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Michael Mantler

w/ Annie Barbazza, John Greaves & New Songs Ensemble

Sempre Notte

out Sept 6, 2024​

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Sophia Deville

The Magic Forest Recordings

Unifaun Productions

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Pier Luigi Andreoni

Nazca Lines

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Mujician Solo IV - Keith Tippett

Keith Tippett

Mujician Solo IV - live in Piacenza

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2015

DC001

CD

999 hand-numbered

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Tracklist

01. Piacenza

Credits

Keith Tippett: Steinway Grand Piano

Real Essence

PAOLO TOFANI

Real Essence

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2015

DC002

CD

930 hand-numbered

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Tracklist

01. Deep Emotion 

02. Sari Dance

03. Holy Mind

04. Journey Home

05. Ashram

06. Hari
07. Jhana
08. Sweet Love 

09. Maya 

Credits

Paolo Tofani: acoustic Tricanta Veena

Piacenza

JOHN GREAVES

Piacenza

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2015

DC003

CD

980 hand-numbered

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Tracklist

01. The Price We Pay 

02. Summer On Ice

03. Earthly Powers 

04. The Thunderthief 

05. The Green Fuse 

06. La Lune Blanche

07. Chanson d’Automne

08. Walking On Eggshells 

09. The Same Thing 

10. Dead Poets 

11. The Trouble With Happiness

12. Bad Alchemy 

13. Kew.Rhône 

14. How Beautiful You Are 

15. The Song 

 

Rehearsals Bonus Track: 

16. Sea Song

Credits

John Greaves: Steinway Grand Piano, vocals

Annie Barbazza: vocals and piano on “Sea Song”, background vocals on “The Song” 

Paola Tagliaferro: background vocals on “The Song” 

Arcaico Armonico

LINO CAPRA VACCINA

Arcaico Armonico

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2015

DC004 | DCLP001

CD | LP

980 | 500 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Echi e frequenze

02. Dialoghi tra suoni

03. Andante ancestrale

04. Arcaico armonico

05. Improvvisamente (bonus track) 

Credits

Lino Capra Vaccina: gongs, cymbals, voices, vibraphone, tablas, sabar, bass drum, bells, Indian and African cattles, aeolustubulars, piano strings, African monostring
Juri Camisasca: voices on "03"
Paolo Tofani: Madhuria on "02"

Camillo Mozzoni: oboe, oboe d’amore and english horn on "04", oboe on "05"

Max Marchini: additional percussions and gong on "05"

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LINO CAPRA VACCINA

Metafisiche del suono

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2017

DC005 | DCLP002

CD | LP

500 | 500 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Metafisica del suono

02. Geometrie Astrali

03. Metafisica del silenzio

04. Il silenzio interiore

05. Lo spazio trascendente

06. Policromie sospese

Credits

Lino Capra Vaccina: vibrafono, pianoforte, metallofono, gongs, campane, percussioni assortite, tablas, strumenti ad arco, voci, campane a vento, piatti, timpani

Camillo Mozzoni: oboe, oboe d’amore, corno inglese

Michael Tanner: salterio, autoharp, dulcimer, chitarra elettrica e treatments

Alison Cotton: viola 

A Mid Autumn Night's dream

KEITH & JULIE TIPPETT, LINO CAPRA VACCINA, PAOLO TOFANI

A Mid Autumn Night's Dream

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

DC006 | DCLP006

CD | LP

500 | 500 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. A Mid Autumn Night's Dream

Credits

Keith Tippett: piano, musical box, woodblocks, pebbles, maraca

Julie Tippetts: voice, small bells, struck thumb piano, swivel drum, miniature xylophone

Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, cymbals, percussions, gongs, tam-tam, timpani, chimes, bells

Paolo Tofani: madhura, santoor, electronics & devices

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JEANETTE SOLLÉN

Ripe When Yields To Gentle Pressure

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2018

DC007 | DCLP004

CD | LP

300 | 300 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. The Trip
02. Rock Song
03. Echo & Narcissus
04. Ripe When Yields To Gentle Pressure

05. Waterfalls
06. Split
07. Isabels Song
08. Gloria
09. Loreley
10. Utro

Credits

Jeanette Sollén: vocals, zithers, percussion, city hall bells

Jonny Wartel: saxophones (1, 2, 3, 9), vacuum cleaners (3), percussion (5, 9) 

Ray Adams: harps (1)

Helle Mørch: vocals (3, 5, 6, 9)

Isabel Sciutto: vocals (7)

Nicolas Ballet: vocals (8)

Margareta Granvik, Anette Lindwall, Therese Larsson, Kajsa Åström: choir (7)

The Dot Choir (Jeanette Fredenberg, Jenny Granvik, Karina Lernestål, Maja Lidén, Kristina Månsson, Ingrid Knutsson, Jennie Thulin, Kajsa Åström): vocals (10)

Other musicians (7): Ola Denward, Dick Heijkensköld, Göran Kunstbergs, Lotte Nilsson, Roine Sangenberg, Olle Skog, Peter Wildoer.

