RADIATA 5TET — Aurelia Aurita (review)

RADIATA 5TET — Aurelia Aurita album cover Album · 2012 · Jazz Related Improv/Composition Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
snobb
Modern experimental music is such a wide open term that often you can't imagine what to expect from each new release. Radiata 5tet's debut album is probably a bit more predictable for listeners familiar with Italian vocalist Claudio Milano's other works. For newcomers this music could sound as radical as the legendary Demetrio Stratos' incarnations supported by a free improvisation quartet.

Even if this is far from easy listening, from the very first moments this album's music catches the listener - it sounds like a soundtrack to a modern theatrical play (it is so full of emotions, action, noises and silence, that it doesn't need a video illustration). At the end of this album you will probably feel like watching a great Italian movie - one from the Michelangelo Antonioni collection, something that you saw decades ago, something almost forgotten, but in fact recorded in your memory for the ages.

There are no drums or percussion on this album, but it's really great to hear how deep the bass and cello (the only female and non-Italian band member - Argentinian cellist Cecilia Quinteros) build rhythmic structures for these complex free-form compositions. Claudio Milano's vocals act as one more musical instrument (a lot of lyrics are in Italian, so if you are like me and are not an Italian speaker, you are losing one more component of this artistic soundscape). Modern avant-garde music, free jazz, the legacy of Italian art rockers Demetrio Stratos/Area and colorful Italian cinema musical traditions all mix together in this modern, and in moments dark (noir) and nervous, but always beautiful album. Recommended listening for music fans with open ears.

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Sean Trane wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Hey Slava,

Is there a link from this album with the Vietnamese-origin French female cartoonist of the same name (Auerila Aurita)??

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