Luigi Turra's second appearance in the and/OAR catalogue (not long ago a piece included in a magnificent compilation, tribute to Michelangelo Antonioni).
Active for years in the experimental music movement, highly esteemed by people devoted to musique concrète, Turra is an Italian sound artist and graphic designer who stood out for his personal, refined, minimalist style, conveyed in works for labels such as Trente Oiseaux, Non Visual Objects, Dragon's Eye Recordings, Koyuki, Unfathomless, just to mention some.
"Ki", a trilogy, over two hours of audio contents, a three-disc set, finely packaged, two-thirds consisting of old material, reissued to correct mastering errors occurred in the original release on Small Voices, dated 2007 (the first disc, "Enso") or now in full-length version (the second one, "Ancient Silence", self-released the same year). "Shasekishu" represents a new chapter and brings the project to completion.
"Enso" is splitted in three parts, the initial segment features a weave of sounds produced by traditional instruments (shakuhachi, pipa, percussion), sometimes untreated, sometimes reprocessed or arranged with other artificial intrusions. Heavy incidence of echoes on the whole, to give sonic expansion and intense deepness, concretely perceptible.
The use of environmental recordings, wisely managed, becomes evident further on: it's a subtle, inconspicuous presence (string touches, repeated tinklings and woodwind effects have the lead role). Only in the second part they achieve consistency, sharing the scene with both instrumental and vocal performance. Slightly different, even softer approach in the last section, without giving up the main framework.
"Ki", a trilogy, over two hours of audio contents, a three-disc set, finely packaged, two-thirds consisting of old material, reissued to correct mastering errors occurred in the original release on Small Voices, dated 2007 (the first disc, "Enso") or now in full-length version (the second one, "Ancient Silence", self-released the same year). "Shasekishu" represents a new chapter and brings the project to completion.
"Enso" is splitted in three parts, the initial segment features a weave of sounds produced by traditional instruments (shakuhachi, pipa, percussion), sometimes untreated, sometimes reprocessed or arranged with other artificial intrusions. Heavy incidence of echoes on the whole, to give sonic expansion and intense deepness, concretely perceptible.
The use of environmental recordings, wisely managed, becomes evident further on: it's a subtle, inconspicuous presence (string touches, repeated tinklings and woodwind effects have the lead role). Only in the second part they achieve consistency, sharing the scene with both instrumental and vocal performance. Slightly different, even softer approach in the last section, without giving up the main framework.
"Ancient Silence", the second CD, reveals, explicitly, a definite compositional tendency. It's structured on several distinct instances (carefully joined together), primarily based on sombre tones originated from field recordings, with the add of other sound particles extracted from instruments (a delightful metallic reverberation, bamboo flute whispers) or captured somewhere (a periodic knocking, odd, confused noises, a constant drip of water).
"Shasekishu", the last episode, seems to be a further processing stage in the saga. Articulated on different levels, it starts with an amalgam of concrete sounds embedded in a minimalist module and large recourse to electronics, then a gradual transition into more melodic, almost meditative phases made of resounding bells, flute insertions, a few percussive touches, a solemn chant. Lastly a compound of all these elements.
Haunting, enchanting work: Turra at his best, so far...
