Aug 102011
 This disc will play in stereo on a CD player and with film and 5.1 surround sound (or stereo) on a DVD player or computer. The music, as always, is prodigious, sounding like a small band, but played by one person in real time (as the film attests). In this format, you can also see the instrument close-to – a highly rebuilt and extended giant Sardinian guitar – with many sympathetic and extra strings, motor driven hurdy gurdy wheels, whirling strings, springs and other appendages, played, like a cello, vertically, with bow, fingers, plectra and machines. However Heath Robinson it may appear, however, it is clearly, under Paolo’s hands, a highly serious and extraordinarily flexible beast – that requires and has given rise to new playing techniques. The programme of compositions here navigates through highly organised additive rhythms, freer Frith-like pointillism and some seemingly impossible mini-orchestrations. The film, professionally made, follows the performance, occasionally interpolating abstract passages and processed images. A remarkable player with a unique instrument, playing a music entirely his own. DOWNLOAD WHOLE ALBUM (audio portion only): MP3 – £6.99 FLAC – £9.99 Buy album as CD (£12.50 POST FREE)
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| 1. Linee | listen: |
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| 2. Linee in Transizione (Desired Constellation) | listen: |
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| 3. Ferri | listen: |
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| 4. Ferri in Transizione (Tra una gamba e l’altra) | listen: |
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| 5. Mani | listen: |
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| 6. Ritagli di Tempo | listen: |
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| 7. Persone e Forme (Specchi d’arancia) | listen: |
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| 8. Bucato (Etterbeek) | listen: |
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| 9. Misteri (Stabat – Tibi) | listen: |
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