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{"id":8864297189626,"title":"Damian Dalla Torre \/\/ Happy Floating LP","handle":"damian-dalla-torre-happy-floating-lp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTobiraインストアショーケースでも素敵なライブを披露してくれたドイツ・ライプツィヒのサックス奏者Damian Dalla Torreが、2022年に同国ミュンヘンのSquamaからリリースしたレコードです。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e穏やかなアンビエント・ジャズ8曲を収録。180g重量盤です。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4281892214\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12\" black 180gram vinyl. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e1. 7:23 03:17\u003cbr\u003e2. Alles Neu 03:28\u003cbr\u003e3. heyheyhey 06:56\u003cbr\u003e4. Bolzano 03:39\u003cbr\u003e5. Where To Go 04:52\u003cbr\u003e6. 8:45 04:41\u003cbr\u003e7. Plastic Air 02:54\u003cbr\u003e8. SO 03:47 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eCaroline Whiteley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e via \u003c\/span\u003eSquama:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eGiving form to a broad personal project of deep contemplation and quiet emotionality, Happy Floating marks the debut album of South Tyrol-born, Leipzig-based musician Damian Dalla Torre on Munich imprint Squama Recordings. \u003cbr\u003eConceived from sketches dating back several years and completed during 2020's moment of collective reflection, Happy Floating is a stunning result of genre collapsing and unexpected metamorphoses. A highly collaborative work, the record features contributions by nineteen musicians, including Ruth Goller, Alex Binder, Heidi Bayer, Theresia Philipp, Antonia Hausmann, Jan Roth, among others. \u003cbr\u003eReleased in February 2022, this rich collage of field recordings, brass instruments, synth-strings and delicate sampling techniques oscillates between gentle familiarity and dreamlike distortions, inspiring a warmth that extends across time. Visually, this is underscored by Maximilian Schachtner’s uncanny cover artwork pairing a cotton-candied sunset with playful hand-drawn clouds next to an image of rustling plastic texture, applying the record’s theme of ambivalence to the vinyl sleeve. \u003cbr\u003eThroughout the record, Damian Dalla Torre seeks to explore a state of Happy Floating: in this pursuit, he remains self-aware of\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e the fickle nature of carelessness, powerfully concentrating it in sonic form. \u003cbr\u003eOf the work, he says, \"it's ambivalent–you are melancholic, but at the same time blatantly hopeful.\" Damian Dalla Torre's work encapsulates the collective feeling of a generation in challenging times, where a careful sense of optimism persists against the backdrop of an increasingly murky world outside one’s own four walls. This is reflected in the tonal shifts of Happy Floating: from the computerised yearning and levitating flutes on \"Bolzano\" to the shapeshifting \"heyheyhey\" and blissful organ chords erupting onto brass stabs on \"Where To Go\"; to the intriguing juxtaposition of analogue guitar plucks and piano experimentations against the call and response of the Casio synth on \"8:45,\" and the unsettling drone of the album's closer, \"SO,\" disrupting the expectation of settling into the ease of resolution. \u003cbr\u003eBuoyancy rises through the soaring melodies of the album’s title track “Alles Neu” like the symbolic phoenix from the ashes; a metaphor for the opportunities that arise with new beginnings. 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Alles Neu 03:28\u003cbr\u003e3. heyheyhey 06:56\u003cbr\u003e4. Bolzano 03:39\u003cbr\u003e5. Where To Go 04:52\u003cbr\u003e6. 8:45 04:41\u003cbr\u003e7. Plastic Air 02:54\u003cbr\u003e8. SO 03:47 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eCaroline Whiteley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e via \u003c\/span\u003eSquama:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eGiving form to a broad personal project of deep contemplation and quiet emotionality, Happy Floating marks the debut album of South Tyrol-born, Leipzig-based musician Damian Dalla Torre on Munich imprint Squama Recordings. \u003cbr\u003eConceived from sketches dating back several years and completed during 2020's moment of collective reflection, Happy Floating is a stunning result of genre collapsing and unexpected metamorphoses. A highly collaborative work, the record features contributions by nineteen musicians, including Ruth Goller, Alex Binder, Heidi Bayer, Theresia Philipp, Antonia Hausmann, Jan Roth, among others. \u003cbr\u003eReleased in February 2022, this rich collage of field recordings, brass instruments, synth-strings and delicate sampling techniques oscillates between gentle familiarity and dreamlike distortions, inspiring a warmth that extends across time. Visually, this is underscored by Maximilian Schachtner’s uncanny cover artwork pairing a cotton-candied sunset with playful hand-drawn clouds next to an image of rustling plastic texture, applying the record’s theme of ambivalence to the vinyl sleeve. \u003cbr\u003eThroughout the record, Damian Dalla Torre seeks to explore a state of Happy Floating: in this pursuit, he remains self-aware of\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e the fickle nature of carelessness, powerfully concentrating it in sonic form. \u003cbr\u003eOf the work, he says, \"it's ambivalent–you are melancholic, but at the same time blatantly hopeful.\" Damian Dalla Torre's work encapsulates the collective feeling of a generation in challenging times, where a careful sense of optimism persists against the backdrop of an increasingly murky world outside one’s own four walls. This is reflected in the tonal shifts of Happy Floating: from the computerised yearning and levitating flutes on \"Bolzano\" to the shapeshifting \"heyheyhey\" and blissful organ chords erupting onto brass stabs on \"Where To Go\"; to the intriguing juxtaposition of analogue guitar plucks and piano experimentations against the call and response of the Casio synth on \"8:45,\" and the unsettling drone of the album's closer, \"SO,\" disrupting the expectation of settling into the ease of resolution. \u003cbr\u003eBuoyancy rises through the soaring melodies of the album’s title track “Alles Neu” like the symbolic phoenix from the ashes; a metaphor for the opportunities that arise with new beginnings. 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