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Soleilmoon Recordings is proud to announce the simultaneous release of
3/4HadBeenEliminated’s new CD and LP, titled “Theology” and “The Religious
Experience”, respectively.
3/4HadBeenEliminated was founded in 2002 in Bologna, Italy as a trio, with
Stefano Pilia, Claudio Rocchetti and Valerio Tricoli. An eponymous album was
released in 2003 by Bowindo. In 2004 the group welcomed Tony Arrabito and became
a quartet. The next year Hapna put out their second album “A Year of the Aural
Gauge Operation”, and in 2006 the band self-released a 7 inch single “DimethylAtonalCalcine”.
The group straddles the line between live improvisation and studio
experimentation, blending and shaping raw sounds into living pieces, then gently
dissecting the delicately structured songs into disruptive sonic excursions more
evocative of moving shadows and swirling leaves than recognizable tunes. Stasis
and stability are nowhere to be found here. Instead, an ever-changing dialogue
between structure and chaos shifts from one performer to the next, never resting
long before launching again into shuddering flight. Accoustic instruments and
vocals form a familiar reference point, but studio treatments take the music
into psychedelic and cinematic realms.
In their words , “Improvisation is a way to experiment without thinking. When
our improvisations ‘work’, the music just happens on its own. It reveals itself
as if guided by its own logic, its own desire. In fact we don’t even feel like
we are actually playing the music. It’s more like a stream that moves and
changes autonomously. With composition (editing, overdubs, etc. etc.) we then
remodel this stream, trying to make it more complex, ‘forever lasting, forever
changing’, in the sense that every hearing will reveal a new perspective of the
music. As a live band, we improvise 100%, and it's really risky, but when it
‘happens’, it’s the greatest satisfaction.”
“Theology” is presented in a wooden box with a hinged cover decorated with
layers of hand-painted tracing paper, and is limited to 450 copies on CD. The
companion vinyl LP “The Religious Experience” is a reinterpretation of the
recordings made for the CD. The LP is limited to 225 copies. The two albums –
and their music – should be considered as mirror opposites. Where theology is a
completely artificial system of belief, a religious experience is the immediate
experience of the thing itself. Likewise, the music on “Theology” is complex and
elaborate, while “The Religious Experience” is much simpler, going directly to
the heart of the material comprising “Theology”. Thus, the two works are
independent, yet relate to each other as mother and daughter. Released on
Soleilmoon and available October 15th, 2007.
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3/4HadBeenEliminated - Theology |
CD $29.97
CAD
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