'Istruttiva serie' is based on a set of field recording done in territories near the city of Rovereto; as Nicola Di Croce is a composer whose musical language starts from thought about the relation between territory and sound, he decided non only to document the sound of the places but also to create a dialectic with folk guitar which is one of the typical instruments of those territories.
"I" starts this release with samples played backwards and filed recording whose resonances are clearly audible and it evolves, after an almost pure field recordings part, in a juxtaposition of drones which fill the audible spectrum and, when it seems to close with the tapes that opened, it shifts direction and uses sparse sounds. "II" is a short track where a guitar melody interacts with field recordings and noises. "III" shows how a field recording could be progressively transformed into into an almost noise track. The guitar samples and the samples of "IV" generate a soundscape of subtle nuances interrupted by static noises. "V" closes this release layering samples which almost hypnotize the listener.
All tracks are characterized by an impressive cure for details: the samples are often placed in a particular place in the aural field and they move with great precision, the resonances are enhanced when they create a relation with the underlying soundscape and the guitar is not used as an exotic spot but to avoid the effect of pure sound to hook the recording to the territories they belong. It's arduous as is sometimes abstract but is truly impressive.