Groundless by Safir Nou

Groundless is the result of uncountable hours of work and joy under the belief that music has to be created merely out of emotions, in order to touch the mind of the listener and the creators themselves.

Producing this recording involved the hands and the help of many people, not all of them listed here, who supported this project in different ways to make it possible, sometimes not even aware of it. To all of you, we are very grateful.

We hope you enjoy this album as much as we do. Your donation will serve to support this and future works of groundless music.

Antonio Firinu - Classic guitar, accordion and electronics
Yaacob González García - Violin
Matteo Marongiu - Double bass
Andrea Cogoni - Drums and percussions
Gianluca Pischedda - Cello
Marco Caredda - Vibraphone
Sergio González Cuervo - Soundscapes

All music composed and arranged by Antonio Firinu
Engineered by Sergio González Cuervo at audiotuerto.eu

Produced by Sergio and Antonio in Amsterdam, Cagliari and León.

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Groundless Land

I have been too long the other one
who lives inside a shell

and now I’ve found myself again

in the middle of nowhere.
I have been too long pursuing my dreams
but they run faster than me

and now I’ve found where all they went
and I came here to take them back.
Here we arrived in the Groundless Land

ehere there’s no beginning and there’s no end,
everything is clear now inside my head.

I have been too long so far away

from certainty

and now we found each other again

where things are made of melody.

Now for me it’s time to leave

and sail my imaginary cloud

but I will take some seeds from here

and spread them everywhere.

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REVIEWS:

100% Bandcamp: “une vraie petite pépite musicale pour un disque aussi rare que précieux. A ne pas surtout pas manquer.” (https://100pour100bandcamp.com/2016/10/13/safir-nou-groundless/)

EtherREAL: “vrais bons moments musicaux, impeccablement instrumentés et sachant jouer des variations et des intensités avec brio.” (http://www.etherreal.com/spip.php?article5439)

FrostClick: “…all Groundless aims to be is a touching expression of sentiment – nothing more, nothing less.” (http://www.frostclick.com/wp/index.php/2016/10/05/safir-nou-groundless/)

Babylon Radio2: “Traccia meravigliosa questa “Imaginary Cloud”…un disco molto bello” (http://www.babylon.rai.it/dl/portali/site/articolo/ContentItem-dcf23104-0cd1-4242-a36c-2f993fed6f87.html)

Musica Difficile Italiana: “…come la musica strumentale trovi una terza via fatta di passione, emozioni e suoni belli.” (http://musicadifficileitaliana.tumblr.com/post/151002405414/safir-no%C3%B9-groundless)

Traks: “Lavoro certosino e attento, il disco di Safir Nòu si distingue per la leggerezza del tocco.” (www.musictraks.com/safir-nou-groundless-recensione-e-streaming.html)

SoWhat: “Le melodie costruite da Antonio Firinu hanno la capacità di condurre lontano verso un accogliente rifugio in cui lasciare libera l’immaginazione.” (sowhatmusica.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/safir-nou-groundless/)

Liverpool Sound and Vision: “…so much so that the positive energies that come directly out the mind of the musician is enough to paint a different edge to reality and the dance we find ourselves creating.” (www.liverpoolsoundandvision.co.uk/2016/09/22/safir-nou-groundless-album-review/)

the sunday experience: “Another release much deserving of a quiet moment, ‘groundless’ is exquisitely expressed in neo classical phrasings all intricately whittled and charmed in intimacy.” (marklosingtoday.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/safir-nou/)

Music Won’t Save You: “Il tutto scorre infatti in maniera del tutto naturale, senza creare sensazioni di spaesamento, che non sia quello dolce e trasognato della leggerezza di una musica che trascende tempi, stili e spazi fisici.” (musicwontsaveyou.com/2016/09/17/safir-nou-groundless/)

NetMusic Life: "La musica di Safir Nòu cavalca l'aria, adagiandosi su brezze primaverili, sorridendo alla bellezza che la natura ogni giorno ci regala senza avere nulla in cambio." (netlabellife.blogspot.it/2016/09/safir-nou-groundless-la-bel-036.html)

Ondarock: “Groundless vive anime differenti…un mondo arioso e liberatorio…seppur maniacale nei dettagli e nella preparazione tecnica dei musicisti.” (www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2016_safirnou_groundless.htm)

Beach Sloth: “Truly lovely in nature Safir Nou’s “Groundless” is a radiant joy of an album.” (www.beachsloth.com/safir-nou-groundless.html)

Yeah I Know It Sucks: “Safir Nòu’s Groundless is a lovely help, a wonderful loving release that will certainly get you through the day, an angel in compositional forms.” (yeahiknowitsucks.wordpress.com/2016/09/12/safir-nou-groundless/)


Released September 9, 2016

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Safir Nou is an ensemble composed of Antonio Firinu (composer, guitar, accordeon), Sergio Tifu (Violin), Ivana Busu (electronics, accordeon), Andrea Lai (Doublebass), Antonio Pinna(drums).

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