Giancarlo Vulcano
Vetro
Innova 2007

01. Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud
02. Tierra del Fuego
03. 3 x 3, No. 2
04. Portrait of Richard Manuel
05. 3 x 3, No. 1
06. Piano Death Theme
07. Music for Fish Tanks
08. Self Portrait

«Vetro is a record of New York composer Giancarlo Vulcano's involvement with performers he met through Forecast Music, a Brooklyn new music series, 2003-05. There is a wide-eyed optimism and charm to this post Minimal collection of instrumental vignettes. It was made with an equal directness. Vulcano taught the music to the players by rote, and you can hear the delicate listening and interplay going on; there never was a paper score for the music to get stuck on.

Vulcano describes the period when Vetro was created: "It was a process of giving the musicians little phrases to play as I was discovering them... I was finding ideas, and my friends would play them for as long as they interested us, and then on to the next". The compositional process having been organic, the composer considers Vetro's recordings definitive versions of the works; collaborative projects that clearly define a unique compositional voice during the composer's first creative surge of work. More aural sandbox than Hollywood, more Alexander Calder than Philip Glass.»

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Ever made picks of what to play for NYE? A while back, I used to stick to Röyksopp's Melody A.M., as there weren't many other records both me and my close ones would enjoy. Then, last year, was Fursaxa's Myriad of Satyrids for a sort of 'religious' solitariness... This time, unless you'll offer other sensible suggestions, I think I'll let Vetro do the hard work. Although I don't recommend it solely 'pon that basis. Magic...