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My Cat Is An Alien, Enore Zaffiri

Through The Magnifying Glass Of Tomorrow

LabelAtavistic

FormatCD + DVD

GenreExperimental

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Clandestine auteurs the Opalio Brothers (aka My Cat Is An Alien) have deftly sprinkled our solar system with their beautifully fragile, arcane soundscape/tracks via their own Opax label, as well as multimedia collaborations with vanguards such as Sonic Youth, Christian Marclay, Keiji Haino, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Text Of Light, Jim O'Rourke, Mats Gustafsson, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Christina Carter Of Charalambides, Jackie- O Motherfucker & Black Magic Disco --- and even have been commissioned to design a T-shirt for The Wire. Atavistic is most definitely thrilled to have the pleasure of releasing Through The Magnifying Glass Of Tomorrow, a freshly-minted collaboration with one of the pioneers of radical Italian electronic music, Enore Zaffiri. Mr. Zaffiri, composer and founder of the legendary Smet (Studio di Musica Elettronica di Torino) in 1964, is 80 years old and has been a 'reclused' artist for decades. After meeting Maurizio and Roberto, he decided to set up a collaborative project with them. Their recordings from the Western Alps of Bella Italia, Through The Magnifying Glass, a CD+DVD release running over two hours, is the haunting result from the gathering of these fellow musical cosmonauts." DVD contents: Robert Opalio's dual film "Light_Earth_Blue_Silver. (soundtrack by My Cat Is An Alien, 37 minutes, 4:3, color stereo) and Enore Zaffiri's video painting "Trasparenze" (soundtrack by Enore Zaffiri, 48 minutes, 4:3, color, stereo).

Details
Cat. number: ALP189CD, ALP189DVD
Year: 2009

Release notes

CD contents: Recorded on February 7th, 2008 at My Cat Is An Alien's Alien Zone studio, Western Alps, Italy. No overdubs, no outtakes. © 2008 My Cat Is An Alien & Enore Zaffiri. DVD contents: 'Light_Earth_Blue_Silver' Dual film by Roberto Opalio Filmed in January 2005. Final edit June 2008. 2008 ❘ 37 minutes ❘ 4:3 ❘ color ❘ stereo. © 2005-2008 Opax Film Production. "Trasparenze" Video painting by Enore Zaffiri 2004 ❘ revised 2008. 2008 ❘ 48 minutes ❘ 4:3 ❘ color ❘ stereo. © 2004-2008 Enore…

Tracklist
CD-1Improvisation #125:22
CD-2Improvisation #215:46
DVD-1Light_Earth_Blue_Silver37:00
DVD-2Trasparenze48:00
Credits
Enore Zaffiri
Electronics [Real-time Recoding Of Reel To Reel Tapes] (CD-1, CD-2), Film Director (DVD-2)
Roberto Opalio
Film Director (DVD-1), Vocals, Guitar [Electric Astral], Effects [Space Toys], Toy Piano, Bodhrán, Percussion, Electronics [Alientronics] (CD-1, CD-2)
Maurizio Opalio
Guitar [Electric Alien], Glockenspiel, Temple Bells [Tibetan Bell], Percussion (CD-1, CD-2)
Ramona Ponzini
Photography By [Group Photo]

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