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VINCENZO RAMAGLIA

Atomic City

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

DC008

CD

370 hand-numbered

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Tracklist

01. Atomic City 1 [8’27]

02. Atomic City 2 [9’17]

03. Atomic City 3 [8’45]

04. Atomic City 4 [8’55]

05. Atomic City 5 [9’34]

Credits

Renato Ciunfrini: clarinet

Vincenzo Ramaglia: electronics

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MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN & ALIREZA MORTAZAVI

Hamdelaneh - Intimate Dialogues

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

DC009 | DCLP009

CD | LP

500 | 500 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Love without boundaries

02. Dance of life

03. Resonance

04. Ensoundment

Credits

Markus Stockhausen: trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, voice

Alireza Mortazavi: santoor

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RON GEESIN

Expo Zoom

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

DC010 | DCLP010

CD | LP

500 | 500 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

PART 1. FIRST WALL

PART 2. END WALL

PART 3. CURVE

PART 4. FINAL RUN

Credits

composed, produced and mastered by Ron Geesin

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LINO CAPRA VACCINA & UNTITLED NOISE

Perpetual Possibility

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

DC011 | DCLP011

CD | LP

500 | 500 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Perpetual

02. Possibility

Credits

Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, piano, glockenspiel, gongs, wind chimes, percussion, bowed instruments, cymbals

/Untitled Noise

Michele Lombardelli: analog devices, oscillators, mixer

Luca Scarabelli: picrophones, springs, metals and marbles

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north sea radio orchestra, john greaves, annie barbazza

Folly Bololey - Songs from Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

DC012 | DCLP012

CD | LP

999 | 500 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Sea Song
02. A Last Straw
03. Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road
04. Alifib
05. Alifie
06. Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road


bonus tracks:

07. The British Road

08. Maryan
09. Shipbuilding

10. O Caroline

Credits

Craig Fortnam: guitar, farfisa organ, vocal (track 7, 9)

Annie Barbazza: lead vocal, farfisa organ

John Greaves: bass guitar, vocal (track 4, 11), spoken word (track 3, 5, 6)

William D. Drake: piano, farfisa organ, vocal (track 2,3, 5)

Laurent Valero: violin, viola, recorder, rass recorder

Nicky Baigent: Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, spoken word (track 5)

Luke Crookes: bassoon

Harry Escott: cello

Tommaso Franguelli: vibes, percussion

Cheb Nettles: drums

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ANNIE BARBAZZA

Vive

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2020

DC013 | DCLP013

CD | LP

500 | 300 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Ys
02. June
03. From Too Much Love Of Living
04. Time
05. Nebulae
06. Wrote Myself A Letter

07. How Beautiful You Are

08. Lost At Sea
09. Phantoms

10. Tide

11. Les Ruines Du sommeil

12. Lotus Flower

13. Boîte À Tisanes

Credits

Annie Barbazza: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Indian Harmonium, Bass, Piano, Soundscapes, Autoharp

​

guests
Camillo Mozzoni: oboe (track 4 and 10)
Daniel Lanois: pedal steel guitar (track 1 and 11)
Franz Soprani: tibetan bell (track 9)
Fred Frith: electric guitar (track 8 and 13)
Greg Lake: original track production (track 13)
John Greaves: bass (track 3), vocals (track 7)
Lino Capra Vaccina: percussion, (track 4, 6, 10 and 12), vibraphone (track 4, 10 and 12), vocals (track 6)
Max Marchini: bass (track 7 and 9)
Michael Tanner: autoharp (track 6)
Olivier Mellano: electric guitar (track 3 and 7)

Paolo Tofani: madhuria guitar (track 12) 

Paul Roland: vocals (track 6)

