Fabio Orsi

Fabio Orsi je spolu s Giuseppe Ielasi jedním z nejzajímavějších současných hudebníků v Itálii, jejichž produkce se dá nazvat víceméně elektronickou (přestože oba vycházejí hlavně z akustických zvuků). Kytary, efekty, terénní nahrávky a staré klávesy tvoří základ, a pokud laptop, tak jen jako řemeslný doplněk, nikoliv tvůrčí nástroj.

Rozpětí Orsiho nahrávek je od abstraktního ambientu s fragmenty skutečných nástrojů či field recordings (kdy občas připomene ty nejlepší momenty svého krajana Alio Die), přes náznaky nostalgického elektro folku, erupce „Fenneszovsky melodického hluku“, až k drone plochám (upomínající anglické magiky Mirror) či avantgardnějším oblastem.
Nejlepší na jeho hudbě ovšem je, že narozdíl od tohoto popisu působí naprosto jednolitě, organicky a původně. Upozornil na sebe společným albem s My Cat Is An Alien, kde vzdává poctu folkloristovi Alan Lomax (jehož sesbírané předválečné nahrávky Orsiho hodně ovlivnily a často je taky ve své tvorbě používá). Od té doby vydal nespočet vynikajících počinů – za zmínku stojí např. déle trvající spolupráce s Gianluca Becuzzi (především ‘The Stones Know Everything’), experimentálnější kousky se saxofonistou Valerio Cosi nebo projektem MAMUTHONES. Hrál také s brad rose (The North Sea, Ajilvsga, atd.) nebo Australany Seaworthy či Pimmon.
Jeho alba najdete u labelů jako Digitalis Industries, A Silent Place, Last Visible Dog, Low Point, Ruralfaune, Students Of Decay nebo Foxglove.
Těžko předem hádat, jaký je jeho živý projev, ale nahrávky z Fabia Orsiho udělaly už teď velmi výraznou jistotu nevtíravé ambientní hudby v tom nejobecnějším slova smyslu.

Ten večer se též představí projekt No Pavarotti, který vznikl z trosek příznačně pojmenovaných The Ruin Of Ruins, který dál spojuje zašumlané kytary minimalistického písničkáře Rouilleux s ruchovými nánosy K!amma. Vydařené stejnojmenné album hledejte u vydavatelství KLaNGundKRaCH.

Koncert proběhne v neděli 2.5.2010 od 20:00 ve studentském klubu K4 (Celetná 20, Praha 1 – vchod z průchodu FFUK). Vstup: 150,- pouze na místě.

www.letmo.net/productions
www.myspace.com/orsifabio
www.klangundkrach.net/no.pavarotti


Fabio Orsi zahraje též 30.4. v Třeboni (Pivovarský dvůr, info www.anifilm.cz) a 1.5. ve Zlíně (Galerie Dvanáctka, info http://galerie12ka.webnode.cz).


REVIEWS (various albums, all from boomkat.com):

„This most revered and productive of contemporary ambient composers … creates an absorbing six-part suite. The Italian composer continues to operate at the top end of his field, making music that’s tangibly organic and far more real-time in its feel than much of the computer-generated work produced by his peers. … Beautiful.“

„’The Stones Know Everything’ is a mammoth two-cd offering from experimental fellers Gianluca Becuzzi and Fabio Orsi and surprisingly the duo manage to keep up the quality for the entire duration … I would guess that the majority of these sounds have been extracted from the humble guitar (a useful beast is it not?) and with this the two musicians throw swirling whirpools of psychedelic distortion and fuzz. This is not however an album that should be lumped into the sprawling ‘avant-psych’ genre, ‘The Stones Throw Everything’ feels a little more sculpted and a little more finely realised than many other albums of its kind, and the attention to harmonic detail (especially on the first disc) gives it a strength rarely heard. A good comparison might be to Mirror, who show an equally finely-tuned ear to the humble drone, but these guys don’t really sound exactly like anyone… something that maybe arises from their location. Deep, crumbling melancholic ambience - you couldn’t ask for more really.“

“Italian experimentalists Fabio Orsi and Valerio Cosi are a prolific pair, both commanding extensive, very highly regarded solo discographies that between them take in elements of blissful micro-drone, free-jazz and avant-garde contemporary composition. …last half hour or so of the album really sticks in the mind, distinguishing Thoughts Melt In The Air as a thoughtful and subtle body of work.”

