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01. Walter Maioli - Glockenspiel
02. Walter Maioli - Campane Degli Angeli
03. Walter Maioli - La Nicchia
04. Walter Maioli - L'organo Orizzontale Sul Laghetto
05. Walter Maioli - Formazioni Di Stalattiti
06. Walter Maioli - Gong Basso/L'organo Di Toirano
ARTIST
TITLE
Caverne Sonore
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
BS 069CD BS 069CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/14/2024

The explorer Walter Maioli makes his most amazing adventure, the journey to the center of the Earth. Retracing the exploits of the Platonic demiurge, he identifies in the cave the deepest meaning of myth. Primordial sounds, not shadows, are at the center of this magical path straddling geology and Paleolithic polyphony. The recordings between 1985 and 2002 capture the sonic imperceptibility of the great subterranean womb, investigate the secret dialogue between the trickling of pond waters and the faint percussive reverberation of stalactites and stalagmites. Rocky sediments are played as tubular organs, glockenspiels, xylophones or stone marimbas. Crystalline timbral variations and subtle microtonal passages recall the chimes of Tibetan gongs and bells, of the scales of Java and Bali. Amidst muffled pauses and silences, trills and rings, echoes and tremolos, hisses and pops of vibration, Maioli builds his most imaginative niche of sound, a magnetic and telluric chant that is pure symphony and archetypal synesthesia. Co-produced with Holidays Records.