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アートブックのサントラとしてリリースされた人気廃盤タイトルが新たな拡張仕様で再発！！オリジナルは同13がStefano Gentileの写真集とセットで出版、80年代より今尚精力的な活動を続けるイタリアの音楽家Gigi Masinの2016年傑作[Venezia 2016]が、新たな再編集バージョン&同時期の未発表音源を追加し単独で音盤化！！ある種の原点回帰というアルバムでもあり、ヴェネツィアの街を題材とした柔らかく崇高なイメージが全3曲編成で紡がれる、氏の長いキャリアの中でも間違いなく傑作と言える一枚。2曲目[Abandoned Venice]はHarold Buddに捧げられています。大推薦。



CD // Tape ltd. 100 copies

Five years ago, back in September 2016, Stefano Gentile published a photographic book entitled IL SILENZIO DEI TUOI PASSI (The Silence of Your Steps), which collected a series of 56 pictures, both in b/w and colour, dedicated to the nights in Venice. The book was a journey through the most remote "calli" and "campi" (streets, alleys and squares, as they're called in Venice) in search of the true 'breath' of the city, far away from the hordes of tourists who 'attack' it every day during daylight hours.
On such occasion, renowned musician Gigi Masin composed a 30 minutes epic ambient track entitled VENEZIA 2016 which was the perfect soundtrack to the images included in the book. The track was published on CD and released bounded with the book itself in a limited edition of 480 copies only, and has been unavailable for years now.
In 2021 Gigi Masin returned to that great piece of music and to its timeless sounds. Finally, Silentes can now offer PLAYS VENEZIA, Masin's latest work contanining a re-edited version of that 'pearl', accompanied by two unreleased tracks composed and recorded in the same period.
Once again inspired by the city, Masin created an enduring and wonderful ambient masterpiece, a sort of return to the origins, to his home. Adding to the intrinsic quality of the originals, the tracks were beautifully mastered by Brandenburg Mastering in Amsterdam.
PLAYS VENEZIA is simply an unmissable release and one of Masin's greatest accomplishment in a long carrier that never ceases to amaze us.