‘Songs Of Stone’ is coming out this March,10 via Subsound Records
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Release: March, 10
Genres: experimental, dark, noire.
Label: Subsound Records
Format: 10’ vinyl|DR
Tracklist: 1. No Respite 2. A Shadow Sparkles On The Ancient 3. At The Bottom Of The Stone 4. Between The Eyes 5. Heavy In The Bowels |
“Songs of stone” is a musical project based on several epigrams, elegies and laments that Gabriele Tinti composed inspired by epigraphs from the ancient world. It arises from the wish to sustain the necessary link that joins us to the rituals of the past. The inscription on durable material was one of the languages the ancients used to oppose the transience of oral expression, wishing to conserve their words in time. Tinti gathers these ideas to create verses he entrusts to the actor’s interpretation, thus combining the impression of the spoken word and the visual participation of the words in stone. The readings are made by Malcolm McDowell, a star of numerous cult films including A Clockwork Orange, If… and Caligula. Tinti’s words and the actor’s vocal performance are put together by Massimo Pupillo in a work intended to transgress the confines between reality and ancient mythology. Massimo has created an imaginary landscape, creating a visionary theatre for Gabriele Tinti ‘s words, a sound world born and based on the precise and eloquent vocal timbre of Malcolm McDowell Using a plethora of different sources, various synthesis, samples of eastern European choirs, processing McDowells’ voice, ‘Songs of Stone’ will bring the listener in a twilight zone between dreams and mythology, where remote past and future horizons meet. |
‘Songs Of Stone’ is coming out March, 10 via Subsound Records. |
Pre-order the LP here. |
BIO: |
MASSIMO PUPILLO |
Massimo Pupillo is mostly known for being the founding member of Zu, with whom he has released 18 albums and played more than 2000 shows around the world. He has also kept a very open and multidisciplinary approach that led him to work with some of the most acclaimed figures in today’s world of arts: Romeo Castellucci, Chiara Guidi (of legendary avant garde theatre group Societas Raffaello Sanzio), American choreographer Meg Stuart, French opera star Marie-Agnes Gillot, contemporary dance group Dewey Dell, world renown dancer Yaman Okur, etc. He has collaborated live and on record with avant-garde musicians and composers such as Alvin Curran (founder of Musica Elettronica Viva in 1966), with world-famous piano duo of Katia & Marielle Labeque, with classical music virtuosos such as Viktoria Mullova and Giovanni Sollima. In the world of rock music he has collaborated with some of the most important names of the international scene, such as Mike Patton (Faith No More), Thurston Moore, Jim O’ Rourke (Sonic Youth), Guy Picciotto & Joe Lally (Fugazi), Buzz Osbourne (Melvins), Damo Suzuki (CAN), etc. In free-improvised music he worked with Peter Brotzmann, Toshinori Kondo, Tony Buck (The Necks/ Swans) etc.. In the experimental music scene he has collaborated with Oren Ambarchi, David Tibet (Current 93), Thighpaulsandra (Coil), FM Einheit (Einstürzende Neubauten), Stephen O’ Malley (Sunn O)))), Christina Vantzou, Daniel O’Sullivan, Andrea Belfi, Abul Mogard, Mick Harris (Scorn), Gordon Sharp (Cindytalk & This Mortal Coil), and many-many more. Between Zu, solo work and collaborations, Massimo released more than 80 albums and played 3000 shows all over the world. |
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