The multi-timbral soundscapes are sometimes punctuated by percussive sections blended with tonal backdrops.
Discreet incursions into balmy world music territory
Giuseppe Verticchio is a busy and highly productive sound artist whose career has spanned over a few decades. In this new album he is back to his growing fancy for ethno ritual ambient and emotional cinematic scores with softly moving acoustic timbres and processed noises. The foreboding distorted textural setting on some of his past materials is eclipsed in favor of adventurous and eastern-infused sounding patterns close to albums such as The Missing Tapes, Travel Diary, and Krungthep Archives. The difference is that the empirical exploration on Organology and traditional instruments serve a more melodiously-infused and soothing syncretic ambient direction where shimmering tones meet expressive textures and flittering concrete sounds obtained through diverse manipulations over the original materials. All pieces designed and collected for the album reveal warm, delicate and lively consonant chordal moves and wind instruments; melodic lines that flow naturally without being interrupted by sophisticated synthesized pads and virtual electronic iciness. The result is powerfully charming and inviting, admitting discreet incursions into balmy world music territory. The multi-timbral soundscapes are sometimes punctuated by percussive sections blended with tonal backdrops. All in all it is a subtle, earthly and contemplative ethnic-ritual ambient album that will ravish fans of contemporary music and modern days ambient in touch with non west instrumental techniques, such as John Hassell, Klaus Wiese, Laraaji, and David Parsons.
Iron and Ice is available on Silentes. [Bandcamp]
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