Need a Name - October

Release date: February 10, 2014 (Cat. F90111)
Format: CD + Digital

01 Untitled (28:03)
02 Untitled (23:44)

Time 51:47

Interstitial Spaces (F90111) is the follow-up to Fabio Perletta's 2013 CD Field: Atom(s) Entropy. With this new work Perletta investigates the physical phenomenon of the “Interstitial Space” which is the point in a crystal lattice where the perfection of the atomic structure is broken or suspended resulting in open spaces for unexpected resonances. 

After his investigations of entropy with Field: Atom(s) Entropy, here the underlying inspiration is anomalies within atomic structure such as vacuums and alien particles deep inside matter. The album consists of two pieces, each developing as an exploration of the most minimal and hidden particles of sound. Inspired by Yoctometer, which is measure of length that is equal to 10e-24 of a meter (0.000000000000000000000001 m), the project delves into the relationship between visible and invisible. Both pieces grow from silences and rarefied molecules of sound, increasingly thickening into combinations of microscopic events and delicate drones. 

Composed entirely by using a self built software called Seijaku (静寂, Japanese: silence), the album draws upon human perception by using almost imperceptible frequencies and hushed tones in order to investigate a new perspective into the nexus of science and music through the use of technology. 

Recorded in Roseto degli Abruzzi (IT) between May and October 2013. Untitled 2 contains samples recorded live as part of Within 01 Festival by Alessandro Romano on September 13, 2012 at Ex Convento of Colli Del Tronto (IT). Design by Fabio Perletta. Thanks to Roberto Crippa, Giuseppe Ielasi, Yann Novak, Emiliano Romanelli, Alessandro Romano, Pierluigi Scarpantonio, Jacopo Villa.

Intended to be experienced at low volume in a quiet room.

Fabio Perletta — Interstitial Spaces (Excerpt)

Look Beyond

“Mirror neurons will do for psychology what DNA did for biology”
— Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, neuroscientist


Mirror neurons represent a distinctive class of cells that fire both when an animal executes an action and when it observes another individual performing the same action. Discovered by Italian neurophysiologist Giacomo Rizzolatti and his team at the University of Parma while doing a research on the neural representation of motor movements in monkeys, the precise function and influence of these neurons has become one of the most important topic in neuroscience. They have been linked to many behaviours and abilities, from empathy to learning by imitation and language acquisition, as well as implicated in conditions such as autism and other brain disorders. These findings suggest that the mirror neuron system plays a key role in our ability to experience empathy.

Initiated by sound artists France Jobin and Fabio Perletta, Mirror Neurons is a media-project investigating the notion of empathy and physical distance. The entire album is the result of extended sound files exchange between Montréal (Canada) and Roseto degli Abruzzi (Italy). Each of the pieces is based on rough sounds and their consequent re-working, listening and reaction, processing and imitation. The ongoing process helped artists to draw inspiration in terms of stimuli for the act of composing itself in two very distant cities, different climate, time zones and languages.

Like much of Jobin and Perletta’s recent works, Mirror Neurons explores the artists’ interest in intersection between science and art, as well as the infinitely small and invisible. In order to further develop the concept of distance/connectivity, visual artists XX+XY from Rome have been involved in the process. They created a multi-dimensional, generative and ever-changing sound visualization through the use of quiet textures and subtle movements emphasizing the slowed sense of time of the work itself. Thought to be performed live in a big space, the video aims to create an immersive environment and a unique occasion to reflect about the behaviour of our emotions and the importance of human interaction.

France Jobin + Fabio Perletta ~ Mirror Neurons (Dragon's Eye Recordings)

Snippets of all 21 songs compiled on Grandma Lo-Fi: The Basement Tapes of Sigríður Níelsdóttir. Full-length limited edition cassette out June 24, 2014 on Hornbuckle Records. www.hornbucklerecords.com / www.grandmalofi.is

Grandma Lo-Fi sampler (Sigríður Níelsdóttir)

Liminality is the first collaboration between Yann Novak and Fabio Perletta and is co-published by Dragon’s Eye Recordings and Farmacia901. In Liminality the artists explore different states of ambiguity that occurs in the middle stage of the compositional process before its structure has comes to fruition.  The piece inhabits the threshold between sonic discovery and and fully realized composition.  Liminality explores a similar pallet of sounds, always on the verge of becoming something more, but never fully materializing.

Liminality contains recordings collected by Fabio Perletta at Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris on April 19th, 2013. Cover image by Yann Novak.

Yann Novak + Fabio Perletta — Liminality (excerpt)

Lost in space

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These 17 elusive tracks recorded in the past 4 years have eschewed Volor Flex's 4 albums and 3 EPs. We showcased them a couple of months ago within the "Best of" mixed compilation and we thought it would be nice and symbolic to grant them an individual release this Valentine's Day. 

Alex is constantly recording new material so you can expect his third album as Trampique later this year alongside some other new projects that we're really excited to prepare. 

Enjoy the music <3

Lost in space

Danilo di bonaventura