LIVE SET: Enrico Coniglio+Giulio Aldinucci – Mystica electronica @ Chiesa di San Vincenzo (VI)

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Giulio Aldinucci will present “two unreleased compositions based on the idea of sound as a material, moldable into complex forms by removing excess elements from the sonic mass. These two pieces are part of an album—currently in progress—that stems from a reflection on the dichotomy between accumulation and subtraction. This process led me to compose starting from audio material dense with frequencies, aiming to reveal what is ‘hidden’ within the raw sonic mass. Unlike sculpture, in music, time can also be a material, as sounds are shattered into milliseconds and recomposed with a different arrangement of fragments, transcending traditional notions of rhythm and duration.

Enrico Coniglio invites the audience to an “immersive journey that explores the invisible connections between nature and sacred spaces. The work he presents employs the sound layering technique known as the time-lag accumulator, where individual sounds are repeated using delays with variable time intervals, resulting in a staggered effect. This process creates complex and asynchronous orchestrations in constant evolution. After more than twenty years of sound exploration, Coniglio returns to the guitar, creating free improvisations based on loops and deep reverberations.

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OUT NOW: “adagissimo venexiano” – Enrico Coniglio – CD-r/DL – (ta​â​lem advent calendar 2024 – day 24)

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Happy to share this work specially conceived for ta​â​lem advent calendar 2024.

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Slow-evolving music, nostalgic retro pads, and moody textures transport the listener in a shades of blue landscape of Venice. After many albums released over the last 20 years, Enrico Coniglio is returning to the origins, focusing mainly on loop based improvisations, played live-in-studio with no other instruments but Roland’s guitar-synths and swirly reverbs. “adagissimo venexiano” (where adagissimo in music means a ‘very slow and solemn tempo’) pays personal homage to the “soundscape compositions” of Mr. R. Fripp, from the 1990s.

OUT NOW: “Hydor” – UP to 23 w/ Enrico Coniglio CD/DL – Silentes 2024

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I’m really happy to announce the release of “Hydor” by the duo Up to 23. I was invited about a year ago to collaborate with them on a couple of tracks, and this is the result.

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Up To 23 is an electronic music duo formed by Marco Buffetti and Francesco Fincato.

“Hydor LP” is a sonic journey diving into the ever-changing nature of water. From vast seascapes to the depths of the underwater world, the album aims to capture the power and tranquility of this elemental force, shifting between dark tones, ethereal visions and cinematic moods.

The last two tracks feature a collaboration with Enrico Coniglio, whose guitar parts lay a foundation for fluid and hypnotic soundscapes. Immerse yourself in an enveloping experience, where sound becomes a current and time seems to dissolve.

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Æther #001 by Enrico Coniglio Dronarivm Guest Mixes Series

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I was recently invited by the good guys at Fonodroom / Dronarivm to make a mix, so here are some of my fav tracks/authors on the label. Peace.

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The first episode in our new series of guest mixes is created by the Italian sound artist Enrico Coniglio. In this episode, Enrico explores the vast discography of Dronarivm and selects some of his favourite tracks spanning from 2014 to 2024.

Enrico’s own music incorporates a diverse range of stylistic influences, blending elements of ambient, drone, modern classical, and field recordings. On Dronarivm, we have published five of his works, some recorded in collaboration with Matteo Uggeri and Giulio Aldinucci. His most recent album, “The Sirens Of Titan”, is a conceptual work based on the renowned novel by Kurt Vonnegut and is available in a special physical packaging: dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/the-sirens-of-titan

Tracklist:

00:00. SineRider – Lapis (from the album “Moonflowers”, 2020)
04:04. Innesti – Filament and Place (from the album “Filament and Place”, 2021)
07:36. Christopher Bissonnette – Color Deceives Continuously (from the album “The Wine Dark Sea”, 2020)
13:52. bvdub – Gainless [G]estures (from the album “A Different Definition of Love”, 2018)
24:48. Sven Laux and Daniela Orvin – Friends (from the album “The Writings”, 2019)
30:24. Federico Mosconi – Braiding Light (from the album “Dreamers and Tides”, 2021)
35:10. Endless Melancholy – Will You Be There (from the album “Fragments of Scattered Whispers”, 2018)
39:05. Hipnotic Earth – Phosphenes (from the album “Starfish & Giant Foams”, 2021)
42:52. Halftribe – More Than Autumn (from the album “Backwater Revisited”, 2019)
47:28. Enrico Coniglio & Giulio Aldinucci – Until the End of Remembrances (from the album “Stalking The Elusive”, 2020)
57:05. Sentimental Machines – Farewell March (from the album “Less”, 2014)
63:40. Robert Farrugia – Long Wait (from the album “Tilwin”, 2024)

OUT NOW: “The Sirens of Titan” – CD/DL – Dronarivm 2024

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Dronarivm is thrilled to announce the release of Enrico Coniglio’s highly anticipated album, “The Sirens of Titan”. Its title pays homage to the renowned novel by Kurt Vonnegut, inviting listeners on a journey filled with guitar tapestries and space oddities. Enrico Coniglio’s personal approach to ambient music promises to transport audiences to uncharted realms of delicate emotions. In “The Sirens of Titan,” Coniglio masterfully crafts yet another captivating installment on his musical path, delving deeper into the evocative world of melancholic soundscapes and expanding the horizons of his sonic exploration.

The limited physical edition is presented as a 6-panel digisleeve with 8 prints on tracing paper, featuring original drawings by Alina Lutaeva (alinalutaeva.art), based on scenes from the novel and created specifically for this release. The digisleeve is packed in a black cardboard slipcase, hand-stamped, and hand-numbered.

“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, ‘The Sirens of Titan’
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releases April 26, 2024

All tracks written, arranged and produced by Enrico Coniglio.
Recorded and mixed in Venice in 2016-2023.
Cover photo by Dario Camponogara
Original drawings by Alina Lutaeva
Mastered by Ian Hawgood

Thanks to Dmitry Taldykin and everyone at Dronarivm for their strength and resilience. Some tracks were previously released on taâlem.

 

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OUT NOW: Open to the Sea “Ten Rooms Under the Sea” – CD/DL – Dissipatio 2023

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Open to the Sea, an eclectic music project led by Enrico Coniglio, Matteo Uggeri, and Saverio Rosi, returns with a new album, guiding the listener into a world of delicate intimacy, where sound is but a glimmer of light that seeps beneath the surface of the sea.

With “Ten Rooms Under the Sea,” we travel through the rooms of time, guided by melancholy but with no risk of falling into genre stereotypes. This album definitively celebrates the collaboration between Enrico and Saverio, who exchange audio tracks remotely, giving birth to fragments of recordings that are later deciphered, translated, and assembled by Matteo, in a working method that has become customary within the trio.

“Ten Rooms Under the Sea” is an ode to eclecticism, an auditory immersion that combines disparate musical elements in a delicate interweaving of guitars, piano notes, synth arpeggios, and vocal samples. It is never over the top, never excessive, and never predictable. One of the album’s brightest gems is the inclusion of King George VI’s “king’s speech,” which adds a touch of melancholy to the already rich soundscape that sparks the imagination.

These are melodies for empty days, like rooms imagined beneath the sea, with bare walls, but ready to fill with memories, regrets, desires, and even humor at the touch of PLAY.

 

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