William Xerra: cover design 

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LINO CAPRA VACCINA

Sincretico Modale

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2022

DC014 | DCLP014

CD | LP

300 | 300

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Armonie della mente
02. Arcana persistenza
03. Percezioni dell'essere
04. Persistenza della memoria
05. Sincretico Modale

Credits

Lino Capra Vaccina: grand piano, vibraphone, indian harmonium, mallets, gongs, bells, voice, tablas, percussione, cymbals

Camillo Mozzoni: oboe (track 3)

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MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN, LINO CAPRA VACCINA with ALIREZA MORTAZAVI

Sincretico Modale

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2022

DC015

CD

500

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. Free Spirits
02. Face To Face
03. Rising Sun
04. Changing Worlds

05. Human Research

06. Inland Sea

07. Burning Cry
08. Venus In Scorpio

09. Divine Experiment

10. Thankfulness
11. Mystery

Credits

Markus Stockhausentrumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet

Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, gong, chimes, cymbals, timpani, drums

Alireza Mortazavi: santur

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NARADA BURTON GREENE

A Music Cooperative in Isolation

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2022

DC016

CD

250

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Tracklist

01. Cluster Fantasy

02. What’s Next

03. Interplay
04. A Lifelong Mystery Parts 1 & 2

05. Buddhist Garden
06. Back Into It Again!

Credits

The music was all recorded on Burton’s houseboat in Amsterdam between May 2020 and February 2021

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BLAINE L. REININGER

Ocean Planet

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2023

DC017

CD

400

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Tracklist

01. Ocean Planet

02. Obscured
03. Shelley Hellas

04. Firefly

05. Bis Gems
06. Parc de la Villette (Another Fine Messiaen)

07. Pluie en Bas
08. Bones
09. Incantations
10. Slightly Rusty
11. Iris
12. Un Giro

Credits

Written, recorded and mixed by Blaine in Athens, Greece

Mastered by Alberto Callegari at Elfo Studio

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JOHN GREAVES & ANNIE BARBAZZA

Earthly Powers

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2023

DC018

CD

500

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Tracklist

01. God Song (Wyatt/Miller)

02. Bad Alchemy (Greaves/Blegvad)

03. Twenty-two Proverbs (Greaves/Blegvad)

04. Kew-Rhône (Greaves/Blegvad)

05. Swelling Valley (Greaves/Blegvad)

06. The Song (Greaves/Blegvad)

07. How Beautiful You Are (Greaves/Blegvad)

08. Walking On Eggshells (Greaves)

09. Dead Poets (Greaves)

10. The Price We Pay (Greaves)

11. Summer On Ice (Greaves)

12 The Green Fuse (Greaves/Thomas)

13. To Make You Feel My Love (Dylan)

14. In Hell’s Despite (Blegvad)

15. Avalanche (Cohen)

16. Earthly Powers (Greaves)

17. In Te (Greaves/Marchini/Barbazza)

18. Lotus Flower (Barbazza)

19. Time (Greaves)

Credits

John Greaves: vocals, piano
Annie Barbazza: vocals, acoustic guitar, piano on 18, indian harmonium on 19.

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LINO CAPRA VACCINA

Syn•Thesis

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2024

DC019

CD

300

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Tracklist

01. Sacred Essence:
      /Alpha

      /Holy Myrth

      /Shiva, The Destroyer

      /Ocean Of Dust

02. Ellipsis
03. From The Birth Of Time

Credits

Lino Capra Vaccina: analog synthesisers, percussion, vibraphone, piano

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MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN & LUCA FORMENTINI

Rêverie

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2023

DC020

CD

300

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Tracklist

01. Dream Talk    

02. Spirits Everywhere
03. Walking in Dream Land

04. Night Birds

Credits

Markus Stockhausen: trumpet, flugelhorn and voice
Luca Formentini: electric guitar, synth, sampler and processing

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KEITH TIPPETT, CLAUDIO GABBIANI, ROBERTO MUSCI

Music For Labyrinths

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2024

DC021

CD

300

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Tracklist

01. Music For Labyrinths

Credits

Keith Tippett: piano

Claudio Gabbiani: acoustic & electric guitars

Roberto Musci: sampler, percussion, theremin, Vx7 (didgeridoo, bass clarinet), electronics

