Label: Silentes

限定300部、当店お馴染みイタリアの13/Silentesより充実のボックスセットが登場!!パッケージも美しい!!現行の実験およびアンビエント系作家を精力的に手掛けるイタリア発のレーベル13/Silentes。ボックスものとしては初となる、4名の関連作家を纏めた4CDセットを発表。このレーベルの運営者の一人Gianluca Favaronと数種の共作を残しているAnacleto Vitolo、レーベル周辺の主要作家で構成された新マルチメディア・プロジェクトHiseka、80年代より今尚精力的な活動を続けるイタリアの伝説的音楽家Gigi Masin、そしてお馴染みのベテラン・コンポーザーFabio Orsiといった、この上ない豪華編成。人間が何らかの形で経験する4つの感情を"パニック"、"不安"、"光"、"夢"という段階に分け、それぞれが個別に楽曲を制作、内省的な静謐アンビエントミュージックとして紡ぎ出した大作。4種のブックレット、ポストカード、しおり付き。

















Deluxe 4CD Box, includes four individual 17x17cm booklets with photographs by Stefano Gentile and texts by Giulia Dal Vecchio, an hand numbered insert, a postcard and a bookmark, ltd. 300 copies

«The project “a sad song for A.” was born from an insight Stefano Gentile had, driven by his moods and, in particular, a regret he had experienced in the past. It all began almost by chance, one evening, during an informal conversation. Stefano suggested that I narrate what I was experiencing most intensely at that moment: anxiety.
After thoroughly analyzing this emotional state, he asked me to translate it into words, to write texts that could give voice to the emotions surrounding it. From there, came the idea of dividing the emotional journey into four stages that, in one way or another, we have all experienced: Panic, Anxiety, Light, and Dream.
This is how Stefano involved me in this project, which combines writing, photography, and music with a specific goal: to make people feel less alone, creating an invisible thread of empathy through words, images, and sounds. In this way, “a sad song for A.” came to life and taught us – and continues to teach us – to feel closer to one another, to strike common inner chords, to remember that no one is truly alone when going through darkness, and that it is essential to never stop dreaming.» Giulia Dal Vecchio

In addition to Stefano Gentile and Giulia Dal Vecchio, “a sad song for A.” also features Gigi Masin, Fabio Orsi, Anacleto Vitolo, and a new multimedia project called Hiseka (Stefano Gentile and Giulia Dal Vecchio with various guests).
“a sad song for A.” is released as a deluxe box set containing four CDs and four 12-pages booklets, 17x17cm in size. The box is limited to 300 hand-numbered copies. Each musician worked on a phase of anxiety, creating a dedicated and original work. Stefano created the images and Giulia wrote the texts. Each of the four parts was given a title that is also the title of the sound work.

Anacleto Vitolo: Falling into a vortex of sick stars (for Panic)

Hiseka: Drowning in a sea of dust (for Anxiety)

Gigi Masin: Imploding in a blinding darkness (for Light)

Fabio Orsi: Listening to the sound of sunflowers (for Dream)

Gigi Masin's work is also available as two separate vinyl records, which feature two additional extra tracks not included in the CD version contained in the box set. In addition to the standard black vinyl edition, the two records are also released on clear vinyl in a limited edition of 200 hand-numbered copies each.
Four videos (one for each CD) are also available for streaming on Silentes’ YouTube channel, one made by Francesco Giannico and three made by Francesco Paladino.