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Nheap: Flying And The Silence
by Bruce Lindsay
Nheap is the nom de musique of Assisi-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Massimo Discepoli. More specifically, it's the title under which he records and releases his own experimental, jazz-influenced compositions (he records his more electronic, club-oriented, music as Nheap XP). Flying And The Silence is the fifth album under the Nheap name since Discepoli started the project in 2007. The jazz influence is not too obvious--Alice Coltrane might well inform the overall vibe, but experimental rock bands like Tangerine Dream seem ...
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Massimo Discepoli
Two years after 2011's Clouds under the table, highly appreciated by press and the public, Flying and the silence" is the new, awaited chapter in Nheap's musical research. The fusion of modern sounds, such as ambient electronica and post-rock atmospheres, with suggestions of a more traditional kind, including jazz and funk, along with a deeper integration between synthetic and acoustic sounds, contributes to make this new album an extremely warm and organic work, where experimentation coexists with melodic and thematic ...
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Praise for Nheap's "Clouds Under the Table"
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Massimo Discepoli
Now available also as special printed CD at Bandcamp A vibrant and rich sonic color palette combined with soul shaking melodies and a live drum set move this music to a post rock/jazz fusion line where it music rests comfortably while creating an ambient pulse.[...]Clouds Under The Table is a well thought out and impeccably performed sonic food for the visceral as well as the cerebral" @Critical Jazz "Clouds under the table" is an excellent and eclectic work, with countless ...
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Nheap - "Clouds Under the Table" Free Download
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Michael Ricci
Nearly two years in the making, and following the critically acclaimed Skymotion (selected as one of the best albums of 2009 by various blogs), Clouds Under the Table marks a new cornerstone in Nheap career. Featuring haunting melodies, quirky rhythms, organic electronics, postrock and jazz suggestions, dynamic live drums playing and a biggest sound, this album will find its place among listeners who think creative music can also be warm. FREE download at acustronica.com.
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"Overall, what attracts me most is the fluidity of the rhythms, their being suspended in mid-air, heedless of the Earth's gravity." NetMusic Life
"An album to love viscerally, to listen and listen, that I would call "dreamy", because of its hypnotic qualities and for that feeling of bliss that infuses" Audiofollia
"I immediately got caught by the relaxing mood but above all the warm sound of the Fender Rhodes piano that features on many tracks besides a whole range of other keyboards and synths. It surprised me that Massimo is originally a drummer though, a job he also does very tasteful." Spotlight On
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