DISTRIBUTION INFO (please copy & paste)
UNFOLK - ALESSANDRO MONTI (Ltd. edition CD - gatefold cover with insert) is available from:CD BABY (CD or MP3)
at: cdbaby.com/cd/alessandromonti(The MP3 audio files are very high quality, about 200kbps VBR, encoded using the “LAME†MP3 encoder on its audiophile settings. Your MP3s will play on any hardware).
CD UNIVERSE
at: http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7318888DEMOS distribution
at: www.demosrecords.itstella*nera
at: [email protected]PayPlay.FM
at: payplay.fm/alessandromonti (regular MP3 files: no software to install!)MUSIC IS HERE
at: http://musicishere.com/artists/Alessandro_Monti/unfolkApple iTunes
at: phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playLis tId=208092667AND MANY MORE (PLEASE SEE CD BABY FOR FURTHER DETAILS).
SELECTED REVIEWS
"Beautifully produced music that brings a refreshing new angle to the folk/world/electro discourse. Monti seamlessly brings cultures and sounds together in a very personal universe. Inventiveness and high-level musicianship deliver an emotionally charged journey through time and space" (Daniel Biro, musician)"...between electronics and ethno-folk suggestions (...) file this album in your shelf just close to steve tibbetts’ releases" (Marco Pandin - stella*nera website)
"...Most tracks are based upon beautiful instrument combinations with mandoline, in a way like Led Zeppelin’s “Gallows Pole†was built. Melodically and in sound the mandoline layer sounds beautiful with acoustic and electric guitars, tabla, tonal keyboards and a few other string instruments... A very enjoyable, soft-hypnotic, mostly acoustic album, with a certain progressive vision" (G. Van Waes - Psych-folk & acid-folk reviews)
"Based around mandolin,violin,and hand drums the songs seamlessly weave hints of Celtic, East Indian, western folk, and rock throughout the disc, but beyond that, it defies being labelled as a specific genre. It’s a breath of musical fresh air that flows effortlessly and easily without ever becoming boring or predictable" (M.Cleveland from CD BABY)
"The sound’s crystal clear, but the vibe’s through a glass darkly: the mandolin is in the room, right here; the electric violin is down the hall unseen (where the mysteries live); the dist.el.gtr. rattles the windows like there’s a hurricane coming; and are those tablas really being struck by shadows? So anyway, like I was saying, sounds pretty good to me (...), Monti’s got this unfolk thing nailed" (Steve from CD BABY).
"…Unfolk è un folk come lo si vorrebbe nel mondo dei sogni, uno dei tanti modi possibili di intenderlo; uno dei più fascinosi e meno battuti nella sua essenza trasparente. Possiede spigoli smussati e superfici piane ed assolate. Vitale di urgenza espressiva vera e non semplice esigenza di mercato, è un dire qualcosa che spezzi il silenzio; ponderato ed attento. Un folk inattuale perché senza tempo. Perché non conosce e si riconosce in mode e movimenti, cane sciolto che prende boccata d’aria con la lingua a penzoloni; indeciso se confondersi con l’orizzonte o tornare sui propri passi (…) E la meraviglia ci accende gli occhi ed il cuore; difficile trattenersi. Fricke Out in compagnia di Masin si dedica logicamente allo scomparso Florian e poi in conclusione Fine Dell’Infanzia / Oscura Profezia lascia la porta socchiusa sul futuro; un girotondo del solo Alessandro che si squarcia sul suo gemello elettrico angolare. Si scorge in lontananza aria di tempesta. Il naturale contraltare; l’arrivo dell’uragano elettrico. Metal Machine Music che zampilla furiosa in libero flusso. Un’indicazione futura? Per me; semplicemente qualcosa da amare. Della stessa pasta di cui sono fatte le stelle… Le più belle…" (Marco Carcasi, Sands-Zine - TOP ONE, feb. 2007)
Cover detail from "Concerto" by Alberto Martini (1920), courtesy of (per gentile concessione del) Dott. Giorgio Anderloni
"THIS COMPUTER KILLS FASCISTS"
(Todd Rundgren from "Liars", with thanks to Woody!)
"Padded with power here they come
international loan sharks backed by the guns
of market hungry military profiteers
whose word is a swamp and whose brow is smeared
with the blood of the poor
who rob life of its quality
who render rage a necessity
by turning countries into labour camps
modern slavers in drag as champions of freedom
sinister cynical instrument
who makes the gun into a sacrament --
the only response to the deification
of tyranny by so-called "developed" nations’
idolatry of ideology
north south east west
kill the best and buy the rest
it’s just spend a buck to make a buck
you don’t really give a flying fuck
about the people in misery" (...)
(Bruce Cockburn "Call It Democracy")
 
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