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The rumble of the earth
The silence of the people
The rising of the waters
And the scream of the new born!
Mister president?
We're not expecting anything from you.
Mister citizen,
No time to give it up and sleep.
«THE ONLY LEGAL TRIP YOU CAN TAKE. A HYPNOTIC SOUND EXPERIENCE. A PERFECT CUT IN THE VACUUM!»
'A Perfect Cut in the Vacuum' is the title of the new album by Paolo Tarsi, set for a release on Anitya Records, in collaboration with Acanto.
Paolo Tarsi, Italian producer of electronic and chamber music, writes for theater and video art, working regularly with visual artists, DJs, film-makers, galleries and museums of contemporary art. Specializing in the composition with Oscar-winner Luis Bacalov, he collaborates with leading musicians in the electronic, jazz and rock scene.
The 21 tracks of the album pulsate in a climax where intense sounds follow each other. Ambient echoes blend with the Kosmische Musik and the progressive, going through techno to the irresistible universe of synth pop.
Paolo involves artists who have contributed to reshaping the aesthetic canons of a musical revolution. This begins with some legends of electronics, such as the renowned keyboardist Steve Schroyder and the violinist Hoshiko Yamane from Tangerine Dream, as well as two former Kraftwerk members: Eberhard Kranemann and Fernando Abrantes. Others come from equally important experiences such as Elektric Music, King Crimson, Tuxedomoon, Henry Cow, National Health, Area, Afterhours, Ulan Bator, Rheingold, through session men who have recorded alongside Brian Eno, Radiohead, Soft Machine and Bryan Ferry.
A journey through cinematic, introspective and music experimentations, which culminates with 'Artificial Intelligence', the first single of the album!
The artwork is created, among others, by Emil Schult and Ahmed Emad Eldin, designer of the cover of ‘The Endless River’ album by Pink Floyd.
A producer and a musical project that we will surely hear about in the coming months.
FEEDBACK
“Dear Paolo I wish you all the best with your project", Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode)
“Very interesting project", John Illsley (Dire Straits)
"Dear Paolo, your music sounds interesting and you have clearly done some great musical projects", Theo Travis (David Gilmour, Soft Machine Legacy, Robert Fripp, David Sylvian, Steven Wilson, Harold Budd, Gong, Porcupine Tree, Dave & Richard Sinclair)
“Dear Paolo, I find what you are doing really interesting and full of resonances, both musical and otherwise”, Bob Klose (Pink Floyd)
“I like your music very much”, Klaus Röder (ex Kraftwerk)
"Dear Paolo, I wish you lots of luck with your project and the exhibition", Steve Hackett (Genesis)
“Hi Paolo, the music sounds very interesting!”, Percy Jones (Brand X, Soft Machine, David Sylvian, Brian Eno, Steve Hackett, Suzanne Vega, Richard Barbieri)
"Dear Paolo I found your music very interesting, I enjoy it a lot! Your music is very good", John Scofield (Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey DeFrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Pat Martino, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham, Medeski Martin & Wood, Jaco Pastorius)
“When Paolo and I met, we knew we had something in common. Our common references to Cage brought us instantly in tune with one another. Among other things, I appreciate working with young musicians and sharing experiences. I am very happy to have the possibility to collaborate in these reunions with Area, but I am even happier when I can do things like this that we will be doing with Paolo, because these things represent the essence of what I am now, instead of going back and retracing musical themes that for me are now quite obsolete”
Paolo Tofani (Area International POPular Group)
"For those beloved of the original German kosmische musik of the likes of early Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and Can it will feel like a little piece of heaven. The gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art) is completed by artwork and text by Emil Schult. Overall a heady mix of fizzing ideas and collaborations"
David Buckley, MOJO Magazine
“Paolo Tarsi, a name which will be remembered”
Battiti – Rai Radio 3
A PERFECT CUT IN THE VACUUM
Limited Deluxe Edition tracklist (2 CDs)
Disc One: Unique Forms of Continuity in Sound
Horror Pleni (Side 1)
1. Texture of Clouds (Mono no Aware) (4:18)
(N. Judd, P. Tarsi, H. Yamane)
Hoshiko Yamane (Tangerine Dream): violin
