'Gesto' is 11 skittering rhythmic/arrythmic loop-based compositions that scatter percussive elements across a sonic grid. Playful, spatial, pensive, yet dark. 

'Gesto' was created over the course of a two year improvised sessions 
recorded on two tracks, without any overdub, from 2015 to 2017. 
It is the result of the two artists’ visions of electro-acoustic music, 
combining their respective sensitivities into an intricate microcosmos 
of freeform sound grids. Employing different sound sources like 
synths, cheap electronics, samples and a vintage tape echo, the 
album floats between deconstructed textural dub and musique 
concrète, escaping any genre identity. 

For listeners entranced by the rhythmic deconstructions of artists like Andrea Belfi, Bellows, Guiseppe Ielasi, Nicola Ratti, and Motion.

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All tracks by Cygni. 
Created at Tokonoma Studio in Roseto degli Abruzzi (IT), 2015-2017. 

Mastered by Gianclaudio Hashem Moniri. 
Images by Fabio Perletta / Mote Studio Berlin. 
A special thanks to Richard Chartier. 
(C) 2017 Cygni (Fabio Perletta, Pierluigi Scarpantonio) 
(P) 2017 LINE 

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Gesto (untitled #4)

Gesto (untitled #1)

Cygni is an experimental improv duo comprised of sound/installation artist Fabio Perletta and sound designer Pierluigi Scarpantonio. Their music refuses any categorisation, working on the edge of different aesthetics and exploring the unexpected intersections between musique concrete and abstract beats.

Their debut album 'Gesto', recorded live over the course of two year improvised sessions, was released on the American LINE imprint in September 2017.

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