Artist : Solo Andata
Title : Solo Andata
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2009
Date : 09/2009
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 08
Label : n/a
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 61:44 min
Size : 79,1 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Ablation 11:06
02.Hydraulic Fluctuations 05:29
03.Canal Rocks 04:49
04.Beyond This Window 05:12
05.In The Light Storming 07:02
06.Look For Me Here 07:50
07.Loom 06:45
08.Woods Flesh Bone 13:31
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61:44 min
12k presents Australian duo Solo Andata
along with their second album, self-
titled. Translated literally from the
Italian as ôone wayö, Solo Andata
portrays the theme of a one-way journey
that moves from (and represents a thread
between) water and land, fluid/stasis,
cold/hot. Following Solo AndataÆs debut
album Fyris Swan (Hefty, 2006) and their
12k inception on Live in Melbourne, Solo
Andata presents us with an ambient
affair, with dark drones coupled with
ethereal sonic environments.
It could be said that Solo Andata is
carefully sequenced to a narrative
structure: beginning on boat in the
cold, arctic night of ôAblation,ö and
then ending on foot in the hot
wilderness of ôWoods, Flesh, Bone.ö
However, concepts and narratives that
seem clear to the artists are often left
oblique to the listeners. This is
perhaps why Solo Andata represented this
narrative in a strict sense by recording
what the titles literally refer to. For
example, ôWoods Flesh, Boneö presents us
with sweltering woodlands, the sound of
a fresh carcass being torn apart and the
clattering of bones. The same can be
said of ôHydraulic Fluctuations,ö ôCanal
Rocks,ö ôAblationö and ôIn the Light
Storming.ö These organic sources, then,
help tie music and concept together.
Solo Andata utilizes very little, if
any, electronic instruments. Acoustic
guitar, piano, cello and the natural
resonances of organic materials (usually
by way of a violin bow, pluck, or home-
made contraption) become their main
instruments, and as their live shows
often attest to, Solo Andata can turn
almost any object into an instrument
capable of producing beautiful, other-
worldly music.
Solo Andata is being released
simultaneously with Look For Me Here
(12k2014), a limited edition CD-Single
that contains the album mix of ôLook For
Me Hereö as well as remixes from
legendary Japanese musician Ryuichi
Sakamoto and 12kÆs visionary Giuseppe
Ielasi.
Solo Andata was created between Perth,
Western Australia, Melbourne, Victoria
and New York City.
Mixed by Taylor Deupree.
Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi.
http://www.12k.com
Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi.
http://www.12k.com