Autumn is Coming We’re All in Slow Motion
[Hibernate,2010]
Verovatno album sa najboljim naslovima pesama ove godine...
Matteo Uggeri and Andrea Ferraris met after having shared a series of collaborations with noise-ambient icons like Maurizio Bianchi/MB and Andrea Marutti/Amon. "Autumn is coming, we´re all in slow motion", is the result of their mutual interest in searching for the most balanced blend of experimental music and melody. The work has been recorded and assembled trying to recreate a sort of "ordinary-life" environment and to give this aural-diary the shape of a soundtrack. During this process, an incredible array of field-recordings and instruments were used with the main premise of creating an experimental yet melancholic record. This collaborative effort brought together the magic touch of Japanese musician Mujika Easel (Eisi, Mono, Taylor Deupree), that here is featured on piano and vocals, with Andrea Serrapiglio (Carla Bozulich´s Evangelista, Barbara De Dominicis...) who, beside playing cello, took care of the mastering. The field-recordings were taken from all around Italy and central Europe, while the rest of the music was recorded in Milan, Alessandria and Tokyo.
Ferraris and Uggeri push field recordings to the fore and every track is concerned with the interplay between the sounds of the world around us and acoustic instrumentation. The true magic of this album is the way that both of these elements are integrated through finely judged electronic manipulation. Field recordings subtly morph to reflect musical patterns, loop to develop rhythmic accompaniment or wax and wane to provide moments of introspective focus on the melodic elements. Likewise, the guitar, piano, cello and voices that make up the bulk of the melodic components are subjected to an array of manipulative tricks that allow them to dance, stutter, dissolve and expand within the frame provided by the field recordings. There is not a note or sound out of place across any of the tracks which range from mournful cello-led laments, through expansive vocal ambience, to intimate plucked guitar pieces. This collection of approaches prevents the album from becoming bogged down in any one style, yet there is an unmistakeable unity to the pieces here – a real coherence amongst the variety on display.
Having discovered some shared interests in their pursuit of melodic yet highly experimental music, this duo set about creating sonic environments linked in to the auditory phenomena of everyday life, assembling a collage of field recordings and instrumental pieces in conjunction with fellow musicians Mujika Easel (best known for work with Mono, Taylor Deupree and Eisi), who provides piano/vocals, and Andrea Serrapiglio (of Carla Bozulich's Evangelista), who played cello and mastered the finalised mixes. The Autumnal aspect of the title proves to be a pertinent reference this music's feel; the album's sound is somehow melancholic and glazed over with a certain reverberant finish that brings to mind Harold Budd's most atmospheric recordings - on a piece such as 'Wetting The Garden...' or the wonderful sung piece 'Windscreen Wiper, A Walk Through The Snow' there's a discernible sense of a location, activity, and most elusively, the mood these artists were trying to convey.
01 whispers, screams and steps in a library, disables playing with bagatelle
02 steps on leaves, kids on skateboard, steps in the mud
03 creek of church door, wedding celebration
04 windscreen-wiper, a walk through the snow
05 friend sleeping, people swimming in the pool, doors, workout and water bottles
06 bicycles, football, volley and other sports in a public park, with birds all around
07 wetting the garden and hitting metal sculptures, dog snarl...
08 zapping tv at home, old clock charging and then wakling on the wooden floor...
