Ambiental Series

Thomas Buckner & Claudio Parodi   Taken From A True Story   Extreme XCD 071

listen to tenth track at https://soundcloud.com/sound-is-my-shelter/not-for-beginners 

buy CD: 17 euro via PayPal to soundismyshelter@libero.it 
bulk purchase: 9 euro per copy via PayPal to soundismyshelter@libero.it 

review at http://www.progress-report.co.uk/Reviews/B/Thomas%20Buckner%20and%20Claudio%20Parodi.htm

review at http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=9081 

review at http://www.kathodik.it/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=6028 

review at http://www.westzeit.de/rezensionen/?id=16697

review at http://olewnick.blogspot.it/2015/02/claudio-parodi-heavy-nichel-creative.html 

review at http://www.vitalweekly.net/963.html 

Taken from a true story

Thomas Buckner   baritone
Claudio Parodi   Turkish clarinet

1- They are taking our jobs and our women   4’04”
2- Never have sex on the first date   7’06”
3- In the courtyard   1’56”
4- Boxing-match   7’54”
5- Vegetarian food is delicious, but God bless the pork   4’44”
6- A sailor gets back home   1’14”
7- Obituary   5’37”
8- Rave party   3’21”
9- Coming out   1’45”
10- Not for beginners   7’18”

total running time 44’59”

all music by Thomas Buckner (ASCAP) and Claudio Parodi (SACEM)

Recorded by Paolo Valenti at Loud Music Studio, Genova, Italia, on March the 11th and the 12th, 2008.
Neumann U89 for voice, Violet “the dolly” and Schoeps CMC6 MK4 for Turkish clarinet, two Oktava 012 for ambient, direct to hard-disk.
Editing by Claudio Parodi.
Mastering by Claudio Parodi and Paolo Valenti at Loud Music Studio on May the 12th, 2008.

contacts:
Thomas Buckner                                        Claudio Parodi
109 west 27 street                                      Via Ugolini 38/2
eighth floor                                                  16043 Chiavari (GE)
ny                                                                Italia
ny 10001                                                     mobile +39 3404715006
USA                                                            e-mail: cla.parodi@libero.it
phone +1 212 627 0990                             website: https://myspace.com/claudioparodi 
fax +1 212 627 5504                                  facebook: www.facebook.com/claudio.parodi.313 
e-mail: booking@thomasbuckner.com
website: www.thomasbuckner.com

also available:
Claudio Parodi   Heavy Nichel   Creative Sources Cs251
listen to first track at https://soundcloud.com/sound-is-my-shelter/heavy-nichel-1

Not For Beginners

Ambiental Vol. 01

Ambiental Vol. 02

Ambiental Vol. 03

Ambiental Vol. 04

Ambiental Vol. 05

Claudio Parodi   Right Error   Migro Records MIG010

listen to first track at https://soundcloud.com/sound-is-my-shelter/right-error-part-1 

buy USB: 15 euro via PayPal to soundismyshelter@libero.it 

review at https://toneshift.net/2018/07/16/right-error-by-claudio-parodi/

review at https://weneednoswords.wordpress.com/2018/04/27/claudio-parodi-right-error/

review at http://www.kathodik.it/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=6681

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VITAL WEEKLY
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Number 1083


CLAUDIO PARODI – RIGHT ERROR (USB/CD by Migro)

This new release by Parodi comes as a limited USB ‘Circuit Board CD’ release of 100 copies, released 
by Migro, a label specialized in releasing works by composers and improvisers who are into exploring 
new concepts. The USB-stick encloses the sound work in three different audio formats: stereo, 
binaural and quadraphonic with various accompanying texts, visuals and pcb files added. Well, what 
is form and what is content concerning this work? What is this release about? Parodi, a classical 
trained pianist, develops and shapes his ideas and talents in many different directions. One of them 
is his love for self-built electronics. For example, for Extreme he recorded ‘The Mother of all 
Feedback’, that had him playing feedback modulators, etc. His release ‘Right Error’ belongs also in 
this category. Parodi took inspiration from Thelonious Monk, the great jazz pianist, famous for his 
so-called ‘wrong notes’. There is a story of Monk being dissatisfied after a concert because he 
played the wrong errors. Not the errors he intended and hoped to play. So one can also speak of 
right errors. A clear example of how musicians play with conventions and expectations, in order to 
create new music. In this project Parodi constructs a sonic work starting from a ‘right error’. “The 
right error was produced by a Schoeps CMC6 MK4 microphone during a recording session. Listening 
to the recording, at the very beginning a noise appeared, though no sound was yet played”, Parodi 
states. A noise appeared out of nothing. This original error was stretched out in time following a 
binary transcription of the text of Monk’s ‘Round Midnight’, his most famous composition. With 
text, Parodi means the lyrics - I suppose - that were written later and not by Monk himself. This 
shows Parodi works on a conceptual level, following a minimalistic approach. Not sure, what 
element Parodi abstracted from the text. Probably length as, as the sound sequences differ in 
length, as does the silence in between. The result sounds as some exceptional sequence of sounds 
from outer space, suggesting there is some logic or intelligence behind it. Not just random noise, 
but somehow organized. Parodi organized this sound work into five parts, called ‘Right Error Part 
1’, up to ‘Right Error 5’ and composed it for an eight loudspeakers sound system. In each part 
sound and silences are grouped differently. There are changes in dynamic, modulation and length. 
There is no linear, narrative progression. The work abstracts from almost all ingredients that 
normally expect from music and even sound works. If ‘organized sound’ is your preferred definition 
of music, this creation by Parodi will sound ‘as’ music into your ears. But whatever your definition 
and understanding – emotional, cognitive, etc. – of music and sound may be, a meeting with an 
avant garde work like this for sure is in interesting one. Provoking questions about our listening 
habits. (Dolf Mulder)
––– Address: http://migrorecords.com/

review at http://www.sands-zine.com/recensioni.php

review at http://www.toperiodiko.gr/auditorium-κάποια-σχήματα-μουσικής-και-από-το-μ/#.WMEzx_IROpo

review at http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=9614

review at http://ettoregarzia.blogspot.it/2016/12/alla-ricerca-di-nuove-forme-di.html

Right Error Part 1

Saya Mencari

Originally by The Moody Blues

Everything you hear, is played and sung by me ;-)

Haunted [Moody Blues Tribute]

Ambient composition based on analog/modular synth and electric guitar.

Recorded during Autumn 2019.

Enjoy it!

Ambiental Vol. 01

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