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RARE NOISE RECORDS TO RELEASE
FELICIATI'S KOI & METALLIC TASTE OF BLOOD
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For Immediate Release Please
Bassist-Composer-Producer
Lorenzo Feliciati
To Release
KOI
RareNoise concept album, blending ambient music and prog-rock, features
Japan drummer STEVE JANSEN &
King Crimson drummer PAT MASTELOTTO
AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE ON MAY 26, 2015
AND THROUGH RARE NOISE RECORDS
ON CD, VINYL AND HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
TO WATCH THE VIDEO PLEASE SCROLL DOWN
Lorenzo Feliciati
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Fretless and fretted electric basses, electric guitar,
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keyboards & sound design
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Alessandro Gwis
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Acoustic piano with Reaktor running on laptop
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Steve Jansen
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Drums, percussion, rhythm design & programming
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Pat Mastelotto
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Drums on "Noir Alley Verdigris"
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Angelo Olivieri
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Trumpet
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Nicola Alesini
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Soprano Sax on "Noir Alley Verdigris"
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HORN SECTION
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Stan Adams
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Trombone
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Pierluigi Bastioli
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Bass Trombone
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Duilio Ingrosso
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Baritone Sax
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Horn section arranged and conducted by Stan Adams
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ABOUT THE LABEL - RareNoiseRecords was founded in late 2008 by two Italians, guitarist/arranger/ producer Eraldo Bernocchi and all-round music nut Giacomo Bruzzo. Located
in London, the label was created to present a platform to musicians and
listeners alike who think beyond musical boundaries of genre. For
further information and to listen please go to www.rarenoiserecords.com.
New York, April 16, 2015 - For his sixth recording for RareNoiseRecords, following his 2011 solo album Frequent Flyer and subsequent collaborations with vocalist-multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari (Berserk!) and Porcupine Tree bassist Colin Edwin (Twinscapes) as well as two albums with the adventurous jazz-rock outfit Naked Truth (Shizaru, Ouroboros),
the restlessly creative bassist-composer-producer Lorenzo Feliciati has
realized his most ambitious and personal project to date in Koi.
A concept album based on the life of the renowned river carp fish, Koi features former Japan drummer Steve Jansen and current King Crimson drummer Pat Mastelotto along with pianist Alessandro Gwis, trumpeter Angelo Olivieri, saxophonist Nicola Alesini and a horn section consisting of trombonist Stan Adams, bass trombonist Pierluigi Bastioli and baritone saxophonist Duilio Ingrosso. A suite-like offering that intersperses mesmerizing ambient interludes with full-blown prog-rock type anthems, Koi
brilliantly showcases Feliciati's composerly vision while highlighting
his considerable chops on fretted and fretless electric basses.
Traditional Chinese folktales tell the story of Koi
fish that swam up the Yellow River, and though taunted by demons, would
not relent in their quest to jump over waterfalls; the gods noticed and
celebrated their perseverance and endurance by transforming them into
golden dragons, a symbol of strength and power. The
Japanese recognized these fish not just for their beauty but for their
ability to induce otherworldly states of perception in the observer.
These altered states of perception ultimately lead to the attraction of
high energy, which manifests itself in the form of prosperity of all
kinds in our lives.
The musical journey of Koi begins with the spacious, echo-laden piano soundscape "Kohaku" and is followed by the hard-hitting "New House," a Feliciati composition with Steve Jansen on drums and Alessandro Gwis
on keyboards, that is brimming with kinetic momentum and based on a
repetitive riff augmented by punchy horns. Lorenzo's fretless bass
melody is doubled here by muted trumpet while baritone sax deepens the
groove. The icy and hypnotic interlude "Kumonryu" is followed by the moody, slow-grooving requiem "Oxbow."
Following another ambient interlude, "Black Kumonryu" Feliciati is reunited with his Naked Truth band mate Mastelotto, who provides the rhythmic pulse on "Noir Alley Verdigris", a potent number which falls somewhere between King Crimson and Weather Report."Ogon" provides a breath before Feliciati and crew launch into the dynamic, odd-metered "Narada", featuring a strong 7/8 groove by Jansen, nearly a dance beat, where distorted bass and horn section mesh to unison.
