Mundus Inversus, by Federico Calcagno Octet

Mundus Inversus

by Federico Calcagno Octet

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1.	Liquid War 09:04	buy track
2.	Hieronymus 08:09	buy track
3.	The Other Side of Silence 10:03	buy track
4.	The Hanged Man: Paralysis 01:55	buy track
5.	The Hanged Man: Ego Sacrifice 05:44	buy track
6.	The Hanged Man: A New Trail 06:11	buy track
7.	Perseverance 04:58	buy track
8.	Recovery 05:31	buy track

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<<We are by virtue of planetary rotation inverted much of the time though it usually escapes notice. Multiple and infernal events have for all of us newly unlatched an off-kilter portal to outface glaringly insufficient interiority. Entering the recursive fractal is fraught yet completely familiar. It’s awestruck comfort in luxuriant disorientation, a shared thousand-yard stare with the potentiality of infinite insights, a chance to grow beyond rote readings of situations which are anything but. Clarinetist and composer Federico Calcagno has translated this Mundus Inversus into involving, evolving agglomerations of divergent perspective with Nabou Claerhout’s trombone, José Soares’ alto sax, Pau Sola Masafrets’ cello, Aleksander Sever’s vibraphone, Adrian Moncada’s piano, Pedro Ivo Ferreira’s bass and Nick Thessalonikefs’ drums, all luminously singular hierophants from the Netherlands scene. The musicians function as a tight unit grounding the themes in ensemble cohesion while individually stretching their wings in unforeseen places and ways. Moving seamlessly between numinous radio serial foley, mathematical challenge, plush nestle and chamber innovation rechannels notions of tussle amidst conflicting vantages into a shared camera obscura of coalescence. The sounds are constantly moving with the listener receiving continually refreshed reassurance. This album is a geste with ancient impressions upended, the extant turned about.>>

[Killick Hinds, Athens, Georgia, November 6, 2023]

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released January 26, 2024

Federico Calcagno - Bass Clarinet, Clarinet
Nabou Claerhout - Trombone
José Soares - Alto Saxophone
Pau Sola - Cello
Aleksander Sever - Vibraphone
Adrián Moncada - Piano
Pedro Ivo Ferreira - Double Bass
Nikos Thessalonikefs - Drums

<<Thank you Nabou, José, Pau, Adrián, Aleksander, Pedro and Nikos for your inspiring and brilliant creativity and musicality. Big thanks to Alessandro (and Zino) for taking care of our sound  during and after the recording. We gratefully acknowledge the Keep an Eye Foundation’s support, without which this music would not have seen the light of day.>>
[FC]

All compositions by Federico Calcagno
Except The Other Side of Silence by Adrián Moncada 

Recorded by Alessandro Mazzieri at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum (NL), on 26,27,28 July 2023
Alto saxophone recorded by Miguel Nicolau in Studio Mae do Céu,
Lisbon (PT), on 19 August 2023 
Mixed by Alessandro Mazzieri at Splinter Studio 
Mastered by Zino Mikorey 
Artwork and Design by Leonardo Falascone 
Photo by Anisa Xhomaqi
Supported by KaE Records

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Federico Calcagno Amsterdam, Netherlands

Federico Calcagno is a clarinet and bass clarinet player, composer and improviser from Milan, Italy, and currently active between Italy and The Netherlands.
<<The new bishop of the best Italian Jazz [A. Bazzurro, All About Jazz] >> has considered on of the most exciting clarinet players and creative musicians of the young generation. ... more

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