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July 22th 2022
Modern classical electronics
How To Fall Down Below The Surface is the new album by composer and performer Marcello Liverani. It is a deeply introspective and intense and, at times, painful album: Each of the 12 pieces represents a step in a meditation process in which the composer lays bare through a catharsis that leads to the liberation of the self (the "falling down below the surface"). Each piece is meditation, prayer and total surrender to existential pain at the same time. This surrender is distilled into peace and serenity. An “Idee fixe” of the composer who seeks in music a means of existential self-healing and a way to share the deepest inner experiences with the audience. The serenity and peace that transpire from the use of electronics and the piano are the fruit of this profound surrender. The work will be released digitally on July 22nd under the exclusive of Believe Digital and on CD and Vinyl with the label BlueSpiral Records.
May 20th 2022
Modern classical electronics
How To Fall Down Below The Surface is the new album by composer and performer Marcello Liverani. It is a deeply introspective and intense and, at times, painful album: Each of the 12 pieces represents a step in a meditation process in which the composer lays bare through a catharsis that leads to the liberation of the self (the "falling down below the surface"). Each piece is meditation, prayer and total surrender to existential pain at the same time. This surrender is distilled into peace and serenity. An “Idee fixe” of the composer who seeks in music a means of existential self-healing and a way to share the deepest inner experiences with the audience. The serenity and peace that transpire from the use of electronics and the piano are the fruit of this profound surrender. The work will be released digitally on July 22nd under the exclusive of Believe Digital and on CD and Vinyl with the label BlueSpiral Records.
It is a very delicate track that mixes an ambient texture with the use of a minimal piano. An impalpable opening piece that leads us into the "lightest" mood where we begin to lose our existential weight and deprives us of all everyday superstructures. Electronics describes ethereal and impalpable landscapes where sound leads us to look at the sky as a mirror of our soul.
The Greatest Void is perhaps the heart of the whole album. The construction of the piece is divided into two parts: a preparation and a more intimate one. In the first part, the void is created through an ambient texture and, when we are ready to receive it, the piano arrives: simple, minimal, touching and, in some way, unsettling. It is a piece that talks about pain and how, when we are able to accept it, this too can turn into pure beauty.
With this track a new phase opens. This second part starts with an apparent immobility made up of small waves of sound. The piece embodies an ambient soul agitated by a dark ambient mood. Here you can perceive a calm breathing after the more agitated "Where I come to an end". Compared to the other pieces, voices become more experimental and electronic: these are in fact stretched or pulverized to create rhythmic and contrapuntal intertwining over which the narration of the piano and synths spreads.
Here the piano returns accompanied by discreet electronics that underline, together with the voices, a sweet melody. One single theme declined several times in different ways to create a very delicate and almost imperceptible crescendo.
This piece takes us on a cinematic journey through a continuous crescendo that leads to an orchestral and epic section. As the title itself suggests, it is going deep through the music to delve into our emotions. The atmosphere is that of Nordic music where, however, replacing the traditional orchestral instruments, the composer uses electronic sounds and instruments such as the voice which, integrated with the electronics, takes on an orchestral flavor.
Second piece for piano solo of the album. Here time becomes more rarefied and silences and pauses create the form through the timbre of the instrument. It is a track for which you need to take your time and let yourself go and it’s played in balance between this suspension and a simple and easily recognizable melody.
This is the third solo piano piece on the album. A simple and deeply emotional piece that represents an opening after the dark colors of the previous piece
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ast piece for piano solo of the album. The title already provides indications on the spirit that led to this composition which is freely linked to the form of the waltz. From the point of view of the concept of the album we are faced with a naive surrender, in front of the existential wound.
It is the first solo piano piece in the production. Like the other piano solo pieces within the record it represents a moment of stasis. A narrative suspension and at the same time the summa of the meditative path. A transition between "kronos" and "kairos" that returns cyclically in the album. The piece has a very delicate writing but still with well-defined melodic and harmonic movements.
It closes the first part of the album. The title refers to the end of the Self as ego. Also in this case, as in Deeper, it’s a long crescendo form with a development, however, that leads to a very different solution from the other tracks. In particular, the arrangement of the final part, winks at post rock and progressive 70s with the use of synth in a sort of improvisation.
Cross-genre track in which modern classical elements and rock suggestions intertwine. The piece was composed following cinematic suggestions. We imagine a long flight over a boundless landscape and a sense of spiritual and physical liberation.
The album closes with a luminous, almost transfiguring, piece. The brightness is described through the use of "light in sound" with the plucked piano strings or electronic treatments of the piano sounds themselves.
It is a very delicate track that mixes an ambient texture with the use of a minimal piano. An impalpable opening piece that leads us into the "lightest" mood where we begin to lose our existential weight and deprives us of all everyday superstructures. Electronics describes ethereal and impalpable landscapes where sound leads us to look at the sky as a mirror of our soul.
This piece takes us on a cinematic journey through a continuous crescendo that leads to an orchestral and epic section. As the title itself suggests, it is going deep through the music to delve into our emotions. The atmosphere is that of Nordic music where, however, replacing the traditional orchestral instruments, the composer uses electronic sounds and instruments such as the voice which, integrated with the electronics, takes on an orchestral flavor.
