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fhievel: preghiera per una stella

Track List:

1.  Preghiera per una stella  22:38

Description:

Luca Bergero was born in Italy in 1980. If his electronic engineering studies helped his meeting with algorhytmic composition, at the same time they gave way to his crisis for technologic music pushing him to the concrete sound.

His constant doubt, the desire to bring back art to the state of an unconditioned phenomenon - finally back in man's hands - and the necessity for development, contribute to a severe creation balanced between opposite sound sources.

In 2003 his lowercase work "Vetri di carta" was produced by S’agita Recordings. In February 2005 the Portuguese label Creative Sources Recordings released "Pocket Progressive", a trio improvisation recorded along with Luca Sigurtà and Claudio Rocchetti. His latest full-lenght work, "Le baptême de la solitude", was released in late 2005 by Petite Sono].

"Preghiera per una stella" (Prayer for a Star) is a long track composed in Spring 2006. Mainly built on long drones and tones, this release marks a definitive departure from Fhievel's ultra-minimal / microsound early works.

Tiny concrete / electroacoustic elements are added along the road, as the drones flow in and out of the mix. Althought being very quiet and gentle, the music is far from being just sonic wallpaper, demanding concentrarion to the listener.

"Luca Bergero è un autore sensibile e coraggioso, che ama rimettersi continuamente in gioco evitando sia le spiagge affollate sia la sicurezza dei focolari domestici, e negli approdi della sua navigazione c'è sempre un piccolo spazio riservato per tutti coloro che vogliono sfuggire dai calappi del luogo comune."
Sound and Silence [more]

"Un ottimo lavoro dai suoni come sempre curatissimi e affascinanti."
Rocklab [more]

"This is music that works with a small amount of basic material and uses it effectively to draw the listener into its quiet, unassuming and undeniably beautiful world."
Paris Transatlantic [more]

"Forget the electro-acoustic skill of Bergero and leave space for a drone oriented 3" MiniCD where Fhievel shows an incredible talent. The basic sound reminds of an organ keyboard, but it's well mixed with some other sounds in a really soft manner so that you'll probably simply swim into it..."
Chain D.L.K. (1) [more]

"Un flusso sonoro che si muove per chiaroscuri emozionali al fine di rappresentare (forse) il suono di una stella ed in cui la raggelante rarefazione della seconda parte sembra mettere in musica il desolato vuoto cosmico. Una composizione di una algida bellezza."
SentireAscoltare [more]

"E' l'alba di una nuova stagione quella raccontata da Fhievel, della quiete dopo la tempesta, della rinascita dopo l'esplosione di una supernova la cui luce brilla interminabilmente nello spazio. Il suono è sospeso, come una nota tirata all'infinito, luminoso e accogliente..."
Kathodik [more]

"Fhievel seems to have revised and integrated his earlier, harsher microsound style in a rich and ecstatic minimalism. There are crackles and soft digital/organic debris, but only streaking a warm, organ-like drone, or better, its various movements within the composition... A heartfelt piece, put together with elegance and passion at the same time."
Chain D.L.K. (2) [more]

"Ispirato da un viaggio in Malaysia, "Preghiera per una stella" possiede il respiro del primo contatto con l'eterno. Modulato su drones, il suono s'alza e scompare ma non lascia mai il vuoto, genera un silenzio "caldo", lo spazio per una Presenza."
Blow Up [more]

"Preghiera per una stella" follows the oceanic, micro tonal ambiences of previous Fhievel's works but reach them into religious proportions. This album delicately focuses on contemplative, introspective gestures and mantra-like droning electronics. This extended drone epic is interesting in the way slow moving ideas are meticulously combined... A breathtaking effort that oscillates between Eliane Radigue trancey minimalism, Andrew Chalk's shimmering dark ambiences and Tangerine Dream's "Zeit"."
Prog Archives [more]