Composed and performed by Alessandro Ravi

Punto di svolta

Composed by Hammill/Jackson. Lead vocal and backing track by Alessandro Ravi

House With No Door  (originally performed by Van Der Graaf Generator)

Looking for Isis

Composed and performed by Alessandro Ravi.
Turkish trumpet by Omar Fayed.


Arcana Mater

Un piccolo poema sinfonico, il contenitore in qualche modo di tutte le suggestioni suscitate dai brani precedenti, ampliate ulteriormente nella pagina musicale più "magica" dell'album, a cui dà il titolo. Vi si alternano atmosfere malinconiche - attraverso gli accordi della chitarra acustica - a spunti meditativi, suggeriti dal violoncello soprattutto e dal pianoforte, per aprirsi al suono evocativo della chitarra elettrica che richiama immagini sulla "nascita" della vita, dalle sue forme primigenie più semplici a quelle più evolute sino ad arrivare alla più complessa, quella umana. 
Ed è proprio nella seconda parte del brano che tutto ciò è ben percepibile: la ritmica sempre più travolgente - sottolineata dal dialogo tra chitarra elettrica e batteria - che solo nell'ultima parte si distende per dare spazio ad un inaspettato finale: emerge quasi dall'infinito un coro di voci maschili e femminili che trasporta in una atmosfera da lasciare attoniti. 
Il mistero si svela: cogliamo la parte "divina" dell'essere umano, ne comprendiamo il fine ultimo, che all'improvviso si manifesta proprio sulle note conclusive dei soprani. (AN.GI.)

Oasis of nativity

Compossed and performed by Alessandro Ravi

The moonlight and the plastic bags

Composed by Alessandro Ravi
 Cd "OASIS OF NATIVITY" - GG

It's not so far

Remixed and arranged version.
Composed by Alessandro Ravi.
Violin's melodic line by Mauro Pagani.

Le pietre di Tarcna

Alessandro Ravi was born in 1960. Composer, drummer and percussionist, music teacher, instruments builder, sound engineer, music producer.
He released 19 albums and 1 Dvd:
”L' OFFERTA DELL' ACQUA” (Collana Strumento DDD, 1992) featuring:
   Mauro Pagani (violin), Ares Tavolazzi (electric basses),
   Riccardo Zappa (acoustic guitars), Giorgio Cocilovo (electric guitar)
“IL MONDO NUOVO” (Giano Geminus,1993)
“DIARIO DI UNA MENTE SOSPESA” (Giano Geminus,1995)
“OLTRE IL BUIO” (Giano Geminus,1998)
“LA FRONTIERA INVISIBILE” (Giano Geminus, 2000)
"DAWN OF A PRAYER" (Beata Beatrix, 2005)
"ONCE WAS THE LIGHTNESS" (Giano Geminus, 2007)
"DREAM DRUM" (Giano Geminus, 2010)
"FRAMES OF A LOST REALITY - vol.1" (Giano Geminus, 2011)
"FRAMES OF A LOST REALITY - vol.2" (Giano Geminus, 2011)
"OASIS OF NATIVITY" (Giano Geminus, 2012)
"BACK AND FORWARD" (Giano Geminus, 2014)
"DROPS OF PROGS" (Giano Geminus, 2015)
"CHRONICLES FROM A VANISHING PLANET" (Giano Geminus, 2016)
"MUSIC FOR BALLET" (Beata Beatrix, 2017)
"HIDDEN ARCHEOLOGY" (Beata Beatrix, 2017)
"FIVE FACTOR" (Giano Geminus, 2017)
"AFTERGLOW" (Beata Beatrix, 2018)
"WHISPERING ROOMS" (Beata Beatrix, 2018)
"VISUAL TRIP" (Dvd Giano Geminus, 2019)
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He composed music for the Deborah Weaver's CAT (Continuous Advanced Training).
He takes part in realization of Raffaele Serra's albums as composer, player and arranger:
“Heaven & Earth Magic Feature” (Mantric Wave, 1992)
“Isthar” (Ludi Sound, 1993)
"Magnetic Mirror" (Mantric Wave, 2016).
He composed music for coreography, theatre and multimedia works, among which:
“MOVENZE INFINITE“ (1990)
“TRASUMANAR" (1992)
“L' OFFERTA DELL' ACQUA” (1993)
“KATMA PROJECT” (1999)
 
He conceived and realised the art installation "Mantra & Mandala Etruschi"
(Industri Theatre, Grosseto - 2000)
He led lectures about psyco-physical features of Sound (Music: Nature's magical voice)
and didactic seminars about percussion (The talking drum).
He devised “Integral Technic” method, expressive features sinthesys of various percussion instruments, about which he wrote several articles on ”Percussioni” magazine (2001).
He devised and built original sounding wooden percussion instruments “wooDrum”,
exposing them in several international events as Perugia Classico (2001/2002),
Bari Hi-End (2001), Disma (Rimini, 2002).
 
He takes part as sound engineer, player and arranger on three albums
of pop/jazz/bossa's singer Lia Giorgi:
"Shades Of My Soul" (Giano Geminus, 2012)
"Pools Of Kindness" (Giano Geminus, 2013)
"Two Sides Of the Bloom" (Giano Geminus, 2016)
 
He takes part in realization of many Raffaele Serra's albums as sound engineer and producer:
"Light Blast" (Giano Geminus, 2006)
"Music for Films" (Beata Beatrix, 2008)
"Twilight Zone" (Giano Geminus, 2011)
"Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt - Soundtrack" (Giano Geminus, 2012)
“Happy Days (Schastlivye dni) - Soundtrack" (Giano Geminus, 2012)
“Etudes Sur Paris, un film de Andrè Sauvage - Soundtrack" (Giano Geminus, 2012)
"Radio Phase One" (Giano Geminus, 2016)
"Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens - Soundtrack" (2 Cd Giano Geminus, 2016)
"Das Cabinet Der Dr. Caligari - Soundtrack" (Giano Geminus, 2016)
"Metropolis - Soundtrack" (3 Cd Giano Geminus, 2016)
"Man With A Movie Camera - Soundtrack" (Giano Geminus, 2016)
"Stabat Mater" (Beata Beatrix, 2017)
"Europe Endless" (5 Cd Mantric Wave, 2017)

He takes part as video editor and producer on "La Jetée" (drawing version), based on photo story by Chris Marker. Soundtrack and image processing by Raffaele Serra.
(Giano Geminus - December 2018)

Alessandro Ravi

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