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release:
artist....: Corrado Maria De Santis
album.....: City of Tethers
type......: album
source....: WEB/MP3
tracks....: 5
label.....: Owl Totem Recordings
store date: 2024-11-26
catalogue#:
encoder...: LAME3.99r
quality...: 320 kbps / 44100Hz / Joint stereo
URL.......: https://open.qobuz.com/album/wo9dtye70agjc
genre.....: Ambient
genres....:
- Netherlands
- guitar drone
- drone ambient
- drone
- dark ambient
- ambient
similar...:
- Wil Bolton
- Lustmord
- Sole Massif
- Coil
- ARROWOUNDS
artist links :
bandcamp: https://corradomariadesantis.bandcamp.com/
discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/5107397
other databases: https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/corrado-maria-de-santis
release links:
bandcamp: https://owltotem.bandcamp.com/album/city-of-tethers
tracklist.:
- [ 01. City of Tethers 06:38.53 ]
- [ 02. Entangled Uncertainties 05:56.20 ]
- [ 03. The Ravine 06:05.53 ]
- [ 04. Dusk's Embrace 07:59.73 ]
- [ 05. Floatin' on the Edge 13:22.18 ]
comment...: |
The album 'City of Tethers' is inspired by a passage from Italo
Calvino’s 'Invisible Cities', particularly the description of the city
of Ottavia. This city is suspended over an abyss, held up by a net that
its inhabitants know will eventually give way. “Suspended over the void,
the lives of Ottavia’s inhabitants are less uncertain than in other
cities. They know the net will not last,” Calvino writes.The image of
Ottavia has become a powerful symbol of fragility and interconnection.
The suspended city evokes the delicate balance between human
relationships, societal structures, and environmental instability,
offering a striking metaphor for the precariousness of modern life.In
'City of Tethers', these ideas are mirrored in expansive, layered
soundscapes that explore the fragility of the systems we rely on. The
album captures a sense of precariousness and interconnectedness, evoking
images of complex, unstable balance—much like Ottavia, a city suspended
between two mountains, dependent on a fragile aerial web.This theme
resonates with the contemporary concept of integral ecology, where the
metaphor of Ottavia is frequently used to represent the intricate
relationship between economic, social, and environmental crises. 'City
of Tethers' offers a sonic journey that invites reflection on these
themes through tracks that, like Ottavia, hover between tension and
contemplation.Corrado Maria De Santis (Midira Records, Lost Tribe Sound)
is an Italian guitarist and sound artist, who merges improvised guitar
with computer-generated sounds, shaping ambient drones and subtle glitch
textures. His work has appeared on various notable music labels, quietly
exploring the boundaries of experimental sound.
biography.: |
Corrado Maria De Santis (Midira Records, Lost Tribe Sound) is an Italian
guitarist and sound artist, who merges improvised guitar with
computer-generated sounds, shaping ambient drones and subtle glitch
textures. His work has appeared on various notable music labels, quietly
exploring the boundaries of experimental sound. <a
href="https://www.last.fm/music/Corrado+Maria+De+Santis">Read more on
Last.fm</a>