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BOXHEAD ENSEMBLE

Armenia

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2024

DC022

CD

300

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Tracklist

01. Museum (introduction)

02. String Duo (Planes)

03. Tatev Hotsprings/Devil's Bridge

04. Gadarine Dreams

05. Studio 6 (Kapan Station)

06. Morning In Ashtarak

07. Wandering/Alone

08. Karabakh

09. Studio 3 (Quarry)

10. String Duo 2 (Explorers)

11. Museum 3 (Uncharted)

Credits

all music by The Boxhead Ensemble

engineers: Shahzad Ismaily and Michael Krassner
mixed by Michael Krassner. Mastered by Alberto Callegari at Elfo Studio

cover graphics: Max Marchini
produced by Michael Krassner and Braden King
executive Production: Max Marchini

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MICHAEL MANTLER w/ Annie Barbazza, John Greaves & The New Songs Ensemble

Sempre Notte - Live Songs

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2024

DC023

CD

500

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Tracklist

01. Sempre Notte

02. Intolerance

03. War

04. Business

05. What Else To Say

06. PSS

07. Darker Than The Light

08. Speechless

09. Eterno / Stasera / Girovago

10. L'Illuminata Rugiada

11. Vanità
12. Senza Fiato

13. Non Gridate Più
14. For Instance
15. When I Run

16. What's Left To Say

17. Understanding

Credits

Michael Mantler: trumpet

Annie Barbazza, John Greaves: voice
The New Songs Ensemble
Gareth Davis: bass clarinet
Bjarne Roupé: guitar
David Helbock: piano
radio.string.quartet
Bernie Mallinger, Igmar Jenner: violin
Cynthia Liao: viola
Sophie Abraham: cello

 

recorded live September 26, 2023 at Porgy & Bess, Vienna (AT) - engineer: Josè Lopez
mixed and mastered April 16-18, 2024 at Elfo Studios, Tavernago (IT) - engineers: Alberto Callegari, Matteo Gagliano

produced by Michael Mantler in collaboration with Porgy & Bess

cover photo: © Tod Papageorge, courtesy Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne / Paris

booklet photos: © Wolfgang Gonaus, Franz Soprani (page 27)

album design, executive producer: Max Marchini

Songs

JOHN GREAVES

Songs (reissue 1994)

DC Time Machine series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2016

DCTMS001

CD

900 hand-numbered

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. Old Kinderhook

02. The Song

03. Swelling Valley

04. The Green Fuse

05. Kew.Rhone

06. Eccentric Waters

07. Silence

08. The Price We Pay

09. L'Aise Aux Ex-Sans Trique

10. Back Where We Began

11. Gegenstand

12. Whatever That Is

Credits

John Greaves: bass guitar, accordion, percussion, vocal (4, 9)

Robert Wyatt: vocal (2, 5, 11)

Sophia Domancich: piano

Paul Rogers: double bass

François Ovide: acoustic guitar

S'Ange: vocal (3, 8, 10)

Kristoffer Blegvad: vocal (3, 7, 8)

Caroline Loeb: vocal (6, 9)

Michael Tanner & Alison Cotton

Michael Tanner & Alison Cotton

Michael Tanner & Alison Cotton

DC Ephemerals series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2016

DCE001

CD

126 hand-numbered

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. Masts Of Rown-Tree
02. Angels In The Architecture
03. Floodplains

