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Mata Atlantica: Retiro e Ritmo
by Mark Sullivan
Retiro e Ritmo is a love letter to Mata Atlântica, the coastal rain forest of Brazil, and a call to help preserve and protect this beautiful habitat. The music supports that goal not by quoting or referencing Brazilian music directly, but by building a complex musical ecosystem that evokes it, obliquely creating a sense of place. The album is the brainchild of co-producer Mathias Derer, motivated by a 2017 Brazilian visit. Although he does not perform, he composed ...
Continue ReadingMata Atlantica: Retiro e Ritmo
by John Ephland
The coastal rainforest of Brazil, otherwise known as Mata Atlantica, and “its beauty and vivacity" are the inspiration for Retiro e Ritmo. It is an album frontloaded with a varied cast of characters from hither and yon. Maybe that casting is behind a project seeking to draw worldwide attention to the ongoing shit-storm that includes not only the Amazon but the whole planet. Retiro e Ritmo is deceptive, calling attention to a source of worldwide calamity all the ...
Continue ReadingLuca Calabrese - Massimo Minardi - Francesco D'Auria: Be Little!
by AAJ Italy Staff
Curioso e intrigante questo Be Little!. Curiosa la formazione: percussioni, chitarra e tromba sono un trio poco usuale nei concerti e nelle sale di registrazione, anche se alla prova dei fatti si rivela una combinazione assai interessante e dalle potenzialità ancora non completamente espresse. Intrigante perché a seconda dell’uso della chitarra acustica o di quella elettrica vi è una ben diversa resa sonora, anche se l’approccio al materiale compositivo è il medesimo. Nel primo caso potremmo definire la musica del ...
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