Ricercare

Fabbrica del nulla Experience | Temppeliaukion Kirkko, Helsinki, 2017 | Parco della Musica Auditorium Roma, Italy 2017

Ricercare is a music form used during late Renaissance period and early Baroque. It has been created in order to research the possibilities of the instrument as concerns its expressivity. Girolamo Frescobaldi has been one of the main interpreters of this form.
It is also due to an experience in unique areas such as lonely and remote Himalayan aereas or the shores of Portuguese ocean. The sounds of those lands are the creator elements of most of music contained in the album and, in some tracks they make part of the album as well. In the CD several talented musicians active in the Florentine area play.
In the live performance with sets and videos, set to sounds typical of cultured avant-garde music in its advanced explorations, juxtaposed with moments when the writing becomes more traditional. The performance, conceived as a narrative, a journey through music and images, was well received by audiences in Finland, Sweden, Germany and Italy.

Listen to it here

About the songs…

Puja

It comes from the rhythm sound with which the local lay Nun accompanied the Puja she performed during the ceremony with sherpas and alpinists before starting the climb Himlung Himal, North East of Annapurna region, Nepal.

Laghi sacri

The story in music during crossing Himalayan Khumbu valley sacred lakes region in Nepal, between West col and Amphu Lapcha col.

Amàlia

Dedicated to Amàlia Rodriguez. It originates from the suggestion in front of the villa overlooking the Portuguese ocean that she once owned. With original ocean sound recorded on the occasion…

PRESS

Eppure“Ricercare” (dell’ etichetta fiorentina Spring Art Development) non è un cd classico. O almeno non solo. Vi si fondono tanti generi: minimalismo, jazz, elettronica, rock, etnica. […] Quasi in ogni traccia i suoni prodotti da voci e strumenti (o registrati in natura e manipolati) fluttuano ipnotici, senza peso, come pellegrini smarriti nell’etere. Forse in attesa di trovarsi appaiati a immagini.
la Repubblica | Gregorio Moppi

La musica di ‘Ricercare’ si compone infatti di mille rivoli inafferrabili ora magmatici ed ora volatici, in un fluire ininterrotto che, attraverso melodie romantiche, borbottii impro, echi worlds e sussurri minimal, ha il peso specifico per disegnare traiettorie e spazi sempre diversi, ascolto dopo ascolto.
Blow up | Guido Gambacorta