Scenes from a Trialogue
1 Overture A Foyer 04:45
2 Act 1, Scene 1 Intimacy 05:47
3 Act 1, Scene 2 Open Space 07:19
4 Entracte 1 Another Foyer 04:10
5 Act 2, Scene 1 Sacred Site - Procession 09:00
6 Act 2, Scene 2 Sacred Site - Dark Ritual 08:22
7 Entracte 2 Oh No, Not Another Foyer 03:49
8 Act 3, Scene 1 Starting a Journey 11:17
9 Act 3, Scene 2 Into Space 08:28
Gianni Mimmo _ soprano saxophone
Martin Mayes _ valve horn, hand horn, alphorn
Lawrence Casserley _ signal processing instrument, percussion
Recording _ Chiltern Cottage, Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire,UK
15/16 September, 2010
Sound engineer, mixing and editing _ Matt Saunders
Front cover image _ excerpt from "Stormo" by Natan Sinigaglia
Booklet color photo _ Elda Papa
Booklet B&W photos _ Adriano Ricco
Graphics _ Nicola Guazzaloca
Production _ Gianni Mimmo for Amirani Records ©2015
The “Granular Synthesis” woven in real time by Lawrence Casserley provokes, shifts, transforms and sets the acoustic instrumental voices in an unbelievably self-morphing sound Universe.
Sound masses, single tones or multi-phonics are driven to a continuous transformation of the lines relationships, building and dissolving tri-dimensional architectures, with a great depth in detail.
Mayes’s horns and Mimmo’s soprano sax are heard here in an unexpected investigation and in a fresher attitude to relate their voices with synthesis. The fantastic result is a theatrical sound performance where overlapping frames and brilliant intersections permeate the space, boosting sudden acceleration of time, bewitching dynamics, sculpted roughness, crystal clear sound lines.
Captured by engineering wizardMatt Saunders in a mythic recording session at the Chiltern Cottage, Scenes from a Trialogueis a fantastic album.