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FORNARI
CAVALLARO
duo elettroacustico
Rome, IT / Paris, FR
Based between Rome and Paris, the Fornari-Cavallaro duo pursues creative research driven by a historical, almost "archaeological" interest in ancient musical materials from both written and oral traditions, as well as a curiosity about the possible transformations of these materials through the processes of electroacoustic aesthetics.
Releases
passages
[DCRN 002]
“Le nouveau, en tant que cryptogramme, est l’image de la ruine; l’art n’exprime l’inexprimable, l’utopie, que par l’absolue négativité de cette image.”
Th. W. Adorno, Théorie Esthétique
Released in 2024, “passages” is the first musical output of Ruggero Fornari and Héctor Cavallaro as the duo Fornari-Cavallaro. The creation process started as an investigation of some extended techniques for piano and electric guitar, later processed and integrated with sampling, no-input mixing and other forms of live processing through a modular synthesizer. The composition process, strictly connected to the recording of the materials, manifests itself as a sound collage, a juxtaposition of idioms and textures, a fragmented sonic environment where the subject-matter appears to be the history of music, as well as the history of sound itself. Processed sounds of ancient choral music from Europe and South American folklore effortlessly coexist with electro-acoustically treated pianos and guitars, symbolic apparitions in an informalist narrative.
Héctor Cavallaro: piano, prepared piano, bowed cymbals, toy piano
Ruggero Fornari: electric guitar, modular synthesizer, sampling, programming.
All compositions by Héctor Cavallaro and Ruggero Fornari. Recorded by Ruggero Fornari, April 24-30, 2023 "Il Maggio Assisi".
Mixed by Edoardo Maria Bellucci and Giangiacomo Gallo at Diacronie Lab, Roma.
Mastered by Edoardo Maria Bellucci at Diacronie Lab, Roma
Artwork by Alejandro Beltrán
Available for Live Set bookings at
diacronielab@gmail.com
11_06_2024
DIACRONIE media
digital + limited 12" vinyl LP release
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