2019年11月18日月曜日

[253] Alessandro Pizzin - Received: Selected Works 1981-1993


Label: Incidental Music

Catalog#: NC003
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2019
DISCOGS

A1 Dedicated To You 2:09

A2 Francesco (live In Studio) 5:29
A3 Questions 3:59
A4 I See 3:59
A5 Received 4:54
B1 The Floating Sound (Excerpt) 3:43
B2 Sunset On The Hill 8:51
B3 Suspension (Version) 3:38
B4 In Loving Memory 4:40

ヴェネツィアを拠点に音楽と美術のシーンを股にかけ先進的な創作活動を行ってきた作曲家/プロデューサーAlessandro Pizzin(アレッサンドロ・ピツィン)のソロワークを集めたコンピレーション・アルバムが、Austin Tretwold主宰のレーベルIncidental Musicよりアナウンスされました。先月、画家Luigi Violaのビデオ・パフォーマンスのための電子音楽集「Marea / Tide」が、アムスのレーベルMusic From Memoryから復刻されたばかりですが、本作は最初期にあたる80年代初頭から自身のレーベルExploraを立ち上げた90年代前半まで、約13年にわたり制作された様々なマルチメディア作品から選曲。レデントーレ教会内で行われたライヴ・レコーディング "Questions" "I See"、ミラノ在住の画家・松山修平のエキシビジョンのための "The Floating Sound"、自然出産プログラムのために作曲されるもアウトテイクになった "Sunset On The Hill"、複数のスピーカーとモニターを使い音と光の相互作用を試みた "In Loving Memory" など、Brian Enoの意匠を継ぐミニマルな反復構造と実験的手法に基づきながらも、ピツィン特有のエモーティヴなメロディの配置が印象的なアンビエント・サウンドが並びます。RuinsやWind Projectに比べると過小な評価が続いていたソロワークに光を当てるとともに、美術や舞台芸術と深い結びつきをもっていたイタリアン・アンビエント史の知られざる一面を解き明かしてくれるような素晴らしいコンパイル。各曲の詳細を含むライナーノーツが付属したヴァイナルとデジタル・フォーマットで12月13日にリリース予定。


Alessandro Pizzin’s production work resonates far and wide throughout the prolific music scene of 1980s Venice, Italy. His work as one half of the influential experimental combo RUINS gave way to his later productions as a founding member of the acclaimed ambient electronic group Wind Project, whose whose complete works were recently reissued on CD. Though Pizzin’s sonic fingerprint is present throughout many landmark recordings of the minimalist and experimental Venetian music scene, his groundbreaking works as a solo producer were only quietly released on his own EXPLORA label in the early 1990s - until now. Received: Selected Works 1981-1993, compiled by Incidental Music in collaboration with the artist, provides a valuable retrospective overview of Pizzin's solo material - from some of his earliest Fluxus-inspired work of the 1980s to the rich sonic palette of his early '90s CD material. The pieces featured on "Received" touch upon the atmospheric and polychromatic sounds of Pizzin's electronic work, often developed in conjunction with various occasions of art shows, grandiose chapel productions, and even a natural birth method training video - such as the ethereal Hiroshi Yoshimura-esque "Sunset on a hill" - a previously unreleased piece commissioned by a natural birth center in Venice. Other compositions, such as "In loving memory" and the previously unreleased "Francesco (live in studio)" exhibit the profound emotive range of Pizzin's compositions, at times evoking the eclectic environmental works of Brian Eno as well as Italian musical contemporaries Piero Milesi, Riccardo Sinigaglia, and Pepe Maina. Compiled by Incidental Music in collaboration with the artist, Received: Selected Works 1981-1993 includes extensive track-by-track liner notes, giving a comprehensive and critical overview of Alessandro Pizzin’s solo career. Out on vinyl and digital formats December 13, 2019.





Ruins - Marea / Tide
Sound And Image Research Volume One (2019)
画家Luigi Violaの映像作品「ノルウィドの夢」のために制作された
Piergiuseppe Cirannaとのデュオ名義による実験電子音楽集。
タイトルは「海・波」の意。


Alieno De Bootes - I Giorni Del Vento (2018)
再評価される一方で「憎しみと悲しみの日々だった」と自身が顧みる
Wind Projectへのセルフオマージュを込めたソロアルバム。