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Marco Bellafiore _ contrabbasso _ elettronica

Giovane musicista di Ivrea, Marco Bellafiore presenta qui un album di solo contrabbasso ed elettronica, una elettronica che però mai predomina la musica che è ricca di suggestioni e idee. Registrato in casa tra aprile e maggio 2020 e mixato e masterizzato ad agosto dello stesso anno. Il musicista Ferruccio Spinetti così descrive il disco nelle note di copertina: "Trasformare un periodo buio, un periodo di cui si parlerà nei libri di storia tra 30 anni; in una sola parola, trasformare il tremendo lockdown del 2020 in un momento di bellezza e di grande ispirazione artistica. È quello che è successo a Marco, giovane e talentuoso contrabbassista che ho avuto la possibilità di scoprire qualche anno fa a Torino. Ho sempre amato la ricerca sullo strumento, in particolare sul contrabbasso che troppo spesso viene sottovalutato per le sue possibilità espressive, timbriche e dinamiche. Ecco, in tutte le 7 tracce del disco si percepisce la voglia di ricerca, di sperimentazione; anche attraverso l’elettronica utilizzata con molta eleganza e sempre al servizio della musica, non per avere semplicemente degli “effetti speciali” per stupire l'ascoltatore."

Per maggiori informazioni: www.marcobellafiore.bandcamp.com

"(...) As unwelcome as the covid lockdowns were, they had the unintended consequence of inspiring some fine work from artists forced to rely on nothing but what was immediately available at hand. Italian double bassist Marco Bellafiore’s Forme e Racconti, a home-recorded solo album created in isolation in 2020, is one such work.
The tracks on Forme e Racconti were created by looping and layering Bellafiore’s multiple double bass parts into solidly constructed compositions. The emphasis throughout is on song, where Bellafiore shows a gift for crafting harmonically taut, multilevel structures from relatively spare materials. The undergirding for many of the tracks comes by way of pizzicato phrases looped into propulsive ostinati or brief chord cycles; on several pieces Bellafiore adds percussion by tapping rhythmic patterns on the body of the instrument. On top of it all Bellafiore layers a liquid, arco lead or a punchy, rapid pizzicato.
The seven pieces cover a wide expressive range. For example, the brightly lyrical opener is followed by a track focused on darker and more abstract timbres, which itself is followed by the reverb-and-tremolo expanses of a quasi-Western soundtrack. The sparsest piece in the set is the traditional Japanese shakuhachi melody Honshirabe, in which Bellafiore draws startlingly breath-like sounds with the bow. The closing piece, the twelve-minute-long It Wasn’t so Bad at All, creates an emotionally moving atmosphere with a slowly drifting bowed line that gives way to a freer, more active, yet still-introspective, pizzicato soliloquy." Daniel Barbiero, Avant Music News, 2022.

01 _ The Market 4:30
02 _ Caronte 8:50
03 _ Wormhole 6:58
04 _ Honshirabe 5:24
05 _ The Moon was a slice of lemon 4:14
06 _ Ritual 3:52
07 _ It wasn’t so bad at all 12:12

(C) + (P) 2022

CD Digipack 6 pages

Marco Bellafiore _ double bass _ electronics

Young musician from Ivrea, Marco Bellafiore presents here an album of double bass and electronics, an electronic that never dominates the music that is rich in suggestions and ideas. Recorded at home between April and May 2020 and mixed and mastered in August of the same year. Musician Ferruccio Spinetti describes the album as follows in the liner notes: "Transforming a dark period, a period that will be talked about in the history books in the next 30 years; in one word, transform the tremendous lockdown of 2020 into a moment of beauty and of great artistic inspiration. This is what happened to Marco, a young and talented double bass player whom I had the opportunity to discover a few years ago in Turin. I have always loved the research on the instrument, in particular on the double bass which too often is underestimated for his expressive, timbral and dynamic possibilities. Here, in all the 7 tracks of the disc you can perceive the desire for research, experimentation; also through the electronics used with great elegance and always at the service of music, not for simply have "special effects" to amaze the listener."

For more info: www.marcobellafiore.bandcamp.com

"(...) As unwelcome as the covid lockdowns were, they had the unintended consequence of inspiring some fine work from artists forced to rely on nothing but what was immediately available at hand. Italian double bassist Marco Bellafiore’s Forme e Racconti, a home-recorded solo album created in isolation in 2020, is one such work.
The tracks on Forme e Racconti were created by looping and layering Bellafiore’s multiple double bass parts into solidly constructed compositions. The emphasis throughout is on song, where Bellafiore shows a gift for crafting harmonically taut, multilevel structures from relatively spare materials. The undergirding for many of the tracks comes by way of pizzicato phrases looped into propulsive ostinati or brief chord cycles; on several pieces Bellafiore adds percussion by tapping rhythmic patterns on the body of the instrument. On top of it all Bellafiore layers a liquid, arco lead or a punchy, rapid pizzicato.
The seven pieces cover a wide expressive range. For example, the brightly lyrical opener is followed by a track focused on darker and more abstract timbres, which itself is followed by the reverb-and-tremolo expanses of a quasi-Western soundtrack. The sparsest piece in the set is the traditional Japanese shakuhachi melody Honshirabe, in which Bellafiore draws startlingly breath-like sounds with the bow. The closing piece, the twelve-minute-long It Wasn’t so Bad at All, creates an emotionally moving atmosphere with a slowly drifting bowed line that gives way to a freer, more active, yet still-introspective, pizzicato soliloquy." Daniel Barbiero, Avant Music News, 2022.

01 _ The Market 4:30
02 _ Caronte 8:50
03 _ Wormhole 6:58
04 _ Honshirabe 5:24
05 _ The Moon was a slice of lemon 4:14
06 _ Ritual 3:52
07 _ It wasn’t so bad at all 12:12

(C) + (P) 2022