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ID: ARNR0192 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Kolektion: Choral CollectionSubkolektion: Choir This recording features harmonic singing, a vocal technique which allows the performer to sing two or more melodic lines simultaneously. Recorded at the famous Cistercian abbey in Senanque, France, the enigmatic voices of The Overtone Choir directed by Michael Vetter, one of the very few contemporary Masters of this transcendental vocal technique, create beautiful vocal textures. These unique harmonic sounds demonstrate that man can be the complete and ultimate musical instrument, and offer a completely new way of approaching music.
format: Digipack with 12 page booklet |
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ID: ARNR0191 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Kolektion: ElectronicSubkolektion: Eletronic Intermezzo Evoking a feeling of infinity, as the album's title suggests, these electronic compositions by Matteo Silva are sonic landscapes in which the listener can lose himself, and in which time and space dissolve into one another. "Ad Infinitum" is a composition in five parts, and a key characteristic is the exploration of immobility within the movement of sound. Although in this work one perceives distant echoes of Cage, Scelsi, Minimalism and Far Eastern music, it is pervaded by an undeniable originality. A true recording for "the third ear". |
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ID: ARNR0108 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Kolektion: World MusicSubkolektion: Traditional format: CD + DVD + Book
Few people know that San Frediano came to Tuscany from Ireland. At the crossroads between the path of the "Florentine" Saint of Ireland and the trail of Whisky Trail, the "Irish" of Florence, this "live" puts itself as an unequalled witness of an event renewing the ancient affinity between Florence and Ireland. CD Book, DVD & CD
Composers: Corsi, Daneo, Sabatini, Bugli, Giuntini, Greppi
Artists: Nicola Neri, Vieri Bugli, Stefano Corsi, Massimo Giuntini, Lorenzo Greppi, Pietro Sabatini, Piero Bubbico, Alberto Massi |
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ID: ARNR0903 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Kolektion: World Musicformat: Digipack with booklet 32 pages
After selling over 150,000 copies abroad, here it is at last in Italy: the controversial "cult" disc of the Mafia's music which traces the origins of the criminal tradition through a repertoire of lyrics from the past that express an old Mafia with a code of honour that no longer exists.
Mimmo Siclari is the scholar and musician who has sought out these old songs of the 'ndrangheta throughout Calabria and has been recording them since the Seventies.
This first volume of the trilogy, SONGS OF THE UNDERWORLD, produced by the Calabrian scholar and photographer, Francesco Sbano, is a collection of eighteen dramatic songs which relate stories of blood, honour and "omertà", showing the old code of the 'ndrangheta and the behaviour of the associates.
This disc is a very important historical document which encourages us to think about the roots of a phenomenon and the current situation in Calabria, as well as being a means of preserving our country's heritage of popular culture.
It also acts as a starting point for reflection upon the phenomenon of the Mafia and of the 'ndranghetta , because it is only by understanding the phenomenon, through to its most secret rites, that we can really free ourselves from it.
"Drink to your friends' health, drink up, because on the 5th December the most trendy and cool cd will be arriving in all the best music stores: "The song of the underworld" or "The music of the Mafia".
It's a real cult disc, produced with an anthropologist's flair by Francesco Sbano and Maximilian Dax: the cd has been a success in Germany and France where it has been on sale since last year and arrives in Italy in perfect time for the next Sanremo Music Festival directed by Tony Renis (...)"
quoted from "Il Foglio" 11/11/2003. |
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ID: ARNR0104 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Kolektion: World Musicformat: Digipack+O-card with Booklet of 40 pages
Trance, Electronica, World, Italy
A new milestone in electronica and trance music. The perfect union between tradition and contemporary art. The ancient sciamanic tarantella ritual reinterpreted by one of it's most known artists in a new, contemporary way. The soundtrack for the perfect spiritual rave by tarantella Guru Antonio Infantino feauturing electronica Master Eraldo Bernocchi.
Antonio Infantino
In 1991 Antonio Infantino receives the AWARD and the HONORIS CAUSA DEGREE in Science, Litterature and Art from the Belgium Real Accademy.
Antonio Infantino was born In Sabaudia (LT) in 1944. "You will never know where does he come from, you won't know where he is going. He moves like clouds". That is what is written about him in an effective decription that begins the volume "Antonio Infantino: danza cosmica, colore, suono ed architettura" published in 1996, by the European Parlament, that host his big anthologic exposition.
The "nomadism" of Infantino, that brings him from Tricarico (not far from Metaponto in Basilicata, residence of the mathematician and philosopher Pitagora) to Florence, Brazil, Belgium, Holland, etc is not only physical but is above all cultural and full of discipline. The "Tarantola dell'arte", this virus that never leaves him and that drives him toward new and original discoveries, makes him becoming an architect (Florence, 1972, Theses on "natural and artificial space, and on the "n" dimensions"), but also a musician, a poet, a painter, a theater producer, an anthropologist, leaving a piece of dream in every field that he has touched.
In 1973/74 he teached the garden's Art in the faculty of architecture of the University of Florence. In Brasil, Belgium, Italy he did some urbans projects, parks, churchs, hospitals, theaters, buldings, houses, appartements, gardens, furnitures and objects, and all those projects has been realized.
Within all "the things made", as he calls them, that made him becoming famous, it is important to remember the constitution of his musical band: "I Tarantolati di Tricatico". When he comes back from Egypt and Creta, Infantino, in 1975, makes a research on the mediterranean arts, remembering the experiences that he lived and creates a new music repertory using the Lacano dialect, with particolar linguistic sonorities, combined with minimal chords and with an important percussion base. Within Antonio Infantino successes with his Tarantolati: "La Gatta Mammona", used again, in 1997, with the band "99 posse", and Infantino's composition "AVOLA", that he played in the Dario Fo show "Ci ragiono e canto".
