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{"id":8225254080762,"title":"Papiro \/\/ Con un occhio aperto LP","handle":"papiro-con-un-occhio-aperto-lp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eスイス／イタリアのストレンジビーツ作家Papiroが、2024年3月にイタリアの実験レーベル\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlga Marghenから300部限定で\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eリリースしたレコードです。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eサイケデリックなストレンジビーツ〜アコースティック・ドローン4\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e曲を収録。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/alga-marghen\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/alga-marghen\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/alga-marghen\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/alga-marghen\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Alga Marghen releases available at Tobira. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e----------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12\" black vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlanam:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eAlmost a decade on from his last full length for the label, the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ereligiously themed “Teopatia”, Marco Papiro returns to Planam with \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Con un occhio aperto”, his most challenging and ambitious work to \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003edate. Known as one of the most dedicated contemporary investigators of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe potential of analogue synthesizers, the musicality and personal \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003etouch of Papiro’s work stand apart from a field dominated by gear \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003efetishism and nostalgia. In recent years, one of the unique \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eingredients of Papiro’s music has been his use of synthesised human \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003evoices, often lending his productions a dimension of uncanniness. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere, he pushes this aspect of his work much further, presenting a \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003esuite of four pieces where most listeners would be hard pressed to \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003etrace the sounds they hear back to electronic sources.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e The opening title piece, “Con un occhio aperto” (i.e. “With One \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eEye Open”), begins with metallic textures, similar to bowed cymbals or \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003egongs, which are soon joined by waves of percussive sound, both \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003edrum-like and metallic. Irregularly rising to the surface and receding \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003einto the background, at times reminiscent of natural rhythms of rain, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ewind, or sea, these percussive textures are accompanied by haunting \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003evoice-like tones, at once strikingly realistic and disorienting in \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003etheir non-human patterns of articulation and attack. Like the voices, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe percussive sounds can at times be almost indistinguishable from \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ereal cowbells, gongs, or hand drums, precisely mimicking their attack, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003edecay, resonance, and spatial diffusion. At the same time, however, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethey possess an unsettling, unreal quality, producing in the listener \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ea feeling of disorientation that Papiro links to dreams. Perhaps the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eclosest parallel to these overlapping waves of rattling, pulsating \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003epercussive sounds and eerie extended tones is Jon Gibson’s classic \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Visitations”, where the line between instrumental, electronic, and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003enatural sound is blurred in a mesmerising drift. Here, the ambiguity \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eis heightened even further through the electronic origins of the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eseemingly acoustic sounds.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e On “La caverna” (i.e. “The Cavern”) and “Superfici” (i.e. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Surfaces”), Papiro continues the exploration of synthetic textures, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebut in a more monolithic direction. On “La caverna”, we are treated to \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eshimmering, glassy overtones, patiently sounded over a mysterious \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eburble of clicks and pops. On “Superfici”, the complex resonance of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003esynthetic bells conjures an atmosphere of ritual or meditation. In \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eboth pieces, the slow movement and sustained focus on unstable \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eharmonic phenomenon comes across almost as a kind of otherworldly take \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eon Romanian Spectralism, cleansing the ears for the luscious closing \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eepic, “Vita segreta dei peli” (i.e. “The Secret Life Of Hairs”). Rich,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003epiano-like chiming tones form the foundation of the piece, slowly \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003erepeating melodic patterns until they are gradually transformed in the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eclosing moments into something closer to bowed strings. Threaded \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethrough this hypnotic arrangement, we hear, for the first time on the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003erecord, recognisable synthesizer figures, alongside long tones \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eperformed on alto flute and bass clarinet by Christoph Bösch and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eToshiko Sakakibara (members of Basel’s Ensemble Phoenix). While \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eentirely in keeping with the restrained, uncanny sound world of the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eremainder of the LP, this closing piece has a gently psychedelic \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003equality, something like a slowed-down, stretched-out take on \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBattiato’s “Sulle corde di Aries”.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e Like “Teopatia”, “Con un occhio aperto” arrives in a sleeve \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebearing beautiful and comical self-portrait photographs of his father. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhile on the earlier release, he styles himself as a saint, here he \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eappears as a fur-clad hunter: a fitting image for this singular, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eexploratory music, which, like the photographs, is at once playful and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eprimal.