Di Domenico, Giovanni / O'Rourke, Jim: Arco

SKU: 28938170
Di Domenico, Giovanni / O'Rourke, Jim: Arco

Di Domenico, Giovanni / O'Rourke, Jim: Arco

SKU: 28938170

Format: VINYL LP

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Title: Arco
Artist: Di Domenico, Giovanni / O'Rourke, Jim
Label: Die Schachtel
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 769791910294
Genre: Electronic

Starting with this release (despite the fact that it's catalog number numerically precedes ZEITC 017CD), Die Schachtel switches it's Zeit Composers series to the vinyl format and begins opening up to international artists besides the usual Italian suspects. This LP features the collaborative effort of Belgium-based composer Giovanni di Domenico (of Italian origins) and avant-everything master Jim O'Rourke. A long composition for strings and electronics, Arco is a piece for sustained tones and drones, vividly immersive and almost physical. The subtly shifting tones, the way the overtones interact with each other, the evolution of the piece, are all impeccable, much in the vein of acclaimed composers like Catherine Christer Hennix, Eliane Radigue, and David Behrman, although with a warmer soul. It explores the antinomy between stillness and movement, building toward a hypnotic (and rewarding) aural experience. In Giovanni di Domenico's words: Arco is born out of two necessities, strongly interrelated: 1) creating a sonic space where the concept of waiting (patience?) can turn into form, and 2) doing this together with Jim O'Rourke, a musician who finds in form and it's use his true greatness; The structure of the composition is quite simple: it is based on a cell of four repeated notes (the 'DNA' of the piece), forming a melodic/harmonic texture which slowly freezes into suspended, levitating chords, in which the passing of time itself becomes a sort of harmonic extension, and in which the strings and the splendidly rich sonic palette of the electronics fuse into the true essence of Form. Each LP contains a 90x30cm-long tri-folded silver-and-black offset art print designed by Dinamomilano. Edition of 350. Giovanni di Domenico: string score; Jim O'Rourke: electronics. Ananta Roosens and Benoit Leseure: violins; Nicole Miller and Jef Durdu: violas; Marine Horbaczewski and Jean-Philippe Feiss: cellos.

Tracks:
1.1 A1. Arco (16:19)
1.2 B1. Arco (17:38)
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