BIOGRAPHY

Experiences, HERSELF, LAY LLAMAS, JUJU

The work of Herself is hailed by critics as a harmonious meeting between Sparklehorse, Gravenhurst and Will Oldham. With a handful of discs behind (for labels such as Jestrai Records and Death Letter Tapes), Herself is the personal creation of Gioele Valenti, apocalyptic folk lo-fi songwriter. Herself flirts with his personal ghosts in discs recorded with very poor tools, fully reflecting the personality of the founder. He played with Damo Suzuki and made a lot of warming up for bands like Swans, Dinosaur Jr, Verdena, Giardini di Miro, Jennifer Gentle.

BIOGRAFIA
Attualmente attivo in HERSELF e JUJU

Il lavoro di Herself viene salutato dalla critica come un armonico meeting tra Sparklehorse, Gravenhurst e Will Oldham. Con un pugno di dischi alle spalle (per etichette quali Jestrai Records e l’inglese Death Letter Tapes), Herself è la personale creazione di Gioele Valenti, songwriter di folk apocalittico a bassa fedeltà. Herself arringa i propri personali fantasmi in dischi registrati con mezzi di produzione decisamente poveri, riflettendo interamente la personalità del fondatore. Ha suonato con Damo Suzuki e fatto molti warming up per gruppi quali Swans, Dinosaur Jr, Verdena, Giardini di Mirò, Jennifer Gentle…

Musicians collective, think-tank and music incubator with its own production facilities, based in Palermo, Sicily.
We also run a boutique label of our own productions, with a growing catalogue moving forward from Classical Music to 21st century composition, Electronic Music, Ambient, Experimental, Improvisation and Art-Math-Jazz-Whatever-Rock'n'Roll.
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What's in a name?
“Almendra” is the Spanish name of the almond, the fruit whose earliest varieties came from China, carried via the Silk Road to the Middle East and the countries which surround the Mediterranean Sea. The word "almond" comes from the Greek αμυγδαλη (amygdalē), an almond, and "amygdala" is how is now called the brain structure which has a key role in the processing and memory of emotions.
The almond is highly revered in many cultures all over the World. Explorers ate almonds as sustenance as they travelled the Silk Road. In the Old Testament, the almond was a symbol of watchfulness and promise due to its early flowering. In classical times Romans tossed almonds at the bride and groom to wish the couple fertility, prosperity and luck. In India, eating almonds is believed to be good for the brain, and the Chinese consider the almond a symbol of female beauty.
Modern nutritional science shows that almonds are incredibly rich in dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals, and research cannot stress enough the health benefits of a regular consumption of these precious gifts Nature gives us.
Nowadays almonds are products of excellence local to Almendra Music's homeland, Sicily.

Tropical electro project based in Palermo, Sicily.

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If you'd like to send us demos, please email us at records@theransomnote.co.uk with a link to a private Soundcloud playlist.

Going around and mixing cultures...
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Founder at Meeraqui
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Contributor at Soundwall

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