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Preorder: new albums of Petrels, Federico Albanese and Origamibiro + Mailorder News
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We're pleased to present you the three february releases and we're looking forward to see Poppy Ackroyd and Sebastian Plano live again next week. The newsletter of course as always also features the mailorder news.
PREORDER
From now on you can preorder the new albums of Petrels, Federico Albanese and Origamibiro.
Mima is the third album on Denovali Records from London-based musician Oliver Barrett - aka Petrels. Following on from the highly praised Petrels debut Haeligewielle ("Petrels has provided us with what has to be the strongest solo debut from a musician so far in 2011." - Fluid Radio) and second album Onkalo ("A calm, thoughtful place in the centre of a universe tearing itself apart." - Muzik Dizcovery) Mima is a further development and distillation of the distinctive sonic palette and inquisitive approach that have come to characterise Petrels so far.
Federico Albanese's compositions are airy and cinematic, blending classical music, electronics and psychedelia. He recorded all of the piano parts with a 1969 German tape recorder, the Uher Royal Deluxe, which allowed him to catch all of the tiny hidden shades, the imperfections, the noises of the piano and its surrounding space. Federico melts this rarefied sound with electronics, live recordings, strings, and homemade instruments.
2014 sees the re-release of Origamibiro's entire back catalogue - the albums 'Cracked Mirrors and Stopped Clocks', 'Shakkei' and 'Shakkei Remixed' - through Denovali and also the release of their fourth studio album 'Odham's Standard'. Discussions concerning tone and theme took place much earlier in the writing process this time around and unbeknown to each other, both Tom and Jim were taking an interest in more supernatural aspects of audio and video material generation. Jim had begun to research into spirit photography, where images of deceased spirits are apparently imprinted onto photographic plates through the presence of a medium. Looking for an audio equivalent, Tom began looking into EVP or electronic voice phenomenon whereby hidden voices from deceased spirits appear to present themselves in audio recordings.
den191 | Origamibiro - Odham's Standard Cd | 12'' | DIGITAL
den193 | Federico Albanese - The Houseboat and the Moon Cd | 2x12'' | DIGITAL
den194 | Petrels - Mima Cd | 12'' | DIGITAL
TOUR
The Sebastian Plano and Poppy Ackroyd mini tour starts on February 19th. In Hasselt Sebastian Plano will present his new string quartet set for the first time. In Berlin Poppy and Sebastian will be joined by Federico Albanese – it's the release concert for Federico's new album.
HIDDEN ORCHESTRA AV SHOW AT SWINGFEST
The attached video gives you a rough idea of the wonderful Hidden Orchestra AV Show at Denovali Swingfest London (April 18th 2014) and Berlin (April 26th 2014). Enjoy.
Video:
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Tickets: [ www.denovali.com/swingfest ]
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FEDERICO ALBANESE – THE HOUSEBOAT AND THE MOON Cd | 2xLP | DIGITAL
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Federico Albanese is a composer born in Milan, Italy in 1982, and currently based in Berlin. His musical versatility is a natural gift that pushes him to explore music in all its facets. Albanese's compositions are airy and cinematic, blending classical music, electronics and psychedelia. Federico started studying piano and clarinet as a child before becoming fascinated by rock music. As a teenager he studied bass and became a self-taught guitarist and soon became one of the leading figures of Milan's underground scene, performing in several bands. Influenced by black music, folk, electronic, modern and contemporary classical music his skills as a composer soon emerged. He worked for 5 years as prop man in several film sets. This experience made him understand the power of the connection between music and images and helped him to develop his personal musical path.
In 2007 Albanese met singer and songwriter Jessica Einaudi and together they founded the avant-garde duo "La Blanche Alchimie". Composing songs with Jessica he rediscovered his love for the piano, which from that moment on, became his main instrument. Since then Federico has scored several films, short films and documentaries, including a documentary on a project commissioned by Ermenegildo Zegna in the National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome.
In February 2014, Federico Albanese will release his debut album entitled "The Houseboat and the Moon". He found a place, an imaginary place, where, whenever he wanted to, he could jump on and just float away. On this moving shelter, traveling across memories and imagination, lulled by water and led by the moon, Federico wrote the 13 compositions of his debut. He recorded all of the piano parts with a 1969 German tape recorder, the Uher Royal Deluxe, which allowed him to catch all of the tiny hidden shades, the imperfections, the noises of the piano and its surrounding space. Federico melts this rarefied sound with electronics, live recordings, strings, and homemade instruments. The result is a combination of contrasts and colors with a variety of atmospheres that wonderfully represents Federico's musical universe.