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : Papiro\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Planam (Alga Marghen)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCAT No.: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePLANAM049\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-03-15T20:13:52+09:00","created_at":"2024-03-15T19:35:53+09:00","vendor":"Tobira Records","type":"","tags":["Alga Marghen","drone","lp","new","strange beats"],"price":398000,"price_min":398000,"price_max":398000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":45348797808890,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Papiro \/\/ Con un occhio aperto LP","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":398000,"weight":430,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"PLANAM049","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/con1_e5feba15-5a4b-41ad-89f3-6b9b3590fe28.jpg?v=1710498955"],"featured_image":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/con1_e5feba15-5a4b-41ad-89f3-6b9b3590fe28.jpg?v=1710498955","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":33386632478970,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":300,"width":300,"src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/con1_e5feba15-5a4b-41ad-89f3-6b9b3590fe28.jpg?v=1710498955"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":300,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/con1_e5feba15-5a4b-41ad-89f3-6b9b3590fe28.jpg?v=1710498955","width":300}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eスイス／イタリアのストレンジビーツ作家Papiroが、2024年3月にイタリアの実験レーベル\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlga Marghenから300部限定で\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eリリースしたレコードです。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eサイケデリックなストレンジビーツ〜アコースティック・ドローン4\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e曲を収録。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/alga-marghen\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/alga-marghen\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/alga-marghen\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/alga-marghen\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Alga Marghen releases available at Tobira. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e----------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12\" black vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlanam:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eAlmost a decade on from his last full length for the label, the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ereligiously themed “Teopatia”, Marco Papiro returns to Planam with \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Con un occhio aperto”, his most challenging and ambitious work to \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003edate. Known as one of the most dedicated contemporary investigators of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe potential of analogue synthesizers, the musicality and personal \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003etouch of Papiro’s work stand apart from a field dominated by gear \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003efetishism and nostalgia. In recent years, one of the unique \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eingredients of Papiro’s music has been his use of synthesised human \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003evoices, often lending his productions a dimension of uncanniness. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere, he pushes this aspect of his work much further, presenting a \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003esuite of four pieces where most listeners would be hard pressed to \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003etrace the sounds they hear back to electronic sources.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e The opening title piece, “Con un occhio aperto” (i.e. “With One \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eEye Open”), begins with metallic textures, similar to bowed cymbals or \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003egongs, which are soon joined by waves of percussive sound, both \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003edrum-like and metallic. Irregularly rising to the surface and receding \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003einto the background, at times reminiscent of natural rhythms of rain, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ewind, or sea, these percussive textures are accompanied by haunting \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003evoice-like tones, at once strikingly realistic and disorienting in \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003etheir non-human patterns of articulation and attack. Like the voices, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe percussive sounds can at times be almost indistinguishable from \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ereal cowbells, gongs, or hand drums, precisely mimicking their attack, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003edecay, resonance, and spatial diffusion. At the same time, however, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethey possess an unsettling, unreal quality, producing in the listener \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ea feeling of disorientation that Papiro links to dreams. Perhaps the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eclosest parallel to these overlapping waves of rattling, pulsating \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003epercussive sounds and eerie extended tones is Jon Gibson’s classic \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Visitations”, where the line between instrumental, electronic, and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003enatural sound is blurred in a mesmerising drift. Here, the ambiguity \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eis heightened even further through the electronic origins of the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eseemingly acoustic sounds.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e On “La caverna” (i.e. “The Cavern”) and “Superfici” (i.e. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Surfaces”), Papiro continues the exploration of synthetic textures, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebut in a more monolithic direction. On “La caverna”, we are treated to \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eshimmering, glassy overtones, patiently sounded over a mysterious \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eburble of clicks and pops. On “Superfici”, the complex resonance of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003esynthetic bells conjures an atmosphere of ritual or meditation. In \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eboth pieces, the slow movement and sustained focus on unstable \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eharmonic phenomenon comes across almost as a kind of otherworldly take \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eon Romanian Spectralism, cleansing the ears for the luscious closing \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eepic, “Vita segreta dei peli” (i.e. “The Secret Life Of Hairs”). Rich,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003epiano-like chiming tones form the foundation of the piece, slowly \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003erepeating melodic patterns until they are gradually transformed in the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eclosing moments into something closer to bowed strings. Threaded \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethrough this hypnotic arrangement, we hear, for the first time on the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003erecord, recognisable synthesizer figures, alongside long tones \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eperformed on alto flute and bass clarinet by Christoph Bösch and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eToshiko Sakakibara (members of Basel’s Ensemble Phoenix). While \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eentirely in keeping with the restrained, uncanny sound world of the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eremainder of the LP, this closing piece has a gently psychedelic \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003equality, something like a slowed-down, stretched-out take on \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBattiato’s “Sulle corde di Aries”.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e Like “Teopatia”, “Con un occhio aperto” arrives in a sleeve \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebearing beautiful and comical self-portrait photographs of his father. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhile on the earlier release, he styles himself as a saint, here he \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eappears as a fur-clad hunter: a fitting image for this singular, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eexploratory music, which, like the photographs, is at once playful and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eprimal.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : Papiro\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Planam (Alga Marghen)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCAT No.: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePLANAM049\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