Credits

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LINO CAPRA VACCINA

Rifrazioni Mistiche

DC Ephemerals series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2017

DCE002

CD

100 hand-numbered

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 sold out 

Tracklist

01. Rifrazioni Mistiche

Credits

Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, piano, gongs, percussions

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JOHN GREAVES

Passage du Nord Ouest

DC Ephemerals series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2020

DCE003

CD

300

Buy

 sold out 

Tracklist

01. One Summer

02. The Price We Pay

03. The Mirage

04. The Magical Building

05. Almost Perfect Lovers

06. Solitary

07. Dedans (Rose c’est la vie)

08. Deck Of The Moon

09. For Bearings/Silence

10. Kew Rhone

11. The World Tonight

12. Lullaby

13. Swelling Valley

14. How Beautiful You Are

15. Karen

Credits

John Greaves: vocals, bass guitar, piano

Sophia Domancich: piano

François Ovide: acoustic guitar

David Cunningham: electric guitar, kalimba, electronics

Peter Kimberley: backing vocals, egg

Paul Rogers: double bass

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MAX MARCHINI

Hymns From The Harbour

DC Ephemerals series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2021

DCE004

CD

118

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. Dream Sequence

02. Fingerprince Of The Mirrors

03. Magic Psalm For A Moth
04. A Night In June

05. Atmen
06. Fool Of Fortune

07. Hymn to the Harbours

08. Moká¹£a
09. Northern Heavens

10. Prologues

11. September Joy

12. Talk Show
13. Misty Row
14. What’s In That Box, Annie?

15. Below The Surface

Credits

Max Marchini: bass, acoustic and electric guitars, analog synthesizers, keyboards, electric sitar, percussion, treatments, mandolin, field recordings, sound projection
Paola Tagliaferro: vocal improvisations on Moká¹£a (Owl, 2013) and multi-layered voices on Atmen (Owl, 2013)
Akhilesh Gundecha: pakhawaj on Moká¹£a (Owl, 2013)

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ALESSANDRA GAROSI, ADAM SIMMONS, DAVID JONES

Zodiac - The music of Damiano Santini

DC Ephemerals series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2023

DCE005

CD

62

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. Intro Libra

02. Scorpio "Il più antico"

03. Sagittarius "L'unificazione del corpo e dell'anima"
04. Capricorn "La Porta Celeste"

05. Aquarius "Il Portatore dello Spirito"
06. Pisces "La Forza Opposta"

07. Aries "La Forte Goccia"

08. Taurus "il Cuore che Pulsa"
09. Gemini "Lo Specchio"

10. Cancer "L'abitatore delle acque primordiali"

11. Leo "Il Sole Invincibile"

12. Virgo "La Madre"
13. Libra "Colui che cerca"

Credits

Alessandra Garosi: piano

Adam Simmons: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, contra, alto clarinet

David Jones: drums, percussion

​

Recorded in Melbourne, 2019

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ANNIE BARBAZZA

Annie's Playlist 3 - The Streaming Sessions

DC Ephemerals series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2024

DCE006

CD

350

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Tracklist

01. Les Ruines Du Sommeil (Barbazza)

02. Jumbee (Roland)

03. By This River (Eno/Roedelius)
04. Frame By Frame (Belew/Fripp/Levin/Bruford)

05. Children Of The New World (Allen)
06. Phantoms (Barbazza)

07. June (Barbazza)

08. Time Has Told Me (Drake)
09. Heaven (Hitchcock)

10. Sea Song (Wyatt)

11. Volo Magico (Rocchi)

12. Nebulae (Barbazza)
13. Lotus Flower (Barbazza)

14. Anatomy Of Love (Tayle/Crawley)

15. Islands (Sinfield/Fripp)

16. In Te (Greaves/Marchini/Barbazza)

17. Boîte À Tisane (Barbazza)

18. Ys (Barbazza)

Credits

Annie Barbazza: voice, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, indian harmonium, piano

​

recorded live, mixed and mastered at Elfo Studios by Alberto Callegari 2020-2024
"Volo Magico" recorded live in streaming at Teatro Manzoni, Monza on November 15, 2020
produced by Max Marchini
all photographs by Franz Soprani except front & booklet cover by Francesco Renne

graphic design by Max Marchini

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ALESSANDRA CELLETTI

Ultraminimal Piano Essence

DC Ephemerals series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2024

DCE007

CD

118

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Tracklist

01. Dew

02. Meditation

03. Lilium
04. Love Essence

05. Crystals
06. Fairy Tale

07. Ether

08. Chant
09. Invocation

10. Memory

11. Reflexes

12. Fragment
13. Almost Spring

14. Reverse

15. Silver

16. Your Eyes

17. Embryo

18. Talisman

Credits

all songs composed, recorded and produced by Alessandra Celletti at home on her Steinway piano
mastered by Alberto Callegari at Elfo Studio, Tavernago (PC)

executive production and graphics by Max Marchini

photography: Dario Zaid

Latest Relase
Unifaun Productions series

UNIFAUN PRODUCTIONS series

Magnetophon Distances

FLYTE REACTION

Magnetohpon Distances

Unifaun Productions series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2015

UP001

CD

500 hand-numbered

Buy

Tracklist

01. Magnetophon Distances

02. Empty Room
03. You Sat Up Today (Hooray)

04. From The Corner Of My Eye

05. Ghost Road

06. Yes, I Saw You Dancing

07. Ancient Light
08. Tumbledown Logic

09. Bleach The Bones

10. Everything You See Is Golden

11. We All Entwine

Credits

written, played, recorded, mixed and produced by Mick Crossley

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PAUL ROLAND

White Zombie

Unifaun Productions series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2017

