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ZAFFIRI, ENORE - Musica per un Anno

Format: CD
Label & Cat.Number: Die Schachtel DS17
Release Year: 2008
Note: work from 1968; comes in box w. booklet
Price (incl. 19% VAT): €17.00
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"Throughout his life Enore Zaffiri has dedicated himself to the study of extended time duration in music, from a mathematical and geometrical standpoint. Early in his career, it became evident to him that electronic music was able to open infinite possibilities for this type of experiments. As early as 1964, Zaffiri started to use self-built and modified electronic instruments in order to find a new musical perspective based on a structural principle derived from Euclidean geometry. From this principle he was able to determine the various sound parameters and both the formal and spatial dimensions of his compositions. The seminal project 'Musica per un Anno' (Music for One Year, 1968) was composed and recorded in 1968. Based on a cycle of 360 days, it was conceived as a possible sound track for ambients: the sound events change imperceptibly but continuosly, in relation to months, days, hours and minutes. Every instant of time has its unique music, which merges with the light and the air of the ambient. As this music develops over time, with no clear beginning or end, every minute of it is 'important', when listening to it. A masterpiece.' Deluxe cd box + booklet with graphic score." [label info]

"Die Schachtel is proving to be quite some resource for obscure electronic works, a fact consolidated by this stunning piece of experimental composition from 1968. Using self-made and self-modified electronic instruments, Zaffiri sculpts an hour-long composition that unfolds mesmerically into an extended bleep narrative, sounding absolutely timeless in its precision engineering and tonal purity. After spending a decent amount of time with Musica Per Un Anno, it starts to become all the more bewitching and addictive in its therapeutic dissolution of temporal signifiers. Simultaneously the piece presents an illusion of stasis and restless irregularity, and you really lose all perspective of duration. the deluxe packaging of the release includes diagrams and tables mapping out Zaffiri's working methodologies, which only goes to reinforce the thoroughness and meticulous discipline involved in the production of these sounds. Very highly recommended." [Boomkat]



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