Collaging Egisto Macchi this month.

This is my long planned audio-primer and I’d even say a love letter to the greatest Italian library music composer that ever lived. 1+ hour of succulent library grooves, piquant string sections, singing woodwinds, mysterious electroacoustica and violent onslaughts of percussion. No shortage of drama! What a legend! A close associate of Morricone, member of high-profile improv band Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza, Italy’s most tireless champion of experimental concert music and overall maestro of sound alchemy.

As usual I was more interested in capturing the mood of the composer’s catalogue rather than faithfully playing out a few of my favourite tracks. So, a lot of bits, pieces, juxtapositions and layers. A list of fragments used in their very approximate sequence can be found on my website:

https://snowsovgethen.com/journal/snows-ov-gethen-hermetic-journals-egisto-macchi-special-january-2023

Hermetic Journals: Egisto Macchi Special (January 2023)

Transmissions to the aether • des bruits colorés
https://snowsovgethen.com/

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