Author Archives: gianmarcodelre
Jonáš Gruska – Juggler / ジャグラ
Jonáš Gruska‘s Juggler / ジャグラ does more than what it says on the tin. Originally assembled from covert recordings made inside an Akihabara pachinko parlour, the album documented a moment of revelation: Gruska discovering that beneath the assaultive barrage of gambling
Jonáš Gruska – Juggler / ジャグラ
Jonáš Gruska‘s Juggler / ジャグラ does more than what it says on the tin. Originally assembled from covert recordings made inside an Akihabara pachinko parlour, the album documented a moment of revelation: Gruska discovering that beneath the assaultive barrage of gambling
Omar Cheikh ~ The Garden
Deeply rooted in the idea of the garden as a place of refuge and quiet transformation, Omar Cheikh’s The Garden unfolds like a series of nocturnal wanderings through an imagined landscape. The title evokes not only Voltaire’s famous injunction to
Omar Cheikh ~ The Garden
Deeply rooted in the idea of the garden as a place of refuge and quiet transformation, Omar Cheikh’s The Garden unfolds like a series of nocturnal wanderings through an imagined landscape. The title evokes not only Voltaire’s famous injunction to
Vittorio Guindani ~ la porta bianca
There is something fitting about Vittorio Guindani finding a home for these recordings in Vilhelm Hammershøi’s The White Door. Before becoming an album, La Porta Bianca existed in a kind of limbo: music without a place, waiting for the image
Vittorio Guindani ~ la porta bianca
There is something fitting about Vittorio Guindani finding a home for these recordings in Vilhelm Hammershøi’s The White Door. Before becoming an album, La Porta Bianca existed in a kind of limbo: music without a place, waiting for the image
Filippo Medas ~ Emilio Lussu: Il Processo
For audiences outside Italy, Emilio Lussu remains a relatively overlooked figure compared to contemporaries such as Antonio Gramsci or Carlo Rosselli. Yet Lussu’s life encompassed many of the defining struggles of the twentieth century: a decorated soldier in the First
Filippo Medas ~ Emilio Lussu: Il Processo
For audiences outside Italy, Emilio Lussu remains a relatively overlooked figure compared to contemporaries such as Antonio Gramsci or Carlo Rosselli. Yet Lussu’s life encompassed many of the defining struggles of the twentieth century: a decorated soldier in the First
Marco Paltrinieri ~ Otto Studi
“It personally feels like the discovery of a new path awaiting exploration,” writes Marco Paltrinieri about Otto Studi (Eight Studies). With this album, the Italian artist appears to abandon any narrative drive: vocals are gone, and any intrusion of fictional
Marco Paltrinieri ~ Otto Studi
“It personally feels like the discovery of a new path awaiting exploration,” writes Marco Paltrinieri about Otto Studi (Eight Studies). With this album, the Italian artist appears to abandon any narrative drive: vocals are gone, and any intrusion of fictional
Cherim ~ Ğymaq / VA ~ Shyshagh: Imaginary Circassian Underground
Built entirely from fragments from the Ored Recordings catalogue, Cherim’s Ğymaq reconfigures the label’s archival focus into something spectral and unstable by ways of heritage not preserved, but dissolved, stretched, and made to echo. Working with Circassian vocal traditions, shichepshin
Cherim ~ Ğymaq / VA ~ Shyshagh: Imaginary Circassian Underground
Built entirely from fragments from the Ored Recordings catalogue, Cherim’s Ğymaq reconfigures the label’s archival focus into something spectral and unstable by ways of heritage not preserved, but dissolved, stretched, and made to echo. Working with Circassian vocal traditions, shichepshin
RIHA ~ V
RIHA’s V is both a family portrait and a journey through the mythological landscape of Svaneti, the mountainous region of north-western Georgia that has long nourished Rati Oniani’s imagination. Conceived as the soundtrack to a forthcoming documentary about his grandfather,
RIHA ~ V
RIHA’s V is both a family portrait and a journey through the mythological landscape of Svaneti, the mountainous region of north-western Georgia that has long nourished Rati Oniani’s imagination. Conceived as the soundtrack to a forthcoming documentary about his grandfather,
Ukrainian Field Notes LVI
After spending the month of May in Ukraine, I am back in Rome. There has been a 22% increase in the number of drones and missiles on Kyiv and Ukraine in general from the month of April. I have witnessed
Ukrainian Field Notes LVI
After spending the month of May in Ukraine, I am back in Rome. There has been a 22% increase in the number of drones and missiles on Kyiv and Ukraine in general from the month of April. I have witnessed
a closer listen 