Sandro Mussida & Francesco Fabris
STILL~AEOLIAN
DRM4197
October 25, 2024
Digital
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From Sandro Mussida…
Traditional wisdom references trees as transcendental forces and antennas of the divine. For some tribes, trees were means of intercommunication, representing the psychic catalyst between human beings in the domain of dreams. A few years ago, I began to envision invisible threads of waves floating through the air, transparently interconnecting everything. This image has accompanied me since and has inspired Still~ as a tribute to the ethereal domain and the experience of sound in the natural, open field. I have been familiar with Francesco’s skills and artistry for many years, jumping on the occasion to work together on something new without hesitation. After spending a few days in the confined space of the studio, using his modular synthesizers to give the score its voice, we travelled into the open lands of Iceland to project the audio and listen to it in the precise setting it was meant for.
From Francesco Fabris…
Air is the sole element that reveals itself through the creation of moving images and sounds while never betraying its intrinsically invisible and inaudible nature. Life in Iceland is both defined and dictated by its constant manifestation through the aeolian presence, and it is within this environment that I have been fascinated and influenced by its esotericism, elusiveness and unbridled power. When we ventured into the Highlands, this indomitable force emerged, affecting the movements of the sound waves; yet, the absence of trees and structures within the landscape prevented audible resonance.
Through this renewed context, I was inspired to give a voice to the wind through diagrams depicting its speed at different altitudes, mirroring and displacing our field experience by relocating its presence to an artificial indoor space. Reconnecting with Sandro’s cello in the Tuscan studio felt as if our distinct visions had merged in our parallel localities, completing the circle we had sketched in Iceland a year prior.
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released October 25, 2024
STILL~
Composed by Sandro Mussida
Score realisation on modular synthesizers by Francesco Fabris
Outdoor location recording by Francesco Fabris and Sandro Mussida in the Highlands of Iceland, August 2022
~AEOLIAN
Composed by Francesco Fabris
Score realisation on cello by Sandro Mussida
Recorded by Francesco Fabris and Sandro Mussida at S.A.M. Recording Studio, Lari, Tuscany, IT, August 2023.
Studio assistant: Andrea Ciacchini
Produced and mixed by Francesco Fabris and Sandro Mussida at Greenhouse Studios, Reykjavik, IS
Mastered by Lawrence English at Negative Space
Cover artwork photograph: “SWORDS” from the series InDifesa; © Francesco Mussida, 2022, photograph courtesy of the artist.
Thank you Lawrence English, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Mirco Mencacci, Rebecca Salvadori, Olivia Salvadori, Sol, Antonietta, Karina Safaoui.
In partnership with Tutto Questo Sentire
