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SILENZIO

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1.	Thomas 03:44	lyrics	buy track
Nejlevnější cigarety z Litvy A ještě mi jich tu pár zbylo Někde na předměstí v mlze paneláků Divím se, jak rychle se ochladilo Podél šedých zdí nesou se měkké kroky V pravidelném rytmu měšťácké poslušnosti Ve stejný čas celé roky Berou almužnu všednosti Za prahy malých, temných místností Kouřím a dívám se Jak soukolí času rozemílá domy v prach Síly stáří a zla tiše plíží se chodbami Při vyčkávání na svůj neodvratný triumf Zasévají v lidských srdcích strach Slunce ještě nevychází a lidé už jdou spát Jen televizní obrazovky šíří štěstí V bytech někde na předměstí
2.	Elaheh 05:24	info	buy track
3.	Gabriele 06:13	info	buy track
4.	Diego 06:01	info	buy track
5.	Daniele 04:36	info	buy track
6.	Dimitrios 05:51	lyrics	buy track
Voice: Dimitrios Kaitsis Music: Valerio Marras
7.	Giona 05:08	info	buy track
8.	Sarah 04:57	info	buy track

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"Silenzio" has been recorded and mixed during the lockdown due to the covid19 pandemic.

The record counts eight witnesses - Thomas Malotin, Elaheh Mohammadbaghban, Gabriele Gasparotti, Diego Pani, Daniele Borri, Dimitrios Kaitsis, Giona Vinti, Sarah Kristof - concerning their experiences of this historical period, which includes thoughts in Czech, Farsi (Persian), Sardo (Sardinian language), German recorded in the United States, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy.

Every sound on this record was recorded, sampled, demolished and rebuilt between the four walls of my house, except the voices (of any kind) of the protagonists.

Artwork by the artist Paolo "Animamundi" Sanna; the birds on the cover represents the nature that has taken over its spaces when humanity had to stop.

Mastering by Nicola Olla at Blacktooth Studio, already on the desk for “A Bolu, in C” (2017 - Talk about records) and “Four Movements of a Shade” (2018 - Midira records).

"Silenzio" represents what I have felt and perceived for months.

"Silenzio" represents the stillness.

"Silenzio" is a soundtrack of witnesses, experiences, lives and - for this reason - it was not conceived to be perfect.

"Silenzio" is an untranslatable word in Sardinian language because in our ancient reality it didn't need a real word to be described or defined.

"Silenzio" is a concept that has come back with arrogance in our current reality on several levels, in particular social, generational and political.

Dedicated to whom has been there from the beginning,
to whom was there and is no longer,
to whom will always be there.

Valerio Marras
S A R R A M

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released September 4, 2020

Recorded and Mixed by Valerio Marras in Via Gioberti, Nuoro - Sardegna

Mastering by Nicola Olla | Blacktooth Studio, Cagliari - Sardegna

Artwork by Paolo Sanna - Animamundi

| PRESS |

"Si fa Silenzio quando si ascolta. Qui c'è molto da ascoltare" 7/8 - Blow Up - Dec.2020

"Se per John Cage il silenzio rappresentava la liberazione del suono dalla schiavitù dell'intenzione, in tempi di pandemia assume connotati più tristemente legati alla contingenza, trasformandosi in una condizione di vita, in uno status sociale" Artribune - Oct. 2020

"Il silenzio letteralmente esplode tra i solchi di questo lavoro, si frappone tra il nostro passo e un futuro prossimo nel quale, con molta probabilità, tornerà a far fiorire ricordi paurosamente in debito di ossigeno." Diserzioni / Sherwood.it - Nov.2020

"Una stasi densa e inquieta, un’apparente immobilità che lentamente divora il vorticoso fluire del tempo contemporaneo per restituirci ad una dimensione silente e ponderata.
In attesa che le ombre vengano spazzate via da una ritrovata, calda luce." So What - Oct.2020

"Per una volta il famigerato “disco nato nel periodo del lockdown” non è una vergognosa pippa autoreferenziale (lo stesso, inutile album che sarebbe uscito anche prima, ammantato dall’alone di dramma per provare a darsi un tono) ma un lavoro che ha senso come testimonianza, ma anche come interpretazione del vissuto di questo strano periodo." Sodapop - Jan.2021

"Este é um trabalho mais difícil de absorver mas que é uma boa surpresa principalmente para quem gosta da faceta mais ambient e experimental." 8/10 - WOM Mag - Nov.2020

"Un lavoro che va ben oltre il soundscaping, l’improvvisazione, la scrittura, un tentativo di voler plasmare entità eteree – paure, percezioni, speranze – fino a fonderle in forme musicali compiute, nella ricerca di una loro visione altra, oscura, indefinita e, solo apparentemente, imperscrutabile." Sa Scena Sarda - Oct. 2020

"El risultado es muy ambiental y demasiado minimalista haciendo un uso mayor de sintatizadores para crear sonidos que te envuelven y trasmiten calma" Dargedik | Sept.2020

The Attic Mag | staff Picks - September

Blow Up | Playlist 2020 - December

Idioteq - Premiere - Sept.2020

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