Feliciati turns in his most expressive fretless playing on "Margata", a homage to Jaco Pastorius; following another mesmerizing interlude in "Kuchibeni," Feliciati unleashes his fuzz bass chops on the powerhouse "Fish Bowl",
which incorporates trombones and bass in a low-end unison motif before
yielding to a throbbing vamp. This piece originally started as a Frank
Zappa-influenced bass/horn section unison riff, but morphed during the
final arrangement into something quite different altogether -
Feliciati's bass line moving around Steve Jansen's drums and electronics
giving the impression that it is Jansen moving around Feliciati.
The collection closes with the title track "Koi", which travels from minimalist intro to cinematic crescendo - the Koi has now become a Golden Dragon.
TRACKS
1. Kohaku
2. New House
3. Kumonryu
4. Oxbow
5. Black Kumonryu
6. Noir Alley Verdigris
7. Ogon
8. Narada
9. Margata
10.Kuchibeni
11. Fish Bowl
12. Koi
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Lorenzo Feliciati - KOI
CLICK TO WATCH
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For Immediate Release Please
METALLIC TASTE OF BLOOD
Doctoring The Dead
NEW ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON RARE NOISE
The band is lead by guitarist and soundscape designer
ERALDO BERNOCCHI & bassist COLIN EDWIN, joined by
drummer TED PARSONS and
keyboard player ROY POWELL.
AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE ON MAY 26, 2015
AND THROUGH RARE NOISE RECORDS
ON CD, VINYL AND HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
Eraldo Bernocchi
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Guitars, Electronics
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Colin Edwin
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Bass Guitar, Ebow
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Ted Parsons
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Drums & Percussion
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Roy Powell
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Keys & Electronics on "Ipsissimus",
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"Blind Voyeur" and "Day of Bones"
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ABOUT THE LABEL - RareNoiseRecords was founded in late 2008 by two Italians, guitarist/arranger/ producer Eraldo Bernocchi and all-round music nut Giacomo Bruzzo. Located
in London, the label was created to present a platform to musicians and
listeners alike who think beyond musical boundaries of genre. For
further information and to listen please go to www.rarenoiserecords.com.
New York, April 16, 2015 - Metallic Taste Of Blood, the instrumental math-rock/outer rock unit lead by Italian guitarist and soundsculptor Eraldo Bernocchi and Australian bassist Colin Edwin is back with a vengeance, joined now by legendary drummer Ted Parsons,
whose earlier ventures included Swans, Prong, Buckethead, Godflesh and
Killing Joke, and British keyboard player extraordinaire Roy Powell, whose recent work includes InterStatic and Naked Truth.
The vigor and inventiveness which characterized Metallic Taste Of Blood's
first release still sits center stage, a natural outflow of the band
founder members' very wide palette of musical experiences/collaborations
and individual talents, spanning an incredibly rich vocabulary which
extends from ambient and electronica, to progressive rock and
avant-jazz, to noise and industrial electronics, all firmly anchored by
the deep and precise dub beats laid out by Ted Parsons, sparkled, on
select tracks, by the surprising keyboard inventions of Powell.
This
variety of influences and musical idioms manifests itself in a very
specific kind of sound, one that is now characteristic of the band, one
which is predicated and thrives on the very notion and practice of the
contraposition of opposites. The music of Metallic Taste Of Blood is
both incredibly brutal and delicate, distorted, but incredibly clear,
boiling hot and yet suddenly very cool, sweet yet suddenly brackish,
that very peculiar unity in contradiction to which the band's own name
refers to.
Doctoring The Dead,
recorded in Prague at Faust Studios, mixed in Italy and mastered in the
US by Mike Fossenkemper, though moves ahead towards new territory by
bringing in a new, focused single-mindedness; witness to this are the
album's eight tracks, starting with "Ipsissimus," where an deep dub rhythm section supports the entangled duel of baritone electric guitar and synth, to "Pashupati," whose guitar lines dance between extreme cleanliness and growling distortion, to the cosmic Ambient Bass inflections of "Synthetic Tongue," to the calming riff and distorted electronica of the title track, to Blind Voyeur's beyond-post-rock grandeur, the dark ambient glitch of "Day of Bones," and further down to "Murder Burger" and beyond, towards the closing "Death Of Pan."
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of contrast perfect balance is reached, when distorted guitars sound
clean and soothing, while cascades of piano notes suddenly morph into
threatening shards - listening to this will lift you into a state not unlike that of cognitive dissonance, one of deep, uncomfortable enjoyment.
TRACKS
1. Ipsissimus
2. Pashupati
3. Synthetic Tongue
4. Doctoring the Dead
5. Blind Voyeur
6. Day of Bones
7. Murder Burger
8. The Death of Pan
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