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Phonorama

by Maurizio Curadi

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N.O.D. 04:03
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Cicadas 05:12
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Water Well 04:16
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Meridiana 03:09
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Hidalgo 14:10
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Piano 04:10

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MAURIZIO CURADI

Between experimentation and tradition, the music of Maurizio Curadi has been described as intense, subliminal and visionary, eluding the rules of genres.
A self-taugh guitarist coming from blues and r’n’r, in 1986 he formed the cult band Steeplejack, exploring improvisation and the use of controlled echoes, merging free and structured forms. Some of his favorite musicians: Leo Brouwer, Steve Reich, Keith Rowe, John Lee Hooker, John Fahey, La Monte Young.
As solo performer, he explores new extended techniques and open tunings for guitars in electro-acoustic regions. Hard to label, his sounds move between structure and instrumental impro, melting pulses of arcane blues and minimalism into an abstract phonorama with a unique style.


PHONORAMA

Synesthesia of sound and vision, etruscan shadows and Tuscany ambience, Phonorama is Maurizio Curadi’s first work, matured in years of private research. A work for guitar and echoes made from edited live-in-the studio takes, conceived as LP: two sequences/scenes of 20 mins each. After the flight of Red Kite, there are N.O.D. (a visionary impro based on a new extended technique for lap acoustic guitar, metals and echo) and Cicadas (an episode for 12 strings and fields recordings of cicada choirs), both sections of larger WIPs. Water Well closes the first batch (primitive blues figures iterate on banjolin from early 1900s). The second sequence includes Windmill Blues (12 strings + metal brush) and Variazioni I-VI (a long hemiola impro exploring modal regions, incl. Twig). The Extra acts as a sort of invisibile side 3: an electric live session divided into a brief view (Meridiana), 10 free impro waves for slack strings, springdrum, daxophone and objects, and an impromptu for echoed upright piano. (From the inner notes).

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released September 16, 2019

Maurizio Curadi – guitars, strings, echoes, objects and sounds
Music by Maurizio Curadi © 2019
Produced by Maurizio Curadi ℗ 2019 and licensed to Area Pirata
Recorded @ Big Wave (Niko Santaniello)
Mixed by MC, NOD studio/Photos © M.Curadi, Isabella Monti

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Area Pirata Rec Pisa, Italy

Area Pirata was born in 2001 immediately tended to Garage, R'n'R, HC-Punk…
We care about reissue of old records no more available or unissued as well as new records recorded from bands on activities with an attitude alike ours.
We tought and we still think that our attitude and determination could be a factor to help those real underground scenes not depending strictly on the kind of muisc!
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