Ottomani by Sinigaglia, Linardi, Tajè, Uggeri
Ottomani is a project conceived by ADN and four of their friend musicians. Riccardo Sinigaglia, who had his debut album "Riflessi" on ADN. Ruggero Tajè, who made his first solo CD "Antologica 1976-1999 on ADN. Silvio Linardi and Matteo Uggeri who also had many releases on ADN.
The concept was that all the four musicians had to create a basic track, that had to be enriched in three different passages by the other three. After that the procedded track was returned to creator who was in charge of the final mix. The project started before Covid and it's finally ready in 2024.
The final result consists of four "electronic" tracks with a great variety of instruments: guitar, piano, sax, viola, violin, flute and percussions. Every musician has left his characteristic marks but the work has a global uniformity.
The music flows gently throughout the record alternating an ethnic middle-eastern feeling, oblique guitars, percussive themes, jazzy lightnings, original samples.
Four brilliant musicians, of different generations, bringing together a great variety of sounds and atmospheres.
Credits
SIDE A
1. aahad - Riccardo Sinigaglia - 10:00
processed by Matteo Uggeri, Ruggero Tajè and Silvio Linardi
Federico Sanesi: tablas, Cristiano Lupo: sax
Riccardo Sinigaglia: final mix
2. itnān - Matteo Uggeri - 10:45
processed by Riccardo Sinigaglia, Silvio Linardi and Ruggero Tajè
Cristiano Lupo: sax, Alberto Carozzi: melodica, Franz Krostopovic: viola, Simone Riva: drums
Matteo Uggeri: final mix
SIDE B
1. talāta - Silvio Linardi - 9:04
processed by Ruggero Tajè, Matteo Uggeri and Riccardo Sinigaglia
Franz Krostopovic: electric and acoustic violin
Silvio Linardi: final mix
2. arbaʿa - Ruggero Tajè - 10:14
processed by Matteo Uggeri, Riccardo Sinigaglia and Silvio Linardi
Franz Krostopovic: violin
Ruggero Tajè: final mix
Ottomani (eight hands) is the meeting of four brains engaged in italian electronic music scene.
Every musician composed a track of around 10 minutes that passed through the hands of the other three musicians involved in the project.
The result was then remixed by the original composer (2020-2022).
Cover concept: CPS
Catalyst: Piero Bielli
Published by ADN
License
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Matteo Uggeri is an Italian visual designer and composer from Milan.
He invests himself in sound poetry of everyday life, organized around a vast array of personal field recordings and melodic compositions meticulously arranged in a story-telling way.
He's part of the duo Starlight Assembly along with Dominic Appleton and he plays in Sparkle in Grey, Open to the Sea and The Last Five Minutes.