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U.Fiorentino & C. Quartarone | II • 33rpm Vinile 180gr. Signed/numbered edition
Vinyl 12'' 180 gram, black 33RPM. Numbered and signed edition
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II - Fiorentino & Quartarone
A vinyl destined to become a collector's item!
Their music, in perfect balance between formal rigour and freedom of improvisation, is a careful look at the state of the art of the modern guitar. Tunes from the American jazz tradition become a pretext for the development of dreamy atmospheres and surprising harmonic and melodic realisations. More than a traditional album, it is a homage to the art of improvisation that winks at classical music and the counterpoint of early music.
The first album 'Anamorfosi' was recorded in one long, full-day studio session in November 2019, to which an additional track was added, namely the opening track of the album that was later released in 2022. The two artists met again in February 2022, giving themselves a margin of five days to record new tracks; stretching time and following the creative vein; playing from morning to night; according to inspiration and stopping when necessary. "Before we started, we considered what we would like to play," the two guitarists recount. "With the goals set, the rest came by itself. It only took three days." Another year, then, to arrange the pieces and listen to the recordings, and then the phone call to Birdbox Records patron Lorenzo Vella: "Would you like to do the follow-up to Anamorfosi?"
'II' is a more 'rational' album. "That's what happens," laughs Quartarone, "when you lock Fiorentino and Quartarone in a room to create music!" Fiorentino and Quartarone are two visionary composer-improvisers who converse effortlessly, the former on semi-acoustic guitar and the latter on classical guitar. Both fans of electronic music, Fiorentino and Quartarone also wanted to include, in a couple of tracks, loops made by recording percussive sounds on the guitar itself. All in all, the listening sensation is that of a single, great guitar.
"II" comprises eight tracks, which have, as a common thread, a matrix in the repeated use of the blues form with a broad development.
Nightingale Studios, Palombara Sabina (RM)
Recorded in May 2022. Mixed and mastered in February 15-16th 2023
℗© 2023 Birdbox Records s.r.l.s.
