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About Me

Ã… (which is the first and the last letter of some Scandinavian alphabet) is a young trio of musicians on violin, exotic percussions, theremin, guitar, synth and piano, who have created a remarkably original world of sound. Although one can hear occasional influences from kraut rock style and the early minimalism, this sound is uniquely Italian in its sense of sound, space and time. An imaginative, meditative, bizarre, courageous and nostalgic music consisting in spontaneous compositions and improvisations, lately arranged by Xabier Iriondo, and mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi - the result of four or five long free-form improvisations, resonating of minimal drones, largos for piano that sound like a raw Cilio, strange electrified noises, and percussive inventions. And much more........................................................ ......................Ã… .. il nome di un trio di musicisti e polistrumentisti trentino-veneti che sono riusciti a creare un inusuale mondo sonoro partendo da strumenti tradizionali come violino, percussioni, chitarra e piano, con l'aggiunta di percussioni esotiche, synth e theremin.Sebbene l'ascoltatore pi.. attento possa rintracciare nella loro proposta influenze di krautrock e primo minimalismo (Tony Conrad e Faust in primis), oppure tracce di sperimentalismi pi.. o meno recenti, la musica degli Ã… rimane profondamente italiana in termini di suono, spazio e tempo.Intensamente personale, piena di immaginazione, a tratti bizzarra, nostalgica e coraggiosa allo stesso tempo, la musica di Ã… .. costruita a partire da composizioni spontanee ed improvvisazioni, in un secondo tempo arrangiate da Xabier Iriondo.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/10/2006
Band Website: die-schachtel.com
Band Members: stefano roveda: violin, piano, kalimba, sinth, theremin, percussions, guitar, ukelin, cetra, kaos pad, contrabass, voice... andrea faccioli: guitars, cetra, kalimba, piano, prepared snare, ukelin, percussions, voice... paolo marocchio: drums, percussions, kalimba, cello, voice, oud, piano, fluetes, digital effects...
Influences: faust, can, luciano cilio, african trad.music, ennio morricone, japanese trad.music, tony conrad, this heat, gastr del sol, chinese trad.music, mark hollis, set fire to flames, neu!, john cage, pink floyd, arvo part, john fahey, w. a. mozart...
Record Label: die schachtel
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Å on YOUTUBE

watch and listen to the Å concert in Verona at the urban festivalhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-VXoL-Ts3k
Posted by Å on Sun, 06 May 2007 01:23:00 PST

Å has been beautifully reviewed on: THE WIRE, WWW.ACQUARIUSRECORDS.COM, WWW.SANDS-ZINE.COM...

The Wire (Mike Barnes) Getting information on Å isn't easy. Even Die Schachrel's website enthuses about an "unknown (and we mean literally unknown trio of young Italian musicians. They are Stefano Rov...
Posted by Å on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 03:50:00 PST

interview on sand-zine.com & ondarock.it

you can find the interviews on these links:http://www.sands-zine.com/articoli.php?id=1938http://w ww.ondarock.it/interviste/a
Posted by Å on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:55:00 PST