ERALDO BERNOCCHI & HAROLD BUDD

MUSIC FROM "FRAGMENTS FROM THE INSIDE"

  1/  Fragment One                               (Budd)                                    8.12
  2/  Fragment Two                               (Budd,Bernocchi)                          8.33
  3/  Fragment Three                             (Budd,Bernocchi)                          9.41
  4/  Fragment Four                              (Budd,Bernocchi)                          8.57
  5/  Fragment Five                              (Budd,Bernocchi)                          8.29
  6/  Fragment Six                               (Budd,Bernocchi)                          11.09
  7/  Fragment Seven                             (Budd,Bernocchi)                          20.13

          Recorded at Palazzo Delle Papesse Centro D'Arte Contemporanea on the occasion of the
            exhibition "Palazzo Delle Liberta" for the video installation "Fragments From the
            Inside" by Petulia Mattioli aka PM Koma and original poems by Mara Bressi
          Engineered by Francesco Oliveto
          Mixed by Eraldo Bernocchi and Gianpaolo Antoni at Euphonic Recording, Pisa
          Produced by Eraldo Bernocchi
          Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at Turtle Tone, New York City
Eraldo Bernocchi: treated guitars, programming, electronics; Harold Budd: piano.

          2005 - Sub Rosa (Belgium), SR239 (CD)

REVIEWS :

Recorded live on what can only be assumed was a warm and expansive Italian night, 'Fragments From The Inside' sees the coming together of incredible Pianist / ambient master Harold Budd and long-time Bill Laswell collaborator Eraldo Bernochhi, with 'Music For Fragments From The Inside'. Composed and played on the hoof, 'Music For Fragments...' unfurls with loquacious grace; a fact that is cemented on the opening 'One'. So whilst in the foreground a beautiful Benno Moiseiwistshca-esque piano part is allowed time to languidly gather momentum, on the fringes Bernocchi punctures the ambient membrane with buckshot's of garbled digitalis that create a thrilling juxtaposition which comes off a treat. Elsewhere, 'Four' assumes a similar perspective (albeit with the machines winning round two) to the opening composition, 'Six' betters Jenkinson's 'Iambic 9 Poetry', whilst 'Two' is a claustrophobic coalition of fidgeting beats and classical flourishes. Closing with the slow burn marathon of (you guessed it) 'Seven', Bernocchi and Budd have created a soothing aural balm that whilst undoubtedly honeyed, has enough piquant bite to keep your head engaged. Amazing music.

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