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)

[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

LUKE X's AH NAHM Inc. - Zapping Melodies of the 21st Century (an instrumental introduction to the)

on Bandcamp

Written & Produced by LUKE X's AH NAHM
Recorded between February-October 1991 at The Room
Mixed by LUKE X's AH NAHM & Simone Mancini, September 1992

LUKE X        synthetizers, programming, samplers
BOB        samplers, additional programming
URIZEL        samplers, synthetizers, tapes

Original artwork by Jupiter Jones & Urizel

Remixed & Remastered by Bi Nostalgia, March/April 2016
Artwork re-modeled by Giuseppe Verticchio

"THE KING IN YELLOW" recensioni

Recensione di Paolo Bertoni, in BLOW UP Dicembre 2019

Recensione di Michele Brigante Sanseverino

in INDIE FOR BUNNIES 

Recensione nel blog (consigliato) wordpress SO WHAT

ringrazio tutti delle belle parole dedicate a questo mio nuovo impegno sonoro

out Now! - BI NOSTALGIA - The King in Yellow [limited CD edition]

Mastered for CD release by BI NOSTALGIA

CD version have four bonus tracks available for the first time.
Limited edition 100 copies

https://tlotg.bandcamp.com/album/the-king-in-yellow

BI NOSTALGIA - The King in Yellow [21.10.2019 limited CD edition]

CD edition,  limited to 100 copies out on Bandcamp & st.an.da.
21.10.19
available on https://tlotg.bandcamp.com/
 

BI NOSTALGIA
The King in Yellow (CD edition 2019)
original cover by Stefano gentile

L'idea di una colonna sonora immaginaria per "Il Re in Giallo" era partita molti anni fa,
ai tempi dei primi nastri come Ah Nahm e degli Endless Nostalgia.
La raccolta di racconti di Robert W. Chambers è stata una delle mie letture preferite da sempre e la rileggo ogni tanto,
scoprendo sempre nuove sfumature.
Poi (come altre) l'idea è rimasta lì, in attesa di sedimentare ulteriormente.

Grazie al lavoro di ristampe curate da Stefano Gentile (per RE-TLOTG via Silentes, che ringrazio) dei nastri originali della League of the Gloomers,
ho seriamente preso in considerazione di riprendere alcuni progetti che non speravo di iniziare e terminare.

Dapprima, la ri-stampa privata di "UNO in Four Parts" in 4CDs (ultimo lavoro a nome BI NOSTALGIA, datato anno domini 2006),
con materiale che avevo registrato a cavallo tra il 2005 e il 2006, frutto di lunghe improvvisazioni e sperimentazioni dilatate.
Successivamente, è arrivato anche lo stimolo per registrare finalmente "King in Yellow", riprendere il filo con la musica e di dedicare un pò di tempo
alla creazione di nuove tessiture sonore dopo molti anni.
Da qualche tempo ho ripreso seriamente a pensare/progettare un nuovo disco di canzoni, diverso da quanto avevo fatto in passato.

Questo lavoro chiude idealmente una trilogia di musiche accompagnatrici alla lettura, nate con i romanzi di Yukio Mishima (The Seeping Mouth, 1985) e
con i pensieri solitari dei padri del deserto (Philiokalia, 1985-86).
Anche per questo, "King in Yellow" racchiude in sè passato e presente, mistero e fantasia.

Se in "The Seeping Mouth" suonavo e improvvisavo al ritmo del mio respiro (era stata registrata in una sola giornata) e
in "Philiokalia" ho scoperto le prime "pause" e silenzi musicali, leggendo i testi dei padri del deserto,
"King in Yellow" si muove tra paesaggi pre-autunnali e sussurri nell'ora del tramonto.

Registrato in parte a Malosco (provincia di Trento) dove i sentieri dei boschi hanno pienamente ispirato
passeggiate e idee, in piena rilettura estiva del "Re in Giallo", gran parte del materiale sonoro è stato abbozzato in montagna.
Per poi terminarne registrazioni e missaggi al Room Studio a fine estate.


tracks :

Intro [Walk in Carcosa I] (0:17)
The King in Yellow (2:54)
The Street of Four Winds (2:27)
Golden tints of autumn foliage (4:24)
Deep, calm feeling of relief (3:20)
Seven Men in White Masks (4:03)
Interlude [Walk in Carcosa II] (0:57)
Into the lake of Hali (4:14)
The Demoiselle d'Ys (3:01)
The last rays of Sunset (4:30)
It's a bad place for a stranger (2:40)
Yellow Sign in Lost Carcosa (3:22)
Cassilda (5:06)

recorded in malosco & asparetto, july-august 2018
mixed at the room, october 2018
produced by BI NOSTALGIA
original cover by Stefano gentile


nota 13 Ottobre 2019:
Congiunzioni astrali.
Tra pochi giorni uscirà il mio primo disco di materiale inedito dopo 25 anni e la Sergio Bonelli Editore esce con un albo della serie Dampyr con lo stesso titolo e ispirato allo stesso libro.
Fantastico! Welcome to Carcosa!