Name: LIVE (15 - 02 - 15@Macao) by Andrea Giomi
Duration: 41 min 37 s
Description: Live performance in Macao after party 15-02-2015

Live performance in Macao after party 15-02-2015

LIVE (15 - 02 - 15@Macao)

Samir Nasa's Cante Jondo is an electroacoustic re-interpretation of gypsy flamenco musical tradition. The expression “Cante Jondo” literally means “deep song” and it normally denotes an uncorrupted flamenco vocal style. It is considered one of the most ancient european folkloric musical form because of its archaic phonetic qualities. In our electronic reinterpretation, we explored “Siguiriya” grammar (one of the “Cante Jondo” most representative musical archetypes) eliminating all lyric elements. In particular, we decided to extrapolate some typical harmonic cadences and other characteristic rhythmic patterns in order to highlight “Siguiriya” deep structures. First of all, we played and recorded harmonic modulations on a piano. Then we processed these instrumental recordings to obtain drone-ambient textures. The original flamenco compas, the metric and rhythmic traditional patterns(traditionally played with hands and feet) have been de-structurated from their musical unity, and re-arranged into a more jazzy and reggae drum grammar. In this way, this live performance becomes a free dialogue between flamenco musical structures and epic electroacoustic soundscapes, taking place in modern improvisation technique, able to evoke and interpret Andalusian tradition imaginary origins.

Cante Jondo    Live@Saturnalia (Milano,Macao, 20-6-2015)

ANDREA GIOMI Electronic musician/ Sound Designer/ Digital Artist/ His works are often conceived as evocative journeys made of introspective falls and sudden rhythmic ascesis. His musical releases range from dub-techno to ambient-drone, from electroacoustic to avant-garde.

LIVE (15 - 02 - 15@Macao)

Andrea Giomi

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