an essential and instinctive sound in which every sonic gesture is guided by mutual listening while simultaneously situated within a predefined temporal framework. In fact, the composition is structured to follow the arc of an entire existence, from gestation to death, and places two unknown territories, pre-birth and post-death, at its extremes as boundary thresholds. AMM’s use of space and abrasive sounds, The Residents’ collage-like approach, John Cage’s open scores and liberation of sound, and Giacinto Scelsi’s conception of sound as an object of contemplation and a field of moving forces are some of the starting points from which the trio seeks to create its own sincere synthesis.

Born from the collaboration between Roberto Di Blasio and Marco Porcelluzzi on saxophones and Simone Vincenzini on drums, the trio took shape following the release of “Cade la neve sovrana, vicina è la stella lontana” in 2024, continuing its journey with “Segni Semi” in 2025. With “Del Soffio” the trio achieves a new balance that alternates between rarity and density, momentum and suspension, gesture and silence. Here, every sound seems to come alive in the very instant it is produced; it does not seek to describe precise images but rather suggests ever-changing inner landscapes, like currents of air passing through empty rooms, still bodies of water, or open spaces where time loses its consistency.

While evoking the cycle of life, “Del Soffio” does not imply any specific belief nor does it refer to a particular form of existence; it seeks to avoid imposing a clearly defined imagery, does not claim to represent a definitive or established truth, but rather attempts to create an open space in which the listener is free to move. With “Del Soffio”, Aniello Perduto deliver an intense and deeply open work, a stream of sound that breathes, contracts, and expands without ever stopping, transforming the unpredictability of improvisation into a form of contemplation that continues to resonate even when the last breath seems to have faded away.