Label: Eighth Tower Records

89年の大作がボーナスを追加し初リイシュー!!ここ数年間で初期音源が次々とリイシューされている、80年代にセルフレーベル666 Production、SSS Productionを運営し、自主制作音源をカセットリリースし続けた謎多きプロジェクトCapricorni Pneumatici。最も創造的な活動が展開されていた1989年に発表された4曲入りのカセットアルバム[Vala, Or The Four Zoas]が初CD化。外部プロセッシングやアウトボード機材、エフェクト類は一切使用せずFMシンセサイザーから直接カセット・レコーダーに録音、フィールド・レコーディングやら生楽器の音も交えつつミュージック・コンクレート的様相を提示。ラストには12分のボーナスを収録。







CD in 6 panels matt digipak

Vala, Or The Four Zoas emerged during a period of intense creative activity for Capricorni Pneumatici, only a few weeks after the recording sessions of IX-TAB and in parallel with the development of Nibbas (both already reissued, together with Al-Azif and Witchcraft, by Eighth Tower Records). As in those works, the sonic core here relies on the FM synthesis of the DX7 and the CX5, instruments that would become central to the project’s timbral grammar. The album also preserves the same strict aesthetic found in the earlier releases: no external processing, no outboard gear, no effects; everything was recorded directly onto a Tascam Porta One cassette system, a choice that reinforces the intimate, direct, and deeply tactile nature of the work. Originally released on cassette in 1989, Vala now returns in a restored CD edition published by Eighth Tower Records in collaboration with SSS Production. The genesis of the album revolves around the exploration of timbres capable of autonomous evolution, such as the DX7’s bi-harmonic sound, whose layered harmonics unfold over time, creating suspended zones that become genuine narrative matrices. Within these evolving sound forms, the project finds its most dreamlike and meditative dimension, elements present since the beginning yet expanded here with greater breadth and intention. Alongside FM synthesis, the album incorporates field recordings, concrete sounds, acoustic fragments, and materials captured in the celebrated “Cave,” the place where the project’s earliest works were born. Tape overdubs, environmental interferences, and metallic percussion reappear as recurring elements, linking Vala to the previous chapters through an aesthetic continuity that remains one of Capricorni Pneumatici’s most recognizable signatures. Other moments, built entirely from environmental recordings processed through a Revox A77 used as a delay device, move toward a sparse, essential, almost ascetic form of musique concrète. The reference to William Blake, evoked by the title, does not directly influence the sonic construction of the album, but emerges as an ideal lens through which to interpret the ritualistic, shamanic, and hallucinatory character of the work, offering an additional key to understanding one of Capricorni Pneumatici's most enigmatic and layered works.