„Italian ambient maestro Fabio Orsi reaches out for yet another collaboration on this … teaming up with Antipodean 12k types Seaworthy … typically masterful and immersive exercise from the composer … The collaboration is most consistent with Orsi’s sound, taking on a nebulous, densely packed sound that seems to hover enigmatically over the course of its seventeen minutes, brought to life through symphonic minor chords and breakdowns that reveal heavily treated, downbeat guitar fragments. You get a rare sense of cogency from this creative partnership, and the album’s three long-form compositions make for rewarding, cohesive listening.“

„This time My Cat is an Alien bring fellow Italian experimental type Fabio Orsi along for the ride, who kicks the disc off with a 40 minute slice of utterly breathtaking ambience. Using field recordings, guitars, a piano and the wind itself, Orsi structures a piece of crystalline beauty, embedding the themes of collected worldwide folk music beneath a mire of harmony and emotion. I rarely expect to be greeted by this kind of unashamed reverence within a MCIAA project, but I must say it’s a pleasant surprise and I’m now intrigued to hear more by Fabio Orsi.“


ENGLISH INFO:

Fabio Orsi is an electronic musician from Taranto (Southern Italy) specialising in atmospheric drone. He is a young and talented composer recently revealed in a series of publications received by an enthusiastic chorus of critical approval. In his compositions the languages of popular tradition meet the avantgarde approach, creating an original and charm mix. Orsi’s music originates with field recordings through which he seeks to capture images in sound inspired by the historic pre-war folk recordings made by Alan Lomax.
Orsi says he admires the way in which Lomax was able to present folklore not merely as some historic artefact but as “an expression of suffering with a thirst for rebellion”. His first release, Osci, was recorded in Salento and its two tracks , total playing time 36 minutes, are described by the Italian online magazine SentireAscoltare as : “a patchwork of edited found sounds, drones, microwaves with sparse notes of guitar, piano and synth”. Since his 2005 debut, Fabio Orsi has consolidated his reputation as a key figure of the international nu-folk electronica underground with a bewildering yet fascinating series of solo works and collaborations dominated by psychedelically flavoured soundscapes. Orsi creates atmospheric audio postcards with a tangible sense of time and place, utilizing layers of guitars, old keyboards and found sounds, having a keen attention to details, loops develop so naturally that it’s almost impossible to notice when certain sounds are brought in and out. Electronic sounds meets the humoral sonorities made by the six chords, projecting enchanted landscapes on a vibrant horizon, with an intimate sensibility, abstract and emotional, deep and dreamy melodies, Orsi Structures pieces of crystalline beauty and his music sounds like the shout of revolt of a young guy in the south of Italy, who starting from poetry, has then chosen music as the most effective way to his vent of expression, hypnotic and seductive. His works are out for many different labels around in the world, A silent Place (Ita), Last Visible Dog (Usa), Digitalis Industries (Usa), Preservation (Australia), Porter Records (Usa), Low Point (Uk), Root Don Lonie (Nz), Ruralfaune (France) and many others, playing his tunes in different and important festivals in Italy, like Signal, Piombino Experimenta, Flussi Sonori, Lucania Film Festival. After his first release, Osci ( Lp, Small Voices 2005) he worked and work with many artists, My Cat Is An Alien, Gianluca Becuzzi, Valerio Cosi, Brad Rose, Seaworthy, Pimmon., and his discography is full of collaborations as split releases or properly collaborative minds meeting. Fabio Orsi has archieved critique and fans, imposing his name as one of the most promising and representative of the entire Italian and international electronic indipendent scene, his music speak like a deep hole into the ground of loved/hated traditional music, it’s a snatch with the past, watching it from unusual perspective, with deforming lens under coloured lights, music never meets Art, it is something like a hack. Where the streets are swelling as the veins and the buildings are collapsing, he plants a microphone cold as a needle, he plays naked and old melodies just for lovers.