(Electroacoustic Improvisation, Lowercase) [CD] Tomas Phillips & Luigi Turra - Vignettes Amplifie - 2011, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Recorded and composed 2010
Photos by Jeph Jerman
Cover design by Dmitry Vasilyev
Manufactured and exclusively distributed by Monochrome Vision
The first ever collaboration between prolific american composer Tomas Phillips and prominent italian newcomer Luigi Turra, "Vignettes Amplifie" presents a sequence of subtle sound constructions characterized by minimalistic and contemplative approach. Quiet field recordings, soft acoustic sounds and organic electronic arrangements builds panoramic view on two levels. The acoustic gestures like bells, manipulated objects and drone fragments are coming from silence and disappearing after some time. On the other hand, there is a kind of reflection of these sonic events in the background, muted and abstracted, hiding from your ears. But these microscopic sounds, short and forgetful, seems to be the main part of the whole thing - when you are trying to trace them down, to catch your attention, and to understand the aesthetical value of this music. Shy and confused, these sounds represents the soul of this music, but in fact they are just grow and fade away like the autumn rain. This album will teach you how to turn your mind into ears, hunting for every little susurration in total silence.
Первая коллаборация Томаса Филлипса и Луиджи Турра - это последовательность изящных звуковых конструкций, которые объединяет инструментальный минимализм и созерцательность. Тихие полевые записи, неяркие акустические звуки и органично вплетённые электронные микрозвуки формируют панораму, наблюдаемую на двух уровнях. На переднем плане - лаконичные акустические жесты: колокольный звон и его эхо, манипуляции объектами и фрагменты дроун-эмбиента, появляющиеся из тишины и исчезающие в ней. На заднем плане - то же самое, но приглушённое, размытое, прячущееся от слуха. Именно незначительные, непродолжительные, незапоминающиеся элементы здесь играют главную роль, именно им хочется уделять внимание в первую очередь, чтобы оценить эстетичность общей картины. Шуршащие, сбивчивые, робкие и в то же время весьма выразительные, эти звуки то усиливаются, то затихают, словно осенний дождь. Удивительный альбом, который научит вас вслушиваться в каждый шорох в неподвижной тишине. - Monochrome Vision
New age might also be the word that one could apply to an album that involves shakuhachi and prayer bowls, as on the disc by Tomas Phillips and Luigi Turra. They are both also credited for the use of laptop. And obviously this is not a work of new age. The music is simply not 'easy' enough, but it surely hints at a more zen-like experience of listening. Things are stretched out, quiet and peaceful. There are some highly obscured sounds from the world of electro-acoustics, long sustaining sounds on the bowl and the flute, the more than obvious crackles, which seem to belong to this micro-world. A release that could have as easily fitted on Line, I would think. Three pieces, all around eleven to fourteen minutes, which all need their time to peacefully and calmly enroll their story. A fine work of microsound, that not necessarily is anything new, but quite well crafted. - Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly

Luigi Turra: laptop, shakuhachi
Tomas Phillips: laptop, prayer bowls