Nick Judd (Brian Eno): electric piano
Paolo Tarsi: cut-up strategies, arrangement, composition, production
2. The Rumble (4:24)
(music: I. Georgiev, C. Gibson, J. Greaves, P. Tarsi - words: I. Georgiev)
Ivan Georgiev (Tuxedomoon): voice, piano
Chris Gibson (King Crimson, Robert Fripp): electric guitar
John Greaves (Henry Cow, National Health): synthesizers
Paolo Tarsi: cut-up strategies, arrangement, composition, production
3. In the Supreme Hashish of Our Dream, Part 1 (5:14)
(J. Hastings, X. Iriondo, S. Schroyder, P. Tarsi)
Jimmy Hastings (Caravan, Soft Machine, Radiohead, Bryan Ferry): bass clarinet
Xabier Iriondo (Afterhours): mahai metak
Steve Schroyder (Tangerine Dream): Oberheim 4 voice, Memorymoog, Korg Kronos X, Korg M3
Paolo Tarsi: cut-up strategies, arrangement, composition, production
Horror Vacui (Side 2)
4. In the Supreme Hashish of Our Dream, Part 2 (7:32)
(A. Cambuzat, V. Cosi, E. Kranemann, P. Tarsi)
Amaury Cambuzat (Ulan Bator, faUSt): electric guitar
Eberhard Kranemann (ex Kraftwerk, Neu!): sound art
Steve Schroyder (Tangerine Dream): drone
Valerio Cosi: electronics, guitars, samples, synthesizers, mixing
Paolo Tarsi: cut-up strategies, arrangement, composition, production
5. Time Crystals Soup (6:20)
(V. Cosi, P. Tarsi)
Paolo Tarsi: synthesizers
Valerio Cosi: electronics, samples, mixing
6. Sakuhin électronique 2# (6:08)
(P. Tarsi)
Paolo Tarsi: electric piano, organ
Fauve! Gegen A Rhino: electronics, samples, mixing
Bonus tracks
7. Pushpanjali in the Cathodic Garden (Scanner Mix) (6:04)
(P. Tarsi, R. Rimbaud)
feat. Paolo Tofani (Area): trikanta veena
8. Star Cluster Deconstruction (Alek Hidell Mix) (5:56)
(P. Tarsi, D. Licciardi)
9. Sakuhin électronique 2# (7:19)
(P. Tarsi)
Paolo Tarsi: electric piano
Fauve! Gegen A Rhino: electronics, samples, mixing
Recorded live at Spazio Aereo (Venice)
Disc Two: Artificially Intelligent
1. Artificial Intelligence (3:56)
(music: P. Tarsi - words: E. Schult/E. Nilsson/L. Manteuffel)
Paolo Tarsi: synthesizers, keyboards, additional programming, arrangement, production
Andrea Tich: voice, electronic drums, mixing
Federico Storari: programming
2. Jinkōchinō (3:56)
(music: P. Tarsi - words: E. Schult/E. Nilsson/L. Manteuffel/G. Kawamura)
Paolo Tarsi: synthesizers, keyboards, additional programming, arrangement, production
Andrea Tich: voice, electronic drums, mixing
Federico Storari: programming
3. AI (Vortice Sintetico) (3:56)
(music: P. Tarsi - words: P. Tarsi/E. Schult/E. Nilsson/L. Manteuffel)
Paolo Tarsi: synthesizers, keyboards, additional programming, arrangement, production
Andrea Tich: voice, electronic drums, mixing
Federico Storari: programming
4. Künstliche Intelligenz (3:56)
(music: P. Tarsi - words: E. Schult/E. Nilsson/L. Manteuffel)
Paolo Tarsi: synthesizers, keyboards, additional programming, arrangement, production
Lothar Manteuffel (Rheingold, Elektric Music): voice
Andrea Tich: electronic drums, mixing
Federico Storari: programming
05. Künstliche Intelligenz (Tich Ummodeln) (3:56)
(music: P. Tarsi - words: E. Schult/E. Nilsson/L. Manteuffel)
Paolo Tarsi: synthesizers, keyboards, additional programming, arrangement, production
Andrea Tich: electronic drums
Federico Storari: micromoog, programming, mixing
07. Artificial Intelligence (Fernando Abrantes Mix) (3:54)
(music: P. Tarsi - words: E. Schult/E. Nilsson/L. Manteuffel)
08. Artificial Intelligence (Lothar Manteuffel Mix) (4:17)
(music: P. Tarsi - words: E. Schult/E. Nilsson/L. Manteuffel)
09. Artificial Intelligence (Andrea Tich Mix) (4:16)
(music: P. Tarsi - words: E. Schult/E. Nilsson/L. Manteuffel)
10. AI-CUTUP (Emil Schult Mix) (4:19)
(music: P. Tarsi/E. Schult/L. Manteuffel - words: E. Schult/E. Nilsson/L. Manteuffel)
11. Artificial Intelligence (DJ Ralf Mix 1# ) (6:21)
(music: P. Tarsi - words: E. Schult/E. Nilsson/L. Manteuffel/P. Tarsi/G. Kawamura)
12. Artificial Intelligence (DJ Ralf Mix 2# ) (6:09)
(music: P. Tarsi - words: E. Schult/E. Nilsson/L. Manteuffel/P. Tarsi/G. Kawamura)
credits
released December 13, 2020
Album concept and production · Paolo Tarsi
Design and art direction · Roberto Rossini
Slipcase cover image · Emil Schult
Front cover image · Emil Schult & Luca Domeneghetti
Back cover images · Luca Domeneghetti
“Hollow” artwork · Ahmed Emad Eldin
Mastered by Andrea Felli at Farmhouse Studio, Rimini, Italy
supported by 4 fans who also own “A Perfect Cut in the Vacuum”
It will take many listenings to tease out of the great work on this recording but when you can go from the vibes of trance to progressive rock, it's impressive and frankly fun Bradford Warner