Label: ADN

ADN周辺で動くベテラン勢が結成した極上のカルテット録音!!多くの説明は不要、80年代に参加したプロジェクトの再評価、また現行の活動も活発な大ベテラン人気作家Riccardo Sinigaglia。氏を核に、同じく80年代から活動する電子音楽コンポーザー/パーカッションプレイヤーRuggero Taje、90年の名作[An Island In The Moon]で知られるユニット"Andreolina"の片割れSilvio Linardi、今尚精力的に動くMatteo Uggeri、イタリアの作家4者による2024年共作[Ottomani]。それぞれの作曲作品を他の3名が演奏~アレンジを加えた全4曲を収録、中東のトラディショナル、変則ギター、土俗パーカッションを様々なサンプルと融合した妙な多様性が面白い一枚。





Ottomani is a project conceived by ADN and four of their friend musicians. Riccardo Sinigaglia, who had his debut album "Riflessi" on ADN. Ruggero Tajè, who made his first solo CD "Antologica 1976-1999 on ADN. Silvio Linardi and Matteo Uggeri who also had many releases on ADN.

The concept was that all the four musicians had to create a basic track, that had to be enriched in three different passages by the other three. After that the procedded track was returned to creator who was in charge of the final mix. The project started before Covid and it's finally ready in 2024.

The final result consists of four "electronic" tracks with a great variety of instruments: guitar, piano, sax, viola, violin, flute and percussions. Every musician has left his characteristic marks but the work has a global uniformity.

The music flows gently throughout the record alternating an ethnic middle-eastern feeling, oblique guitars, percussive themes, jazzy lightnings, original samples.

Four brilliant musicians, of different generations, bringing together a great variety of sounds and atmospheres.