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Alchimia Organica

by Maria Lucchese, Matthias Bauer

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1.
track 01 02:43
2.
track 02 04:33
3.
track 03 02:50
4.
track 04 04:57
5.
track 05 01:24
6.
track 06 01:15
7.
track 07 03:19
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track 08 03:12
9.
track 09 01:49
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track 10 05:38
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track 11 10:05
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track 12 03:18

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Maria Lucchese - theremin, zither, didgeridoo, launeddas, oceandrum, gong, voice
Matthias Bauer - contrabass, voice

After they ascertained that their artistic fields had many intersections, particularly the study of voice, their open-minded approach to different cultures and perspectives and the attempt of merging formally different branches of avant-gard arts, theatre and music, which often flow together, Berlin-based Italian visual artist and performer Maria Lucchese and contrabass player, improviser and composer Matthias Bauer blended their ele/mental sonorities in this "Alchimia Organica" (Organic alchemy). The sound of the first two tracks and the resounding distinct percussive strokes by Maria, who plays theremin, zither, didgeridoo, launeddas (a sort of woodwind triplepipe from Sardinia), oceandrum and gong as well as his voice reminded some ritual percussive experiments by Z'EV to my ear, but soon after the very first minutes both the amazing use of voice by Matthias and Maria with a funnily wide range of squeaks, murmurs, squeals, guttural yells and other bizarre naturally transformed calls (I particularly enjoyed the moments when both of them turn their voice by a sort of natural flanger!) and the thespian inserts and the crazy phrasing on contrabass by Matthias immediately immerse listeners into what they properly defined a "suspended and magic atmosphere of extemporaneous anarchy, and allucinatory excursion, a cathartic aesthetical experience", where listeners can suddenly catch a certain sense of humour and spiritual tension that often impetuously burst into lines such as on fifth and tenth tracks. Vito Camarretta (Chain DLK)

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released January 1, 2014

Recorded in Berlin October 2013
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dietrich Petzold/ tonusarcus.com
Photo: Batsceba Hardy
Graphic design: Carlos Santos
Released on creative source recordings, Cs260
Produced by Ernesto Rodrigues
Music composed by Maria Lucchese, Matthias Bauer

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Matthias Bauer is a double bass player, improviser and composer based in Berlin.

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