VERTICCHIO, GIUSEPPE — Distant Skylines
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Ethnic field recordings & many original instruments (especially from THAILAND) are carefully woven together on this new work by this italian “experimental world music”-composer, for a more dark ethno-ambience trip !
"Distant Skylines is a superb work. The main sound sources are ethnic instruments (mostly Thai percussions and strings) and voices; both are sometimes digitally processed and transformed into unrecognizable, eerie sounds. 'The Market-Place', 'Village Feast' and 'Children Memories' share this pervading presence of voices, which, mixed with the metallic sounds of the instruments, and a thick subterrean layer of noises (first two tracks), constitute a mind-numbing whirlpool: field recordings of common voices and chants are mixed into layers, looped and processed with an incredible ability and care for detail, and the effect is stunning. 'Late Afternoon at Wat Phra Yai' is a beautiful droning piece: xylophones, cymbals, gongs, mantra-like chants… the most ethereal track of the work. 'Keota's Song' is a short (just a bit more than a minute), sweet track with a baby singing an alphabet song with background windchimes sounds. Verticchio shows an excellent taste in composition - the CD-R assembles different materials but never loses its coherence and the long tracks (3 out of 5 are around 13') are never boring. Moreover, sound quality's extremely high, every detail is clearly audible and there are no flares in the mix - absolutely professional also in this aspect. But possibly the main merit of this work is that it starts with ethnic sources and does give the idea of an 'outer' dimension without falling into cheap exotism or new age naiveté. This is, for real, a sonic experience of the senses and of the soul…" [Chain DLK]
"Distant Skylines is a superb work. The main sound sources are ethnic instruments (mostly Thai percussions and strings) and voices; both are sometimes digitally processed and transformed into unrecognizable, eerie sounds. 'The Market-Place', 'Village Feast' and 'Children Memories' share this pervading presence of voices, which, mixed with the metallic sounds of the instruments, and a thick subterrean layer of noises (first two tracks), constitute a mind-numbing whirlpool: field recordings of common voices and chants are mixed into layers, looped and processed with an incredible ability and care for detail, and the effect is stunning. 'Late Afternoon at Wat Phra Yai' is a beautiful droning piece: xylophones, cymbals, gongs, mantra-like chants… the most ethereal track of the work. 'Keota's Song' is a short (just a bit more than a minute), sweet track with a baby singing an alphabet song with background windchimes sounds. Verticchio shows an excellent taste in composition - the CD-R assembles different materials but never loses its coherence and the long tracks (3 out of 5 are around 13') are never boring. Moreover, sound quality's extremely high, every detail is clearly audible and there are no flares in the mix - absolutely professional also in this aspect. But possibly the main merit of this work is that it starts with ethnic sources and does give the idea of an 'outer' dimension without falling into cheap exotism or new age naiveté. This is, for real, a sonic experience of the senses and of the soul…" [Chain DLK]