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Rating: ANANASNNA - "Fast as a Fiat 500"
BAND: ANANASNNA - ALBUM: FAST AS A FIAT 500 - LABEL: AUAND RECORDS - RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 22, 2021 - ARTISTIC PRODUCTION: STEFANO RISSO - RECORDED, MIXED, AND MASTERED BY: MANUEL VOLPE AT STUDIO RUBEDO (TO)
BUY LINK: https://auand.com/au9103/
TRACKLIST:
- 01 - SCATTA IL ROSSO
- 02 - PESO A VALLE
- 03 - SPARIGLIO
- 04 - TU DI LA IO DC COMICS
- 05 - ZEROCALORIE
- 06 - IL GRAN SAN BERNARDO
- 07 - LE ASSURDISIO
- 08 - AREARITROSO
- 09 - XXXNEM_O
Ananasnna is two drums, two saxophones, and an electric bass.
The quintet was born from an idea by Manuel Volpe (Studio Rubedo) to create recording jams with musicians who had never played together before. The atypical ensemble selected for the recording, derived from an idea by composer Stefano Risso: two drums, two saxophones, one bass. Meeting for the first time, instruments in hand, the leitmotif of the session quickly became to overcome the symmetry of the two musicians playing the exact same instrument to create, all together, the illusion of a single Shiva-like musician but with double the possibilities. Hence ANANASNNA, the double of the "quasi-palindrome" summarized in a name inspired by a sketch from comic artist Sio, and the challenge to record a complete album within the limited space of those 48 hours available. One day to compose. One day to record. The result is "Fast as a Fiat 500," a debut album released on Friday, January 22, 2021, for AUAND Records. The release was preceded by the preview single "Scatta il rosso," released on January 1, 2021, on the main digital channels.
"Guys, if everyone were as quick as you to record an album, studios would be out of work!"
From the vent of its sound engineer comes the oxymoron title "Fast as a Fiat 500," the debut album by Turin's ANANASNNA, which includes eight original instrumental tracks and a collective improvisation straddling the warmth of Motown and the eclecticism of John Zorn. Fast, but not in a hurry. The album was recorded in 5 hours of direct takes with all musicians gathered in the same room. To overcome the ensemble's symmetry and create a fabric of acoustic illusion for the listener, the compositions were devised to ensure the "double" instruments always played together, creating harmonic or timbral textures rather than true solo parts: identical voices that, melodically chasing each other, contribute to creating a harmonic weave. The entire album is a moving scenario where saxophones can decide to act solo or as a unicum while the continuous dialogue between the two drums flows like an underground river of polyrhythmic games: simple structures but with different metrics. ANANASNNA is Music to dance to, but also to stumble to.
Fast as a Fiat 500 track by track:
"Scatta il rosso" revolves around a peculiar sensation: that moment when, to avoid risking losing the green or being stuck, you must decide whether to brake or step on the gas.
"Peso a valle" is the typical phrase from a ski instructor. If you start enjoying skiing, that thrill of launching into the void, racing on the snow... becomes almost an addiction.
In "Spariglio" two sax lines move undercover, like hands in a game of Italian card game scopone scientifico.
"Tu di la io DC Comics" is a debate between superheroes: two melodic cells ride bravely on two fronts, ready for a duel.
"Zero Calorie" is a tribute to Zerocalcare for his stories of everyday and neighborhood life, especially inner life, thoughts, and what goes through the mind at the most disparate moments.
In "Il Gran San Bernardo" two saxophones chase each other between bends, approaching and moving away at each curve, like Lupin III and Zenigata.
"Le assurdiSio" is a tribute to cartoonist Sio Scottecs and his dizzying dadaist world: the repetitiveness of a few lines to tell stories without a beginning or an end, which repeat with infinite cyclicity.
"Arearitroso" is a polymetric game that believes itself to be a "song".
"XXXNem_o" is a spontaneous improvisation with a double dedication to the extreme libertarian Captain of the Nautilus and to that band of strange superheroes, the X-men. A connection between society's outcasts who, for this reason, choose a parallel path.
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Watch the "Peso a Valle" video clip on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6KuXvKrm7SE
Listen to "Scatta il rosso" (single) on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/267BeYAruq0xEgaudXWkWl
Live video "Scatta il rosso" - https://youtu.be/X1-1bxtp20Q
Live video "Tu di la io DC Comics" - https://youtu.be/fkmz_aZ77TE
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Website: http://www.stefanorisso.com/ananasnna
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ananasnnamusic
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