BI NOSTALGIA & FIORI CARONES ALBERTO - LE STATUE D'ACQUA released on October 3, 2022

 BI NOSTALGIA & FIORI CARONES ALBERTO

LE STATUE D'ACQUA 

released on October 3, 2022 (CD/Digital) 

CD in 6-panel digisleeve, ltd. 200 copies            
                      
BI NOSTALGIA & FIORI CARONES ALBERTO - LE STATUE D'ACQUA released on October 3, 2022

BI NOSTALGIA, aka Luca Rigato, along with with David E.H. formed the nucleus of ENDLESS NOSTALGIA, a cult band of the Italian electronic post-punk scene, active between 1982 and 1992.

Since 1985, BI NOSTALGIA also began tracing a solo path, alternating various projects with songs and pure instrumental works, exclusively released on cassette.

Between 2016 and 2018, the cassette recordings were reissued by Silentes/re-TLOTG, accompanied by the original graphics and bonus tracks. The latest album released in 2019 (available on CD) is "The King in Yellow," inspired by Richard Chambers' short stories.

While working on one of his releases, exactly during the recording of the cassette "ART is NOT Much" (TLOTG), BI NOSTALGIA asked FIORI CARONES ALBERTO a contribution for this four-handed collaboration. In 1988 (...it seems like prehistory but that's how it was...), the only way to share a collaboration without meeting in person was to "physically send" a cassette by mail.

Alberto recorded and mailed to Luca a short piano piece which, once completed, was transferref onto a c12 Endless TDK Tape cassette. Using another similar cassette, BI NOSTALGIA recorded a second keyboard part with the addition of two loops. To finish the work he played the two cassettes in sync, finally mixing them on tape. He recorded one version for "ART is NOT Much," later allocating a second version as a bonus track on the "Cathedrals EP" cassette.

Today, with the aim of reviving the spirit of long-distance collaborations and with the help and support of Stefano Gentile, two artists selected by Luca, DEISON and FABIO ORSI, have been involved to reinterpret the original work with their sensitivity, adapting it to the sounds of the new millennium. In addition to the remastering of the two 1988 versions, BI NOSTALGIA conceived a deconstruction of the piece, linking some fragments in loops, creating an original adaptation.

The title of the piece has been freely inspired by Fleur Jaeggy's novel "The Water Statues" [Adelphi, 1980].

Tracklist:
Le Statue d'Acqua (Original version 1988 - remastered 2022)
Le Statue d'Acqua (Reworked by Fabio Orsi)
Le Statue d'Acqua (Reworked by Deison)
Le Statue d'Acqua (Deconstruced Ghostly version 2022)
Le Statue d'Acqua (Remixed 2nd version 1988 - remastered 2022)

Bi Nostalgia - Exemplum Rhythmicus (recensione BLOW UP Magazine, Novembre 2020)

 recensione BLOW UP Magazine, Novembre 2020

di Vittore Baroni

 

 

Bi Nostalgia - EXEMPLUM RHYTHMICUS [remastered 2020] out now, vinyl/& digital

 

https://lightintheattic.net/releases/7019-exemplum-rhythmicus
https://binostalgia.bandcamp.com/album/exemplum-rhythmicus

Exemplum Rhythmicus è la nuova ristampa di BI NOSTALGIA uscita oggi (originariamente pubblicato con il
nome dell'artista Luca Rigato con la Tape Label veronese
Diagrapho).
A lungo ambito e cercato dai collezionisti, è
tra i manufatti più strani e resistenti
della straordinaria scena musicale avant-garde italiana del
Anni '80. Un emblema della diversità sonora resa
attraverso il suono elettronico, distillando un
numero multiplo di tradizioni e citazioni.
Mentre molte delle avanguardie italiane di musica sperimentale hanno iniziato all'interno degli
spettri della musica popolare, che si stavano lentamente diffondendo
sempre più esplicitamente ambiziosi e stimolanti,
con il passare degli anni, BI NOSTALGIA rappresentava un
cambiamento nella marea direzionale.
Exemplum Rhythmicus faceva parte di un movimento
verso l'incorporazione di forme popolari all'interno
della musica d'avanguardia che ha attraversato il mondo
durante gli anni '80.
Tanto impegnativo e complesso quanto seducente e
invitante, Exemplum Rhythmicus tesse un mondo
senza confine, di collisione e armonia. Una visione
di possibili futuri resi nel suo presente. Un
regno melodico quasi interamente costruito
l'uso del sintetizzatore, con sottili interventi di
ritmo elettronico, pianoforte e strumenti a percussione.
Exemplum collega i territori metronomici
esplorato dai minimalisti americani e dalle esperte
armoniche coltivate di percussioni balinesi, con
lo spirito avventuroso delle avanguardie.
Disponibile per la prima volta in vinile e prodotto in
collaborazione con Luca Rigato per chOOn !!, label
specializzato in oscure, archivistiche e dimenticate
releases.
Masterizzato per il vinile e digitale da Josh Bonati con
una nuova cover dell'acclamato a designer a livello internazionale
Luke Bird e le note di copertina dell'artista.
Vendita e distribuzione di vinili da Light In The Attic.


