Label: Moving Furniture Records

フェンダー・ローズを用いた素朴で美しい長編!!ジム・オルークを含む様々な音楽家との共演、またソロではDie Schachtel等に音源を残し、そして2020年の個人的ベストリリース[ISASOLO!]が当店にてかなりの人気を博したイタリア人ピアニスト/コンポーザーGiovanni Di Domenico。音作家としてだけでなく、現在は様々なレーベルのパッケージ・アートワークも手掛ける様になったMachinefabriekことRutger Zuyderveltと共に仕上げた2025年のLPタイトル。それぞれの制作手法を1曲目と2曲目で入れ替えるという特殊な形が取られており、オーバーダブなしで静謐なリフと揺蕩う雲の様な持続音を交錯させ、まるで何も描かれていないキャンバスに音を描く様なイメージにて作り込んだ一枚。





“I did this piano/Rhodes recording, played live, without overdubs. I believe your approach to sound could match very well these tracks….”
That’s how Giovanni Di Domenico’s collaboration with Rutger Zuydervelt started, though the first seeds were planted when the duo did a short live improv together in 2019, and Giovanni joining Hydra Ensemble on stage in 2022.

Painting a Picture / Picture a painting is -as the title suggest- an album of two long-form pieces, swapping the working method for each - one takes Giovanni’s recordings and has Rutger processing and adding to it, while the other one started with Rutger creating its foundation (with manipulated sounds of the first piece), and Giovanni building upon it. This resulted in two meandering tracks that are clearly linked, like two sides of the same coin.

The cover, a painting of an empty canvas, is made by Christiaan Kuitwaard. A beautiful and ultimately fitting visual addition to this mysterious release.