Label: and/OAR
Cat. #: and/37
Format: 3xCD
Release date: 06/2011
Tracklist:
1-01 - Ki 1 [Enso] (18:00)
1-02 - Ki 1 [Enso] (12:00)
1-03 - Ki 1 [Enso] (18:00)
2-01 - Ki 2 [Ancient Silence] (45:00)
3-01 - Ki 3 [Shasekishu] (45:00)
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Discography:
Texture.Aero
Label: Adozen
Cat. #: adz006
Format: File, Mp3
Release date: 2007
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Ancient Silence
Label: Kojiki
Cat. #: koj01cdr
Format: CD-R
Release date: 09/2007
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Enso
Label: SmallVoices
Cat. #: SVR 07028
Format: CD
Release date: 11/2007
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Texture.Vitra
Cat. #: YUKI002
Format: 3" CD-R
Release date: 05/2008
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Meditation Space
(w/ FOURM)
Label: WHITE_LINE EDITIONS
Cat. #: WLED 001.008
Format: 3" CD-R
Release date: 11/2008
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Clean Forms
(w/ FOURM, Shinkei)
Label: Dragon's Eye Recordings
Cat. #: de5025
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2009
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Yu
(w/ Shinkei)
Label: Non Visual Objects
Cat. #: nvo 016
Format: CD
Release date: 01/2009
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Tactile.Surface
(w/ Christopher McFall)
Label: Unfathomless
Cat. #: U02
Format: CD
Release date: 01/2010
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Vignettes Amplifié
(w/ Tomas Phillips)
Label: Nitkie
Cat. #: patch five
Format: CD
Release date: 04/2011
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Ki
Label: and/OAR
Cat. #: and/37
Format: 3xCD
Release date: 06/2011
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In Winter
(w/ Gianluca Becuzzi)
Label: Silentes Minimal Editions
Cat. #: sme1257
Format: CD
Release date: 06/2012
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Kailash
(w/ Shinkei)
Label: Farmacia901
Cat. #: F90118
Format: File, Digital download
Release date: 08/2016
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Alea
Label: Line
Cat. #: LINE_078
Format: File, Digital download
Release date: 04/2016
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Luigi Turra's tracks appear on:
- VV.AA. - Jeringas Compilation: Play To BN Chora. Jugement (2008, Edizioni L.A.F. Org. + Jeringas 5cc [-] / Transf.Order, # 2 / --) track: Detour Track (w/ Gianluca Becuzzi)
- VV.AA. - Mandorla Autumn Net - Project Vol.III / Part Two (2008, Mandorla Netlabel – MNL 015) track: T-Kin
- VV.AA. - Radure 4 - The Iki (2008, Rain, rain026) track: Chime.Sho
- VV.AA. - Tori No Kaigi [yon] (2009, Trente Oiseaux, TOC097) track: Superficie Rongée
- VV.AA. - Michelangelo Antonioni - Trilogy And Epilogue (2010, and/OAR, and/36) track: Untitled
- VV.AA. - Iron: Dragon's Eye Sixth Anniversary (2012, Dragon's Eye Recordings, de6010) track: Aura
Latest releases on and/OAR:
Celer - Levitation And Breaking Points
Cat. #: and/38
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2011
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Eric Cordier & Scott Sherk - Overheard And Rendered 2
Cat. #: and/over2
Format: CD
Release date: 11/2011
Notes: limited edition of 200 copies
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Dale Lloyd - Organisms [For Rolf Julius And John Hudak]
Cat. #: and/39
Format: CD
Release date: 04/2012
Notes: limited edition of 100 copies
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John Grzinich - Two Films
Cat. #: and/40
Format: DVD
Release date: 08/2012
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Marc Behrens - Unit / Unit + Cutting Qinghai
Cat. #: and/41a / and/41b
Format: CD / CD + Book
Release date: 10/2012
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Michael Prime - One Hour As A Plant
Cat. #: and/42 / OHA 1
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2014
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Artificial Memory Trace - Organfish - Electric Fish Songs From The Amazon
Cat. #: and/43
Format: CD
Release date: 12/2014
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Previous releases on and/OAR:
here
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Latest releases on either/OAR:
Kiyoshi Mizutani & Kiyoharu Kuwayama - Interlude
Cat. #: either/6
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2011
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Giovanni Di Domenico / Arve Henriksen / Tatsuhisa Yamamoto - Distare Sonanti
Cat. #: either/7
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2012
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Previous releases on either/OAR:
here
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Latest releases on mOAR:
Hideki Umezawa - Suido-Kan
Cat. #: moar4
Format: CD
Release date: 01/2012
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Previous releases on mOAR:
here
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Links:
Luigi Turra
and/OAR (website) (blog)