Exemplum Rhythmicus is Bi Nostalgia’s minimal
wonder from 1990 (originally released under the
artist’s name Luca Rigato on the Veronese cassette
label Diagrapho).
Long coveted and hunted by collectors, it falls
among the strange and definition resistant artefacts
of Italy’s remarkable avant-garde music scene of the
1980s. An emblem of sonic diversity rendered
through electronic sound, distilling a daunting
number of traditions and ideas, while sculpting its
own world of creative singularity, standing apart
from the rest.
While a great many of Italy’s avant-garde and
experimental music practitioners began within the
spectrums of popular music, slowly pushing into
more explicitly ambitious and challenging realms as
the years wore on, Bi Nostalgia represented a
change in the directional tide.
Exemplum Rhythmicus was part of a movement
towards the incorporation of popular forms within
avant-garde music which swept across the globe
during the 1980’s.
As challenging and complex as it is seductive and
inviting, Exemplum Rhythmicus weaves a world
without boundary, of collision and harmony. A vision
of possible futures rendered in its present day. A
melodic realm almost entirely constructed through
the use of synthesizer, with subtle interventions of
electronic rhythm, piano and bells.
Exemplum bridges the metronomic territories
explored by American minimalists and the highly
cultivated harmonics of Balinese percussion, with
the adventurous spirit of the avant-garde.
Available for the first time on vinyl and produced in
cooperation with Luca Rigato for chOOn!!, a label
specialising in obscure, archival and forgotten
releases.
Mastered for vinyl and digital by Josh Bonati with
artwork by the internationally acclaimed book
designer Luke Bird and liner notes by the artist.
Vinyl sales and distribution by Light In The Attic.

Bi Nostalgia - EXEMPLUM RHYTHMICUS (out October 1,2020) [pre-order!!]

October 2, 2020 (physical & digi) 

Bi Nostalgia - EXEMPLUM RHYTHMICUS [remastered 2020] 

pre-orders: 

vinyl https://lightintheattic.net/releases/7019-exemplum-rhythmicus

digital https://binostalgia.bandcamp.com/album/exemplum-rhythmicus 

 

Mastered for vinyl and digital by Josh Bonati with
artwork by the internationally acclaimed book
designer Luke Bird and liner notes by the artist.
Vinyl sales and distribution by Light In The Attic.

[re-TLOTG 10] Bi Nostalgia - The Seeping Mouth (now on Bandcamp !)

[re-TLOTG 10] Bi Nostalgia - The Seeping Mouth Inspired by Yukio Mishima's novels. Recorded at the Room, 22nd November 1985 Mixed by Bi Nostalgia 5th February 1986 Originally includes a 20-page booklet with writings and notes. Artwork by Roberta "Chewed Pencil" Bordignoni. Remastered by Bi Nostalgia, April 2016 Artwork re-modeled by Giuseppe Verticchio

[re-TLOTG 03] Endless Nostalgia - The Art of Nothing (now on Bandcamp !)

[re-TLOTG 03] Endless Nostalgia - The Art of Nothing All tracks are produced and arranged by Endless Nostalgia Recorded at the Room, between 1984-1985 Graphic design by Endless Nostalgia and Roberta "Chewed Pencil" Bordignoni New Impressionists logo by TLOTG bi nostalgia = vocels, instruments, tapes david e.h. = basses, guitars carl pride = guitars paolo "julian dolphin" tosetto = synthetizers

[re-TLOTG 12] Bi Nostalgia - Cathedrals EP (now on Bandcamp !)

 [re-TLOTG 12] Bi Nostalgia - Cathedrals EP

 

All songs written & produced by BI NOSTALGIA Recorded & Mixed at the Room, August 1986 Original Graphic design by Roberta "Chewed Pencil" Bordignoni Artwork re-modeled by Giuseppe Verticchio