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Fausto Romitelli | An index of metals

by [Ictus collection on Cypres]

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1.
Introduzione 03:19
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2.
Primo intermezzo 01:39
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3.
Hellucination 1 - Drowningirl 07:47
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4.
Secondo intermezzo 02:03
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5.
Drowningirl II 09:47
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Terzo intermezzo 01:20
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Drowningirl III 06:25
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Adagio 03:42
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9.
Quarto Intermezzo 00:49
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10.
Hellucinations 2,3 - Risingirl , Earpiercingbells 07:00
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Finale 02:23
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12.
Cadenza 02:57
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Probably the most promising Italian composer of the new generation, Fausto Romitelli (1963-2004) died in Milan after a serious illness. Trained in Milan and Sienna, he was interested at a very early stage in the major pioneers of contemporary music (Ligeti, Scelsi, Donatoni), but was especially inspired by French spectral music and new technologies in sound; his period as a research composer at IRCAM from 1993 to 1995 definitely opened up horizons for him that had an unparalleled effet on the development of his musical language.
An astonishing composer, of insolent modernity, the Italian?s world included psychedelic rock and electric sonorities. An Index of Metals, his last work, was written during the final weeks of his life and is a veritable journey to the heart of sound, to the centre of sound matter. Romitelli explores sound in all its breadth, in all its depth, to find out to what extent he is close to something throbbing and alive, to admire its energy and even its violence. This is total immersion; all the component elements of Romitelli?s music seem to want to push the limits of sound and try out a novel sublimity. Even Kenka Lèkovich?s text becomes matter, linguistic in this case, reinforcing the sound matter, at once sensual and metallic.
Colour, movement, geometric lines come together in the video that is entirely based on shots of real metals, subjected to spectacular light effects; one sees buildings, mercury, metals in fusion, etc. This video-opera was conceived from the start as an ensemble in which music and image are indissociable; this comes from Romitelli?s complicity with the video artiste Paolo Pachini, who effected a veritable imaging of the sound matter. Originally conceived for three big screens overwhelming the stage and the musicians, a new single-screen version was made for this DVD release; both versions are available on it and they are captivating. The multitrack sound version of the DVD is also a stupefying experience.
A simultaneous CD / DVD video release is thus indispensible in order to appreciate fully the genius of this visionary work.

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released November 20, 2005

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Ictus is a Brussels-based contemporary music ensemble. The ensemble's home since 1994 has been the Rosas dance company's premises.

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