Lorenzo Masotto is a composer and pianist from Verona, Italy, with releases on labels such as Sonder House, Lady Blunt Records, Preserved Sound and Dronarivm. He has performed in many venues, most notably London’s Union Chapel whilst tours have taken him to California Sofar and concerts at the Iberian Theater in Lisbon and the concert at De Helling in Utrecht.

i=r is an album which Lorenzo started to write when the pandemic broke out across northern Italy and much of the world, in March 2020. He set out initially to explore the complete tonal possibilities of a Seiler upright piano, restricted to two microphones. He became fascinated as he discovered the beauty and sonic elegance of a hammer touching the string, muffled by felt, as the motion and vibrations created all kinds of creaks and noises within the wood.

i=r, known as Snell’s Law, is the law of refraction. Each piece of this album represents a different refraction, as different points of view reflected in an artificial or natural mirror. The accompanying photography by Michele Dolci is as much a part of the album as the music, as individual scenes of symmetry, asymmetry and reflection each depict a given track from the album.

It is perhaps fitting exactly one year on since the ideas behind this album emerged, that this bright and fluid collection of compositions beam their rays of hope back from those dark reflections. Light and darkness, warmth and cold, strong and frail, hopeful and despairing. Our hope now is to emerge into the light, under the warmth of spring, with a renewed strength born of our collective despair.

Written, produced and mastered by Lorenzo Masotto
Photography by Michele Dolci
Graphic design and layout by Andrew Heath

wlr091 Lorenzo Masotto - i=r

Brand new track from the forthcoming album Geostrophic Pathways

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Liberation

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Liberation (Album Version)

Down Into The Black Hole

A Minute Before Sunrise

Over the past year, a selection of artists have been digging through the depths of their creative pursuits, for material they either cannot finish, or else would like to see adapted. These same artists and more have delved into the resulting repertoire, and emerged with new, repurposed pieces.

Out of this births the first volume of the Sustain Series: a means for artists to make use of old sounds, hoping to bring forward music that might have otherwise not seen the light of day. Thanks to the input from a variety of fantastic musicians, old material can breathe new life, sometimes in more than one form.

Find it here: bit.ly/3nW52x3

In keeping with this 'recycling' of ideas, all proceeds of the compilation here on Bandcamp will go to Conservation International, promoting sustainability and conservation across the world.

www.conservation.org/

It’s ever more important to think sustainably for the sake of our planet, and every effort we make will help curb the cataclysmic events we see shaping in front of us. Give what is feasible in these tough times, but most of all please enjoy this collection of recovered gems.

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Marty Hicks & Luis Miehlich - Upon The Winds Of Change

Strom Noir - Evening Loop 2 (Henrik Meierkord Recycle)

Benoît Pioulard - Try To Be More Realistic (with Pepo Galán & Karen Vogt)

Benoît Pioulard - Try To Be More Realistic (Voga Recycle)

track 3 from “Skogsro” by @Christian_Berg1

https://stereoscenic.bandcamp.com/album/skogsro

Skogsro

Christian Berg - Fauna

Tracklist

01. Ishmael Cormack - Skywire
02. Hakobune & Pleq - The Beginning
03. Gray Acres -  Touchstones
04. Marcus Fischer - From A Tree
05. Seabuckthorn - It Can Ashen
06. Simon Scott - Nigh
07. Tobias Hellkvist - Vesterhavet 5
08. Porya Hatami - Ewm
09. Bethan Kellough -  Black-East from the Crow
10. Pepo Galán - Growing Seed

202. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

What Day Is It?

Henrik & Ni!'s tale of the forest: bit.ly/48DxCev

Jupi/ter's temporal exploration: https://bit.ly/47FcP9m

Fionnlagh's story remixed: https://bit.ly/3hdecqL

Meierkord and pals' ode to beauty: https://bit.ly/3TiEaGM

Marco & Henrik's foray into the sublime: https://bit.ly/3F4Okag

Recycled music - Sustain Series, Vol. 3: https://bit.ly/amb-sustain3

Henrik Meierkord & Sole Gipp Ossler's powerful ode to knowledge: https://bit.ly/3aPVWRj

Jolanda Moletta's ode to her female ancestors: https://bit.ly/3M8lLch

Origin ST's climate musings: https://bit.ly/3wOh1Ew

Sven Laux & Logic Moon's deep loss: https://bit.ly/3yLUjvI

Fionnlagh's chilling dystopia: https://bit.ly/2SZvdsi

anthéne's ocean at night: https://bit.ly/3CvnwM9

Free electronics by Fields We Found: bit.ly/3ioQFA7

Recycled music - Sustain Series, Vol. 2: https://bit.ly/34pWYNg

Henrik & Jupi/ter's glowing heart-opener: https://bit.ly/3fH7PIY

Logic Moon & Atmøsphäre's dance in the shadows: https://bit.ly/39Q7GzJ

Jupi/ter's vivid colours: https://bit.ly/3hX3YHu

Henrik Meierkord's most emotive: https://bit.ly/3n8EFnx

Recycled music - Sustain Series, Vol. 1: https://bit.ly/3nW52x3

Henrik's colouring of Jupi/ter's 202: https://spoti.fi/3iAONSM

Julia Gjertsen & Nico Rosenberg's heart-opening ambient piano: https://bit.ly/2FyJ3Lq

Fossil Hunting Collective's pensive introspection: https://bit.ly/2DHB528

Rinnovare's lush double single: https://bit.ly/3ikpmVJ

Chris Otchy's algorithmic labyrinth: https://bit.ly/37SwDZ9

Jupi/ter's first chapter: https://bit.ly/2XegcBc

Still Harbours, aka anthéne & Fossil Hunting Collective: http://bit.ly/2XX1jDy

Henrik Meierkord's winter warmth: http://bit.ly/34mDmaE

Antarctic Wastelands and the icy journey: http://bit.ly/2mTPxLC

Strom Noir - Evening Loop 2 (Henrik Meierkord Recycle)

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