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Each of the nine tracks here were inspired by a different painting, so we get nine small card reproductions inside the little box that this disc comes in. The artists include Hieronymus Bosch, Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol. Henri Rousseau, Pablo Picasso, Edgar Dega, Umberto Boccioni and Yves Klein.
Andrea Lombardini is a member of another group on the Auand label called PoL0. Bearzatti is also on several discs from Auand. Each piece features a different set of musicians and works hard to evoke some aspect of the enclosed paintings. The first piece was inspired by Bosch’s somewhat disturbing painting “Garden of Earthly Delights”. The music is an odd blend of electronic sounds with instrumentals used minimally yet mysteriously. The tempo speeds up and slows down unexpectedly for Salvador Dali’s “The Persistence of Memory”, which features a series a bent clocks. More obvious is the tribute to Andy Warhol’s peeled banana album artwork for the first Velvet Underground & Nico record. A trio of keyboards, bass & drums plus the corpse-like vocals of Ms. Ayane singing “Sunday Morning”. Much of the music here has that late night ultra laid back sort of dreamy vibe.

Auand Records is an Italian independent label dedicated to genre-defying music, providing a home for artists who push the boundaries of improvised music.

Founded in 2001 by Marco Valente, it has quickly become a seal of warranty for the next big artists who shape the sound of the future, often introducing their music to an international audience.

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