I received a release by Francesco Ziello, who "composed and recorded at Avidi Lumi's workspace in 2019". From his website, I understand he is a multi-instrumentalist and electro-acoustic composer, and he studied piano, composition and electronic music. "My projects summarizes the path made until now and brings together issues, research methods and moods related to the contemporary and experimental music, keeping at the same time a strong connection with tonal language." I can as such see that this album is a showcase of what he does, as he moves, musically, all over the place. Much of this is in the quieter realm of music, with piano and guitar being played, moodily and atmospheric, but upon closer inspection, there quite a few nasty sounds, drones, or even noisy interludes. "The hidden plot that runs through the album is based on the story of Jeffrey Dahmer and is an attempt to look into social isolation and development of one's unreal inner world", which I must admit I could not detect from the music, which means it is either hidden quite a lot or music itself has very little meaning (a topic for another day). Throughout the thirteen tracks on this album remain brief and to the point, from rather ordinary dramatic sound pieces to intenser and moodier sound pieces. I enjoyed them all, as Ziello has quite a lot of variation to offer in his music and the balance between finely tuned musical pieces and more abstract soundscapes made this a pleasant trip; and, perhaps, that is a poor choice of words with such a big hidden plot.
Frans de Waard (Vital Weekly 1287)
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