A1. Canti Illuminati [For Voice, Synthesizer, Tape] 26:50
B1. Canti Illuminati [For Choir, Synthesizer, Piano And Tape] 24:10
Chorus - Alessandro Bruno , Antonella Talamonti , Antonio Cesareni , David Thorner , Elisabetta Bordes-Page , Giorgio Caruano , Luca Miti , Manuela Garroni , Nicola Bernadini , P.Luigi Castellano , Sista Carandini
Voice, Synthesizer, Tape, Piano, Liner Notes -Alvin Curran
Recorded By - Kicko Fusco , Nicola Bernadini
Recorded February / March 1982 at the author's studio and at Mammuth Studios, Roma.
Reissue produced by Fringes and Mapidar. Edition of 1000 copies with two 6-page booklets. Originally issued by Fore in 1982, with original cover and liner notes, plus an updated presentation written by the composer
'Long out of print, this is an overdue reissue of American composer Alvin Curran's third record. Following his involvement in the live electronics performance group Musica Elettronica Viva, Curran embarked on a more personal pursuit utilizing his own voice and a patchwork of minimal synthesizer and field recordings. The two parts of Canti Illuminati show clear affinities to the vocal style of Pandit Pran Nath and Poppy No Good era Terry Riley, while also coming off like a denser version of Takehisa Kosugi's Catch Wave. Curran has had a lifelong affinity to the resonances of foghorns and their sonorities seem to serve as the general underlying drone and pulse of the first section. Curran's vocals, however, are what give the piece its rhythmic push. His tapestry of tape work and synthesizer delays matches the vocal intensity of his delivery; Canti Illuminati pt. 1 ends up most resembling the shimmering dronescapes of late-era Boredoms.
For the beginning section of the second half of Canti Illuminati, Curran brought in a choir; this is probably the least successful section of the disc. That may just be a matter of taste as I generally find chorus' of extended vocal technique to be somewhat corny. However, at about the 10-minute mark of the 24-minute piece the chorus fades away to an exquisitely beautiful extended passage comprised only of Curran's wordless vocals and lyrically minimal piano phrasing. Memorably haunting stuff that devolves at the final two minutes to a little bit of piano improvisation that seems to have been taken from the Great American Songbook. AWESOME!' ~ source
canti illuminati is love at first listen. for this drop i generously offer the option of FLAC, however kindly note that the 'cue' aspect was corrupted & i hastily deleted it, but the tracks are still separated, so deal. utterly essential listening; that brief snippet is hardly representative of the epic grandeur. some heady bidness. thx & praise to thee originilluminator. further more hither & thither
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