It is the first solo piano piece in the production. Like the other piano solo pieces within the record it represents a moment of stasis. A narrative suspension and at the same time the summa of the meditative path. A transition between "kronos" and "kairos" that returns cyclically in the album. The piece has a very delicate writing but still with well-defined melodic and harmonic movements.
The Greatest Void is perhaps the heart of the whole album. The construction of the piece is divided into two parts: a preparation and a more intimate one. In the first part, the void is created through an ambient texture and, when we are ready to receive it, the piano arrives: simple, minimal, touching and, in some way, unsettling. It is a piece that talks about pain and how, when we are able to accept it, this too can turn into pure beauty.
Second piece for piano solo of the album. Here time becomes more rarefied and silences and pauses create the form through the timbre of the instrument. It is a track for which you need to take your time and let yourself go and it’s played in balance between this suspension and a simple and easily recognizable melody.
It closes the first part of the album. The title refers to the end of the Self as ego. Also in this case, as in Deeper, it’s a long crescendo form with a development, however, that leads to a very different solution from the other tracks. In particular, the arrangement of the final part, winks at post rock and progressive 70s with the use of synth in a sort of improvisation .
With this track a new phase opens. This second part starts with an apparent immobility made up of small waves of sound. The piece embodies an ambient soul agitated by a dark ambient mood. Here you can perceive a calm breathing after the more agitated "Where I come to an end". Compared to the other pieces, voices become more experimental and electronic: these are in fact stretched or pulverized to create rhythmic and contrapuntal intertwining over which the narration of the piano and synths spreads.
This is the third solo piano piece on the album. A simple and deeply emotional piece that represents an opening after the dark colors of the previous piece
Cross-genre track in which modern classical elements and rock suggestions intertwine. The piece was composed following cinematic suggestions. We imagine a long flight over a boundless landscape and a sense of spiritual and physical liberation.
Here the piano returns accompanied by discreet electronics that underline, together with the voices, a sweet melody. One single theme declined several times in different ways to create a very delicate and almost imperceptible crescendo.
Last piece for piano solo of the album. The title already provides indications on the spirit that led to this composition which is freely linked to the form of the waltz.
From the point of view of the concept of the album we are faced with a naive surrender, in front of the existential wound.
The album closes with a luminous, almost transfiguring, piece. The brightness is described through the use of "light in sound" with the plucked piano strings or electronic treatments of the piano sounds themselves.
Marcello Liverani is a composer and performer from Sardinia (Italy) with a focus on Modern Classical and electronic genre. His music focuses on piano solo, keyboards and synth, minimal electronics with the use of acoustic instruments and voice. He has a background and training in contemporary avant-garde music and studied with composers such as I. Fedele, A. Corghi and H. Dufourt. After obtaining a Master’s degree in Composition at the “Accademia di S. Cecilia” in Rome, he received recognitions and won prizes for his vocal, ensemble and orchestral works, which have been performed in venues and festival such as the Venice Biennale, Parco della musica in Rome and “Festival de Acanthes” in Metz. Since 2020 he has been steadily collaborating with Believe digital for which he releases under exclusive on streaming platforms. His release Shapes (distributed by Blue Spiral Records on CD and vinyl) and the EP Der Wanderer obtaining a great favor of critics and audience especially on the Apple Music platform where it has been regularly included in editorial playlists reaching more than 1.000.000 of streaming in 2021.
Liverani reconfirms his overwhelming genius and his innate compositional creativity.
Liverani’s skill set at manifesting moving constructs of extremely artistic contemporary instrumental music is simply amazing, and this timeless compilation of excellent arrangements will live on forever in the hearts and minds of those who love really superb music.
An artist who will surely delight Philip Glass, Nils Frahm and Olafur Arnalds listeners
Marcello Liverani offers genuine music played first with the soul and then with a good dose of technique
A powerful sound, voluminous and full of interesting ideas that highlight the compositional vein of the artist who, combined with the technique, generate an album with a remarkable sonic impact.
Marcello Liverani is a composer and performer from Sardinia (Italy) with a focus on Modern Classical and electronic genre. His music focuses on piano solo, keyboards and synth, minimal electronics with the use of acoustic instruments and voice. He has a background and training in contemporary avant-garde music and studied with composers such as I. Fedele, A. Corghi and H. Dufourt. After obtaining a Master’s degree in Composition at the “Accademia di S. Cecilia” in Rome, he received recognitions and won prizes for his vocal, ensemble and orchestral works, which have been performed in venues and festival such as the Venice Biennale, Parco della musica in Rome and “Festival de Acanthes” in Metz. Since 2020 he has been steadily collaborating with Believe digital for which he releases under exclusive on streaming platforms. His release Shapes (distributed by Blue Spiral Records on CD and vinyl) and the EP Der Wanderer obtaining a great favor of critics and audience especially on the Apple Music platform where it has been regularly included in editorial playlists reaching more than 1.000.000 of streaming in 2021.
Liverani reconfirms his overwhelming genius and his innate compositional creativity.
