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Mario BJM Bajardi: Glass Orchestra EP

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Artist: Mario BJM Bajardi (@)
Title: Glass Orchestra EP
Format: Download Only (MP3 + Lossless)
Label: ONDE
Rated: * * * * *
This second release by the brilliant Italian composer and sound artist Mario Bajardi - check his biography in order to understand his value and the resonance of his sonic research - after his acclaimed album "Archives" on ONDE Electronic Contents, a division of Paolo Bigazzi's imprint Iter Research, hits the cinematic heart of the label on the nail as each track of this short, but amazing "Glass Orchestra EP" sounds remarkably evocative and somehow dramatic. The title track got quite notorious on YouTube as it was composed for "Sound of Wine", an awesome and very original way that Sicilian wine company Tasca D'Almerita chose to promote their delicious products by inebriating the sense of hearing which isn't involved like olfaction, taste and sight during a wine tasting. That amazing video, which got signed by viral media company Mosaicoon, shows Mr.Bajardi in the act of conducting a bizarre orchestra of 10 young players of bottles and glasses and the general chiming sound of this funny experiment is a pleasure for eardrums. The notoriety of the above-mentioned track doesn't outshine the good make of the other tracks: "All" seems to tap from dub and space rock springs whose refreshing waters spring the lukeworm psychedelic intertwining of digital processed sounds, splinters of violin and twinkly synth glares; the outlandish reverie of "San Lorenzo" is a studio version of a subplot Mario played during a live concert as an electroacoustic improvisation; "Encounter" is maybe the most dramatic track, where the initial delicate strings sounds like the inner sparking which gradually cracks the shell of daily life before bursting into properly epic flames.

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