29.05.2009
► Meerkat "Kapnos" released by Afe / Grey Sparkle / Ctrl+Alt+Canc / Nighthawks Tapes
Released as a joint venture between Afe, Grey Sparkle, Ctrl+Alt+Canc and Nighthawks Tapes, "Kapnos" by Meerkat is the third chapter of the "Between the Elements" quadrilogy.
"You may recognize these names as Italy's finest in the fields of ambient, electronics, microsound, post guitar" (Frans De Waard, Vital Weekly)
The Meerkat ensemble is formed by a group of musicians working in the field of experimental music, drones, microsounds and field recordings: Adriano Zanni / Punck, Matteo Uggeri / Hue, Luca Sigurtà, Luca Bergero / Fhievel, Davide Valecchi / Aal, Andrea Ferraris / Ics, Fabio Selvafiorita, Paolo Ippoliti (Logoplasm), Laura Lovreglio (Logoplasm) and Andrea Marutti / Amon / Never Known.
The seven tracks on "Kapnos" present a surprising homogeneity in spite of the different attitudes of the artists, which mixed their experiences in each track creating new unforeseen connections, working in pairs or in threesome on each track.
Here's some laudatory quotes:
"The music is excellent - a fine mixture of styles and interests from these guys. All the elements one would expect are there, the field recordings, drones, ambience, microscopic detailed sounds. Great stuff here." (Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly)
"Seven crossed collaborations among the beautiful minds of the Italian experimental electronic scene" (Paolo Bertoni, Blow Up)
"A coherent and unitary suite of seven movements that tend to a sound [...] of unique beauty" (Vittore Baroni, Rumore)
Point your browser here to download mp3 excerpts from the album and to read a complete press release and full reviews. Copies are available for sale through the Afe mail-order.
► Meerkat "Kapnos" released by Afe / Grey Sparkle / Ctrl+Alt+Canc / Nighthawks Tapes
Released as a joint venture between Afe, Grey Sparkle, Ctrl+Alt+Canc and Nighthawks Tapes, "Kapnos" by Meerkat is the third chapter of the "Between the Elements" quadrilogy.
"You may recognize these names as Italy's finest in the fields of ambient, electronics, microsound, post guitar" (Frans De Waard, Vital Weekly)
The Meerkat ensemble is formed by a group of musicians working in the field of experimental music, drones, microsounds and field recordings: Adriano Zanni / Punck, Matteo Uggeri / Hue, Luca Sigurtà, Luca Bergero / Fhievel, Davide Valecchi / Aal, Andrea Ferraris / Ics, Fabio Selvafiorita, Paolo Ippoliti (Logoplasm), Laura Lovreglio (Logoplasm) and Andrea Marutti / Amon / Never Known.
The seven tracks on "Kapnos" present a surprising homogeneity in spite of the different attitudes of the artists, which mixed their experiences in each track creating new unforeseen connections, working in pairs or in threesome on each track.
Here's some laudatory quotes:
"The music is excellent - a fine mixture of styles and interests from these guys. All the elements one would expect are there, the field recordings, drones, ambience, microscopic detailed sounds. Great stuff here." (Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly)
"Seven crossed collaborations among the beautiful minds of the Italian experimental electronic scene" (Paolo Bertoni, Blow Up)
"A coherent and unitary suite of seven movements that tend to a sound [...] of unique beauty" (Vittore Baroni, Rumore)
Point your browser here to download mp3 excerpts from the album and to read a complete press release and full reviews. Copies are available for sale through the Afe mail-order.