Stream: [ www.denovali.com/federicoalbanese ]
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Facebook: [ www.facebook.com/federicoalbanesemusic ]
Vinyl – 2xLP:
::: thick gatefold sleeves
::: download code
::: limited edition: 150x clear
::: regular edition: 350x black
::: price: 22.00 euro
Cd
::: nice digipak
::: price: 13.00 Euro
ORIGAMIBIRO – ODHAM'S STANDARD Cd | LP | DIGITAL
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Origamibiro is a collaborative project consisting of three core members: musician, soundtrack composer and producer Tom Hill, visual artist and filmmaker The Joy Of Box, and multi-instrumentalist Andy Tytherleigh. Originally started as a solo project for Tom, Origamibiro has since evolved into an audio-visual collective, producing studio music, art objects, interactive installations and hauntingly original live audio-visual performances. Origamibiro like to create work with an array of unorthodox processes and contraptions, found objects, video feeds and multi instrumentalism. Their unique live performances involve treated books, typewriters, found celluloid, paper, eerie wildlife recordings, home movies, sellotape and bespoke visual contraptions. All of these things had been added, adapted, even destroyed as a way to generate images and audio that could evoke a feeling, a response, an understanding or perhaps a question from audiences.
2014 sees the re-release of Origamibiro's entire back catalogue - the albums ‘Cracked Mirrors and Stopped Clocks’, ‘Shakkei’ and ‘Shakkei Remixed’ - through Denovali and also the release of their fourth studio album 'Odham's Standard'. Discussions concerning tone and theme took place much earlier in the writing process this time around and unbeknown to each other, both Tom and Jim were taking an interest in more supernatural aspects of audio and video material generation. Jim had begun to research into spirit photography, where images of deceased spirits are apparently imprinted onto photographic plates through the presence of a medium. Looking for an audio equivalent, Tom began looking into EVP or electronic voice phenomenon whereby hidden voices from deceased spirits appear to present themselves in audio recordings. What is fascinating about this process is not how legitimate the phenomenon actually is but how dependant it is on the decision or need of the viewer or listener to believe it is significant or even personal.
Interestingly, there have been many attempts over the years to debunk or disprove the validity of spirit photography and yet for every court case there are also a number of witnesses willing to passionately testify that not only is the phenomenon real but that it applied directly to them. Arthur Conan Doyle was the creator of the most famous detective in the world and, conversely, a staunch defendant of the validity of spirit photography. In his infamous treatise 'The Case For Spirit Photography' he is both naive and strangely prescient: “Victorian science would have left the world hard and clean and bare, like a landscape in the moon. (however) There is nothing scientifically impossible, so far as I can see, in some people seeing things that are invisible to others. One or two consequences are obvious, the experiences of children will be taken more seriously. Cameras will be forthcoming. These folk who appear to be our neighbours, with only some small difference of vibration to separate us, will become familiar.”
Stream: [ www.denovali.com/origamibiro ]
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Vinyl – LP
::: thick sleeves + thick printed inner sleeves; 180g vinyl
::: download code
::: limited edition: 150x silver
::: regular edition: 350x black
::: price: 16.00 euro
Cd
::: nice digipak
::: price: 13.00 Euro
PETRELS – MIMA CD | LP | DIGITAL
MIMA is the third album on Denovali Records from London-based musician Oliver Barrett - aka PETRELS. Following on from the highly praised Petrels debut Haeligewielle ("Petrels has provided us with what has to be the strongest solo debut from a musician so far in 2011." - Fluid Radio) and second album Onkalo ("A calm, thoughtful place in the centre of a universe tearing itself apart." - Muzik Dizcovery) Mima is a further development and distillation of the distinctive sonic palette and inquisitive approach that have come to characterise Petrels so far.
Named after the semi-mystical automaton from Harry Martinson's long-form sci-fi poem 'Aniara', Mima builds on the retro-futuristic themes of Onkalo and delves deeper into ideas that lie between the twin poles of faith and uncertainty. A deep interest in mythology, and the part it plays in human development, has been a fundamental part of previous Petrels releases and Mima serves to take this interest further, asking; What place does myth have in our future understanding if we seek to claim the answers to every question? And what myths could we seek to build for ourselves in the future? Drawing inspiration from sources as wide-ranging as the Space Race, Angela Carter, early Cosmology, M. John Harrison, witchcraft, Iain M. Banks Culture novels, and the films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Mima is another immersive sonic landscape from Petrels - more interested in posing questions than providing easy answers.
Since releasing Haeligewielle in 2011, Petrels has toured across Europe and shared a stage with the likes of Tim Hecker, FIRE!, Nate Young (Wolf Eyes), Trouble Books, Fennesz, Nadja, and Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Cluster). Having also collaborated with and provided remixes for artists as varied as Duane Pitre, Brassica, Talvihorros and Max Cooper, Petrels' output is proving to be thrillingly eclectic and unpredictable.
Stream: [ www.denovali.com/petrels ]
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Vinyl – LP
::: thick sleeves + thick printed inner sleeves; 180g vinyl
::: download code
::: limited edition: 150x beer with aqua blue a/b
::: regular edition: 200x black
::: price: 16.00 euro
Cd
::: nice digipak
::: price: 13.00 Euro
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den176 | Sebastian Plano - Arrhythmical Part of Hearts Cd | 12''
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den188 | Origamibiro - Collection 3xCd | 4x12''
den189 | Birds of Passage - This Kindly Slumber Cd | 12''
den190 | Talvihorros - Eaten Alive Cd | 12''
den192 | Carlos Cipa & Sophia Jani - Relive Cd | 12''
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