NITA L'angelo sul trapezio

by Paolo Angeli

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This could hardly be more different from his first ReR CD- the extraordinary collection of solo prepared Sardinian Guitar pieces. Here, with a small orchestra of musicians (30 of Bologna's finest), is a programme of highly evolved, through composed pieces that cover half a planet of styles and influences. At one pole there are involved pieces that bring to mind Uncle Meat period Zappa, and contemporary experimental music - and at the other, the straightforward influence of traditional Sardinian folk music. In between there blooms a broad bouquet of combinations, each telling its own part of the story. Throughout, Paolo's compositional voice remains the single thread on which all these episodes are strung. This is a CD that has the feel of a major project that took years and a massive amount of work to complete, which is what it is and what it did. With an extravagant and beautiful 28 page full colour booklet of photographs and full texts.

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1.	Nita 05:03	buy track
2.	Lenti appannate 01:08	buy track
3.	Specchi d'arancia 05:02	buy track
4.	Cicli e ricicli 00:29	buy track
5.	Bando 02:41	buy track
6.	Pari o dispari 04:31	buy track
7.	Sonni 01:55	buy track
8.	Diamo i numeri 00:38	buy track
9.	Cussi no' la cridia 02:21	buy track
10.	Quello sguardo 00:34	buy track
11.	Miserere 01:58	buy track
12.	Tibi 03:10	buy track
13.	Idee confuse 02:39	buy track
14.	La mulina parlando 01:41	buy track
15.	La mulina da pepa 02:40	buy track
16.	L'angoscia dell'amore 02:27	buy track
17.	Sorbetto 01:13	buy track
18.	Nita timida 02:01	buy track
19.	Ritagli di tempo 01:59	buy track
20.	Pascoli 02:01	buy track
21.	L'ululone 01:36	buy track
22.	Salve Regina 01:08	buy track
23.	Biga 01:54	buy track

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Peter Marsh BBC REVIEW: Italian guitarist and composer stitches together an eclectic 'imaginary soundtrack'. Nita, (The Angel on the Trapeze). (...) It's difficult to imagine listening to just one track in isolation; this is an album to be listened to all the way through, with the eyes firmly closed.
Angeli has worked with Fred Frith on occasion, and shares a similarly eclectic approach. Like Frith's Gravity, Nita borrows from folk music(mainly Italian of course), Zappa, and from God knows where else (Ennio Morricone, Soft Machine and Van Dyke Parks spring to mind to name but three). Snatches of conversation and sound effects stitch the whole thing together; as a result there's a strong sense of narrative, from abrupt emotional scene-changing to gradual shifts in focus.
Not that it makes much sense, despite the explanatory sleevenotes - the lyrics (in a melange of languages) are a fragmented mix of first person stream of consciousness, vaguely surreal poetry, a spot of politics, banal error messages from automated telephone systems; it's all a bit Cocteau-esque, in short.
But if you don't want to bother decoding all that, you can just enjoy the music. And there's a lot to enjoy. Angeli's guitar playing is deftly virtuosic, but applied sparingly. Everything from accordions, hyperactive brass bands, doleful male voice choirs, childrens voices, celestial harpsand theremins drift in and out of the mix, but there's no kitchen sink - Angeli knows when to stop.
Bewildering and beautiful by turns, this is one of those records that I can imagine still offering up new pleasures ten years from now. And any record that's got close-harmony whistling on it has to be good. Highly recommended.

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released May 31, 2005

Paolo Angeli (voce 9,16, chitarre, basso tuba, batteria, banjo, ukulele, effetti sonori); Nando D’andria (violino); Marianna Finarelli (violoncello); Luigi “Lullo” Mosso (contrabbasso); Pierangelo Galantino (contrabbasso); Federica Somigli (arpa); Fabrizio Puglisi (pianoforte, piano elettrico, organo, sintetizzatore); Roberto Secchi “Sacco” (fisarmonica); Stefano Zorzanello (flauto); Edoardo Marraffa (sax tenore e contralto); Patrick Novara (oboe); Olivia Bignardi (clarinetto); Angelo Pollino (corno francese); Riccardo Pittau (tromba); Giorgio Simbiola (trombone, violino); Mirko Sabatini (batteria); “Don” Tullio Sartori (percussioni); Andrea Martignoni (percussioni); Mario Martignoni (percussioni); Enza Prestia (tammorre); Luigi Savino (programming di percussioni); Margaret Kammerer (voce in 15); Francesca Esposito (voce in 16, 20); Vincenzo Vasi (teremin, voce in 16 e 20); Nanni Angeli (voce in 20); Coro “A Tasgia” (in 11): Agostino Aresu (bassu), Sandro Vacca (contra), Paolo Angeli (boci), Nanni Angeli (tippi), Roberto Vacca (falsittu); Banda Roncati (in 5, 22 e 23)
Alberto Masala e Gigi Angeli (poesie)

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Paolo Angeli

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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