One of Italy's most active and daring composers and performers, is the Bologna-based multi-instrumentalist Vincenzo Vasi. Possibly best known in his home country for being part of Vinicio Capossela's band, Vasi has played with far more important and far reaching artists worldwide (John Zorn, Mike Patton, Alex Gimignani, Butch Morris, Otomo Yoshihide, Roy Paci, Marc Ribot, Vinicius Cantuaria, Jacopo Andreini, Scott Rosenberg, Alvin Curran, Jamie Saft, Ikue Mori, Trevor Dunn, Joey Baron, Cyro Baptista, Lukas Ligeti just to mention a few). Vasi also plays bass and sings but on "Braccio Elettrico" (italian for "electric arm") he prominently and exclusively features his theremin skills, which are outright amazing!. One of the most precise and in-tune theremin players I've had the pleasure to know, Vasi offers a collection of his own compositions which are arrangements for solo or multiple theremins (up to six at a time). As you may imagine the vibe is eerie and ethereal throughout the entire record. The theremin is enchanting and conjures outer-worldly images of bewitching beauty and bewildering mind states. The black and white cut and paste collage of the art work and the diluted atmospheres permeated with mystery and nostalgia all make for a spellbinding trip through time and space that I encourage you to embark on. Except for a couple of songs where he also employs a looper, a magnetic microphone, an omnichord, a tape echo and his voice everything else is theremin only. Of the nine tunes present two are covers by John Carpenter and Neal Hefti/Count Basie. Alessandro "Asso" Stefana (guitar player in Capossela's band) co-produced this CD and put it out on his own label Tremoloa records.