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BUCATO

by Paolo Angeli

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    Live recording of an extraordinary player with extraordinary instrument. Paolo plays a highly modified and treated Sardinian Guitar - in many styles, some of them apparently impossible. Innovative techniques, a deeply musical sensibility and a rich, occasionally baffling, palette of sounds. Inevitably, comparisons will be made with Fred Frith, though not by me, Paolo is his own man. A fine and original work.

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1.
Lulas 04:45
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Mesh plug 02:48
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3.
Azulejos 01:48
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A righe 04:14
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Etterbeck (Intro) 03:54
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Etterbeek 05:04
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Gocce 01:31
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Tavole a vela 05:04
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Si riprende 01:39
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E vai 03:14
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11.
Fuori dal Bacello 02:21
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Fuori dal Bacello 05:13
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Transiti 02:52
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Bagagli smarriti 00:42
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15.
Discussione inutile 01:53
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Partenze 02:20
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Linee di fuga 06:07
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18.
Via libera 05:37
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Passe-Partout 02:10
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20.
Prexau 02:23
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Francois Couture: Bucato is truly amazing. Paolo Angeli has managed to transform his Sardinian guitar (already an unusual instrument, it is big as a cello and played upright) into a one-man band. Preparations include the addition of many strings, including sitar strings and a set of strings crossing the standard strings at a 90-degree angle over the hole, a mechanical plectrum on the side of the instrument, and a set of pedal-activated piano hammers at the bottom. The instrument is equipped with 13 pickups and microphones that can all be assigned to different paths of amplification. But this mutated creature can sound like a regular instrument: a guitar, a cello (Angeli occasionally uses a bow), a double bass, a koto, a drum, an electronic device, whatever. Novelty is one thing. Being able to play the beast and get something meaningful out of it is another story. Putting it all together into an album that is simultaneously an easy listen and a challenge ranks as a tour de force. Bucato has been pieced together from many live recordings made between October 2000 and January 2002. Some tracks combine separate recordings, but in all other aspects this is a live album with no overdubs. The music has been arranged into seguing suites that usually combine ambient, textural improvisations with sharply written compositions. Sardinian folk influences are palpable in almost half of the tracks. Elsewhere the legacy of Fred Frith seems to provide the point of entry to Angeli's sound world. In fact, "E Vai!," one of many highlights, could be a trio between Angeli, Frith, and Henry Kaiser -- if the latter had been invited, that is. The richness of the music, the precision of the arrangements -- those mechanical parts don't play random noise, but rather Angeli tames them into performing stunning contrapuntal lines -- and the strange beauty of it all are all reasons to highly recommend this album.

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released August 5, 2003

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Whatever you want to call it, nobody else is doing it quite like this. Paolo Angeli, the Sardinian sorcerer, manually magics beautiful, multi-layered music from his unique prepared guitar: a hybrid orchestra of an instrument with strings going in all directions, foot-pedal-controlled motorised propellers and hammers to create shimmering drones and bass-lines as he bows, strikes, plucks and strums ... more

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