Liverani’s skill set at manifesting moving constructs of extremely artistic contemporary instrumental music is simply amazing, and this timeless compilation of excellent arrangements will live on forever in the hearts and minds of those who love really superb music.
An artist who will surely delight Philip Glass, Nils Frahm and Olafur Arnalds listeners
Marcello Liverani offers genuine music played first with the soul and then with a good dose of technique
A powerful sound, voluminous and full of interesting ideas that highlight the compositional vein of the artist who, combined with the technique, generate an album with a remarkable sonic impact.
Il cagliaritano Marcello Liverani ha una formazione classica, in composizione, coro e direzione d’orchestra, e si vede; il suo ‘Shapes Vol. 1’ è un lavoro di elettronica raffinata in cui batterie pulsanti, gocce ed echi di note si uniscono a lunghi pad eterei, arrangiamenti orchestrali e pianoforte, che è un po’ lo strumento principe delle 5 tracce
Liverani’s skill set at manifesting moving constructs of extremely artistic contemporary instrumental music is simply amazing, and this timeless compilation of excellent arrangements will live on forever in the hearts and minds of those who love really superb music.
Spesso ci troviamo a parlare di musica come quell’arte che suscita e/o fa esaltare le sensazioni e i vissuti umani: qui, ad essere esaltato, sono gli stati di quiete, in cui si entra in connessione col tutto, in particolare con l’essenza del mondo circostante.
La creazione di questi nuovi paesaggi sonori cinematici viene arricchita da una grande prova di sensibilità e un’attitudine elettronica, che fanno di Shapes vol.2 un lavoro sublime, morbido e dalla grande forza descrittiva.
La semplicità a regnare come indiscussa sovrana, intrigante e cingente dentro una particolare spirale fatta di sapori intensi e martellanti.
Un sound potente, voluminoso e ricco di spunti interessanti che vanno ad evidenziare la vena compositiva dell’artista che unita alla tecnica generano un album dal notevole impatto sonoro.
Un ascolto intenso dove il musicista con M maiuscola, riesce a riprodurre sonorità originali ricche di energia e adrenalina allo stato puro con un tocco personale e particolare che rende l’insieme estremamente gradevole.
In questo percorso di circa quaranta minuti, l’ascoltatore si cala in un viaggio fluido e intenso fatto di suoni aggressivi che lasciano spazio ad un sound più morbido, tutto ben amalgamato e con una cura nei dettagli che fanno di questo Ep un progetto originale.
Liverani con questa seconda parte di “Shapes”, ha saputo di nuovo affascinare e sognare ad occhi aperti, il delicato e sapiente mix di Modern classical e ambient elettronico, riconferma la sua travolgente genialità e la sua innata creatività compositiva.
Un disco dove ogni singolo dettaglio elèva alla massima potenza ogni singola traccia, lasciando da parte ogni dubbio sulla vena artistica .
Un album che suona caldo, corposo e accattivante che fa bella mostra di sé in ogni sua nota, non importa da quale strumento arrivi. Uno stile semplice, senza artefatti, quasi imbarazzante per la semplicità con cui si manifesta.
Italian composer and performer Marcello Liverani says his new EP has a second inspiration, besides the Zen philosophy that so often informs his gently beautiful work.
La sua musica è un mix di suoni classici ed elettronici che vanno a tessere trame suggestive e fortemente emozionali
Grazie al prezioso e raffinato “Shapes vol.1” Liverani ha condiviso e diffuso con noi tutte le forme, le gioie e le espressioni emotive generate dalla vita: amore, sensibilità, empatia. Lode meritata per Liverani!
In a world that has been (for some of us) chaotically boring or, at best, artificially restful, this type of music is exquisite.
Un artista che sicuramente farà la gioia degli ascoltatori di Philip Glass, Nils Frahm e Olafur Arnalds.
It’s a beautifully composed track that creates just enough tension to keep the listener
un breve EP che propone di investigare il senso di “forma” proprio a partire da una visione sonora dai caratteri fluidi, imprevedibili, liberi, fuoriuscenti dai tradizionali limiti musicali
Un artista che sicuramente farà la gioia degli ascoltatori di Philip Glass, Nils Frahm e Olafur Arnalds.
Marcello Liverani‘s lo-fi piano EP Shapes is set for release on January 29, preceded by “Tangles” ~ a quiet, contemplative piece that bodes well for the set.
“Opening Inner B” allows Marcello Liverani to explore not only the musical landscape opened up but the emotional landscape unfolding between sparse piano notes, aching reverb and strings set to detune heaven. It’s a beautiful and thoughtful piece.
In conversazione con Marcello Liverani Intervista al compositore, producer e interprete cagliaritano che ha da poco lanciato il suo ultimo disco "Shapes". La sua musica trae ispirazione da immagini, sensazioni e perfino odori.
Intervista a Marcello Liverani: per me il suono è la rappresentazione di un’intuizione o di uno stato d’animo che spesso va oltre le parole.
Il protagonista di oggi: intervista con Marcello Liverani. La sua musica fra istinto compositivo e una originale idea di ispirazione.