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Valerio Tricoli - A Circle of Grey
LP on Xing (XONG collection XX11) out September 2023, order at https://www.soundohm.com/product/a-circle-of-grey-lp
Collector's edition available at https://www.soundohm.com/product/a-circle-of-grey-lp-tape and at https://shop.flash---art.it/products/valerio-tricoli-a-circle-of-grey

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Xing presents the new LP A Circle of Grey by Valerio Tricoli, eleventh release of XONG collection - artist records. The release is on white vinyl, in a limited numbered edition of 150 copies. The collector's edition consists of 20 copies accompanied by a unique cassette tape loop, titled and signed by the artist: 20 short compositions, each developed from a different sonic fragment of the record.

A Circle of Grey is an electroacoustic composition blending philosophical contemplation on transience, impermanence and musical exploration. Its unique sonic palette takes on the refractions of a non-colour and an experience poised between tangibility and abstraction. Primarily utilizing synthesizer sounds and manipulations of found sounds through a Revox B77 tape machine, A Circle of Grey defies easy categorization, as Valerio Tricoli seamlessly integrates a variety of techniques and elements into a dry, broken, deserted but eventually haunting sonic landscape. At its core, A Circle of Grey is characterized by a constant tension between sounds shimmering on the surface of the loudspeakers and sounds moving in the depths of the aural field, as if an imagined reality is experienced through the ever-changing reflections of broken glass. An apparently aimless, timeless wandering on sands of silica and quartz, where all is co-present and distant, asserted and negated, where relics of humanity are found and soon lost. Opting for an evocative, non-descriptive plan, the composition calls for interpretative ambiguity: despite these existential themes, there is also a sense of beauty and hopefulness. Tricoli's use of circularity and subtle variations in timbre and dynamic create a sense of depth and progression aimed to transcend linear time, the movements in the composition continuously folding back on themselves and echoing in the listener's mind.

Xong is the name of the collection produced by Xing, a vinyl-only record label of works by both Italian and international personalities linked to the variegated worlds of live performativity. The collection explores a geography of artists who present this sonic field as a platform to expand their staged worlds. "The space of the record" is given focus and amplifies their poetics as both a sonic and physical phenomenon. Xong is a unique project that draws out divergent understandings of the performative and live arts, beyond genre and intersecting between different practices. Xong collects a series of original creations that constitute an expanded program. Each physical record is a numbered edition on white vinyl hosting the solidification of the gesture. A wave upon wave, a series of "Music-Non-Music" to actualize both the artists and listeners imagination.

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Composed by Valerio Tricoli in 2022/2023, Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi, Cover photo by Bruno Raciti, Artwork by Xing, Printed by handle with care Berlin, Format vinyl (white), Released by Xing in a numbered edition of 150 copies
including a collector’s edition of 20 copies, each accompanied by a unique cassette tape loop (2 min), numbered and signed by the artist, Cat.n° XONG collection XX11 (2023), Label Xing.

A Circle of Grey

XX11 - Valerio Tricoli - A Circle of Grey (excerpt A)

BILL LASWELL & PETE NAMLOOK 'Outland' 6CD Boxset (CSR327BX)

The 'Outland' album series was a collaborative endeavour by the visionary US bassist-producer Bill Laswell and the late German musician Peter Namlook that pushed the boundaries of dark ambient and electronic music. 

Spanning five albums released over a thirteen year period from 1994, this new boxset serves as a testament to the creative synergy between the two masterminds.

At the time the duo joined forces, the New York-based Laswell was already a famous producer with a massive client list that included cutting-edge rock, pop, funk, jazz and electronic artists, but he had also founded the Axiom label in 1989 and been responsible for groundbreaking work in genres that included ambient, dub and world music. Namlook was recognised as a pioneering figure in the ambient techno scene, having founded the label FAX +49-69/450464 in his native Frankfurt in 1992.

'Outland' became a fusion of their individual musical sensibilities that resulted in a unique set of releases. At the heart of the series is an exploration of sound as a vehicle for emotion and contemplation, with Laswell's signature basslines and experimental soundscapes interweaving seamlessly with Namlook's ethereal textures and intricate sonic layering. Each album is characterised by a sense of expansiveness, taking listeners on a voyage through rarely charted sonic dimensions. All have the ability to evoke a wide range of emotions and have their own distinctive sonic palette, ranging from ambient tranquility to cosmic intensity.

'Outland' has endured as an influential touchstone, its impact felt not only in its captivating soundscapes but also in its invitation to engage in deep introspection and cosmic contemplation. With each album, the duo beckoned listeners to transcend the mundane and embark on a sonic voyage into the extraordinary, where sound becomes a conduit for spiritual and artistic expression.

The lavish matte-finish boxset opens to the 5 "Outland" albums in separate matte sleeves, with all-new designsby Abby Helasdottir (Gydja), and all audio completely remastered by Martin Bowes (The Cage). This box also contains a new addition to the OUTLAND series - an album of dense, bass space drone by Bill Laswell, entitled "Blackland". The boxset also contains an exclusive card with an essay about the project written by BIll Laswell, July 2023.

Order 6CD Box: https://coldspring.co.uk/csr327bx

https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/outland

Listen: https://soundcloud.com/coldspring/sets/outland

Digital: https://orcd.co/csr327bx

Out 13 October 2023.

BILL LASWELL Outland 6 - Black Land (exc.)

BILL LASWELL & PETE NAMLOOK - Outland 5 - N - Dimensional (exc.)

BILL LASWELL & PETE NAMLOOK - Outland 4 - Physical Transformation

BILL LASWELL & PETE NAMLOOK - Outland 3 - Keeper Of The Purple Twilight (exc.)

BILL LASWELL & PETE NAMLOOK - Outland 2 - African Virus - Part 2 (exc.)

BILL LASWELL & PETE NAMLOOK - Outland 1 - From The Earth To The Ceiling - Part 1

Take a listen to track n.6 entitled "Weaving Tiny Threads", taken from my upcoming new 7track ambient album "All The Dreams We Forget are Tiny Flowers burnt by the Endless Golden Flow of Time", OUT on September 30th 2023 via the icelandic Label Móatún 7.

Formats: 
10" Vinyl (4 tracks on 7)/ Cd (full tracklist)/ Tape (full tracklist)/ Digital (full tracklist)

The album will be SOON available here:
https://moatun7.bandcamp.com/music (Label's Bandcamp)
https://thechildofacreek.bandcamp.com (My Bandcamp)

Written by Lorenzo Bracaloni / Mastered by Árni Grétar / 
Design by Mason Verger

(c) (p) Móatún 7 2023

06 Weaving Tiny Threads_taken from my new album_OUT Sept 30th on Móatún 7_Vinyl/Cd/Tape/Digital

If There Is Something… w/ Cindytalk - Radio Buena Vida 22.10.23

Hommage à Damo Suzuki (1950-2024)

Fieldrecording 15/05/2021 @ Klein Begijnhof - Gent - Recording a thunderstorm sticking a contact mic in a rainpipe while it rains - birdsong bouncing off monastery walls after the rain. Raindrops on leaves. 

Imagined background music by Can - She Brings The Rain.

https://frameworkradio.net/2021/05/758-2021-05-23/

Pic: La Dame De Loo by Paul Delvaux

She Brings The Rain (Pipe) - Hommage à Damo Suzuki (1950-2024)

Peter Wullen

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