{"product_id":"roberto-cacciapaglia-sonanze-vinyl-lp","title":"Roberto Cacciapaglia - Sonanze, Vinyl LP","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRoberto Cacciapaglia - Sonanze, Vinyl LP\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eRoberto Cacciapaglia is an Italian composer and pianist who started out in the fertile Milan avant-garde scene of the 1970s, which included Franco Battiato, Giusto Pio, Lino Capra Vaccina, Francesco Messina, among others. After studying at the conservatory, he worked at RAI's Studio of Musical Phonology – an electronic music laboratory similar to NDR\/WDR in Germany, GRM\/IRCAM in France or BBC Radiophonic Workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSonanze\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Sonatas) is \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCacciapaglia's debut album, a monumental work that was recorded over a two-year period and released in 1975 via seminal German label Die Kosmischen Kuriere (Ohr). While a \"sonata\" is traditionally performed by easily distinguishable instrumentalists (often soloist and accompaniment) and with repeated structural themes, Cacciapaglia  flips this hierarchical form on its head – blending harpsichord, strings, brass and analog synths to create ambient mini-soundtracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the composer writes in the original sleeve notes, \"I am aware, unfortunately, that I am a few millennia late in how I would like music to be understood, which today I find diluted in its primary powers, in an era that is destructive of essential values. Precisely for this reason, I want to search for it in depth and not on the surface, perhaps alternating the knob of a synthesizer with a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003emarranzano\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(mouth harp).\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMixed in quadrophonic surround-sound under the auspices of Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser (celebrated producer of Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSonanze\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eremains on the fringe of Kosmische realms. Each movement explores hypnotic rhythms, intuitive arrangements, musique concrète techniques and a pure psychedelic awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Superior Viaduct","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50151467122881,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1407\/4970\/files\/roberto-cacciapaglia-sonanze.webp?v=1776820425","url":"https:\/\/hathillrecords.com.au\/products\/roberto-cacciapaglia-sonanze-vinyl-lp","provider":"Hat Hill Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}