In 1966 Feltrinelli published some of his compositions as a poet:"I denti cariati e la patria" with a preface made by Fernanda Pivano. He doesn't get in "the italian City of Light" by mistake: Infantino has not only participated at the readings with Allen Ginsberg, but it was also one of the star in the italian beat, as it is said in an article from il Corriere Della Sera, when "il tarantolato" stayed a night in jail because he was going around milan with a crown on his head. An individual that really incarns the best things of the cultures and the spectacles of last 30 years.
Magician, mistic, philosopher and scientist, Infantino put all discipline in one dimention called: Art, that for him means "a brige between the individual mind and the spiritual mind".
Thousands of persons, in Italy and from everywhere in the world, saw his spectacles, expositions, performances, radio and tv shows. The press realized a lot of articles about his work.
In 2003 Infantino has been invited to realize a Special Event About Visual Art, Music, Theater and dance, TARA'n'TRANCE Techno Cathatic Opera, in the gardens of the Biennale di Venezia. |
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ID: ARNR2697 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Kolektion: World MusicSubkolektion: Ethno A blend of special sounds from around the globe, featuring some of our own favorites Amiata's productions such as Gabin Dabiré (Burkina Faso), Igor Koshkendev & Musicians (Tuva), Kecapi Suling (Indonesia) and the Monks of the Sera Jé Monastery (Tibet).
A fascinating perspective on Earth. |
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ID: ARNR2598 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Subkolektion: Ethno From Bombay and Calcutta to London to Chicago, any place that has a large Indian population is likely to be coming up with some interesting East/West hybrids. And such a hybrid can also have an Italian connection; Atman's Eternal Dance, for example, was edited and mastered in Florence, Italy. For Atman, East/West means fusing Indian music with Euro-dance music and electronica. On this CD, synthesizers, keyboard, and samplers are heard alongside traditional, time-honored Indian instruments like the sitar and tabla drums. Another instrument that is employed on Eternal Dance is the shakuhachi, a bamboo flute that doesn't come from either India or Europe; the shakuhachi was brought to Japan by Chinese travelers in the eighth century and went on to become Japan's most famous wind instrument. You would never hear the shakuhachi on a traditional Indian recording, but then, Eternal Dance isn't meant to be a traditional Indian recording. Atman is all about taking liberties with Indian elements, and that not only means being influenced by modern American and European styles, it also means being able to use an instrument that is revered in Japan (where Buddhist monks consider the shakuhachi sacred). While a lot of modern Indian pop favors secular lyrics, Eternal Dance maintains a spiritual, Hindu-minded outlook on haunting tracks like "Dancing With the Goddess," "I Am," and "Govinda." The latter, in fact, takes its name from one of the Hindu deities; in Hinduism, Govinda is believed to be a manifestation of God Almighty. Eternal Dance isn't for Indian purists, but those who hold Indian music, dance music, and electronica in equally high regard will find a lot to admire about this intriguing CD. ˜ Alex Henderson, Rovi All Music Guide |
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ID: ARNR2597 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Subkolektion: New Music format: CD + Book 64 pages
Following the critically acclaimed "Le Ciel de Ma Memoire", "Ape Regina" is the long-awaited album from Milanese composer and musician Andrea Donati.
"Ape Regina" embodies the long hours of creative collaboration shared by Donati and the great contemporay poet, Alda Merini; a true event on the Italian contemporary music scene.
Vocals by Roberta Gambarini and Donati's masterful double bass playing along with the heartfelt participation and precision of leading Italian jazz musicians all contribute to this masterpiece of the new school of Italian songwriting. |
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ID: ARNR2296 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Kolektion: World MusicSubkolektion: Meditation Music Relaxation, Meditation
Music for relaxation and other joys by the well-known ambient music artist and flautist, Adea.
The gentle sound of the flute flows effortlessly on a soft carpet of natural sounds, echoed by the harmony of the piano and the textures of the electronics.
This record is a relaxing soundscape; it is ideal for Shiatsu and Reiki sessions, and as a discreet background for all other relaxing or healing arts. |
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ID: ARNR0103 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Kolektion: Vocal CollectionDiana Garden, lounge, chill out, trendy, electronica, compilation
La Dolce Vita is an album of Euro-chillout as compiled by the Future Loop Foundation, and based in large part upon the repertoire used in mixes at the Diana Majestic hotel, a crossing-grounds for the old and new traditions of fashion and culture in Milan. Here, the beats never get too hard and the riffs never get too loud. There's a definite European atmosphere inherent in the works, with an urban sophistication in the production as well as performances that are made part of the finished mixed products. The bulk of the instrumentation would seem to be keyboards, synths, and drum machines (along with the ever-present soothing vocals), but there are certainly other musicians making themselves heard. "Chunga's Revenge" features cuts from a tango ensemble on bandoneon and violin, "Soft" includes a cut of an old Chicago number, and slight horn sections are present here and there. That said, the focus of a chillout album is rarely the virtuosity of the performers so much as the overall ambience created by the album as a whole. In this respect, the album does an excellent job. It's a casual listen, but there's a wealth of detail to be heard by a listener with the desire to get a deeper effect. Either way, the result is an enjoyable one for those looking for a nice bit of background music for a light evening. ˜ Adam Greenberg |
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