UP002

CD

930 hand-numbered

Buy

Tracklist

01. Song Of The Black Toad

02. Summoner Of Souls

03. Ti Bon Voodou

04. Are We Not Men?

05. Wanga Wanga

06. Sugar Mill Scene

07. Papa John

08. Bitter Sleep (Funeral In The Road)

09. A Ring of Silver Coins
10. Wake Madelena Wake
11. Baron La Croix
12. 20 Years Ago
13. Chant of the Black Cockerel
14. Summoning Baron Samedi
15. ... Servants of the Spirits
16. Mambo Jo 

Credits

Paul Roland: acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Paola Tagliaferro: High Priestess' lead vocals
Lorenzo Trecordi: electric guitar, flute

Max Marchini: electric bass, electric guitar, e-bow
Annie Barbazza: drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals, electric bass

Alberto Callegari: electric bass

Sergio Nachira: percussion, backing vocals
Camillo Mozzoni: oboe

Paolo Tofani: Tricanta Veena

Grimmer Than Grimm

Paul Roland with Mick Crossley

Grimmer Than Grimm

Unifaun Productions series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2018

UP003 | UPLP003

CD | LP

500 | 300 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Nevermore (intro)
02. If The Sun Refused To Shine
03. A Long Time Ago
04. Rapunzel
05. What Will Become Of Me?
06. Lowly Weeps The King
07. Maleen
08. The Devil’s Bride
09. The Way Of The World
10. Once Upon A Time
11. Nevermore (reprise)

Credits

All songs written and composed by Paul Roland.
All instruments played by Paul Roland and Mick Crossley.

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Paul Roland

1313 Mocking Bird Lane

Unifaun Productions series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

UP004

CD

500

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. Salon of the Senses

02. My Next Life

03. When Chet Baker Sings

04. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

05. She’s A Mind-Reader

06. Voodoo Man

07. Joe Strummer Said

08. Another Ingmar Bergman Interlude

09. Little White Lies

10. Won’t Go Surfin’ No More

11. She’s My Guru

12. Summer of Love

13. 1313 Mocking Bird Lane

Credits

Paul Roland: vocals, guitars, piano, violin, sax & percussion

Mick Crossley: electric guitars

Joshua Roland: bass

Violet The Cannibal: drums

Annie Barbazza: harmony vocals
and with

Marco Colombo: guitar on ‘whatever happened to Baby Jane?’

Elia Callegari: harmony vocals on ‘won’t go surfin’ & ‘Baby Jane

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JUGALBANDI TRIO

Confluence

Unifaun Productions series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

UP005

CD

500

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. Nat Bhairav
02. Gujari Todi
03. Shyam Teri Bansi Pukare (Charukeshi)
04. Rupak tala
05. Kirwani
06. Hamsadhwani
07. Jo Bhaje Hari Ko Sada (Bhairavi)

Credits

Nicolò Melocchi: bansuri
Leo Vertunni: sitar
Federico Sanesi: tabla

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PAUL ROLAND

Lair of the White Worm

Unifaun Productions series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

UP006

CD | LP

500 | 300

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Year of the Harlot, Year of the Whore

02. Solemn Angel (The Tenderest Strain)
03. Master Boil and Mistress Sore
04. Prophetess, Sybil and Seer

05. Leda and the Swan

06. Moon Child
07. Bewitched

08. Into the Lair of the White Worm (baroque acoustic version)

09. In Memory of a Time Traveller
10. Sister, Why Sit By The Window and Weep?
11. Madman’s Lullaby

12. Into the Lair of the White Worm (reprise)

Credits

Mick Crossley: lead/rhythm guitars plus bass on ‘Lair’ (Reprise)

Joshua Roland: bass

Violet the Cannibal: drums

Joran Elane: lead and ethereal vocals

Annie Barbazza: additional backing vocals

Max Marchini: bass an Electric guitar on ‘Sister, Why Sit By The Window & Weep?’

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NO & RD - OLIVIER MELLANO & RÉGÏS BOULARD

One

Unifaun Productions series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2021

UP007

CD

300

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. One

02. Dr Capuccino

03. No One

04. One Note, No Samba

05. O Nero

06. Hornett

07. No Drama

08. Cavern

09. Nord

10. Reammo

11. Extrados

12. Or

Credits

Olivier MellaNO: guitar

Régïs BoulaRD: drums

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PAUL ROLAND & MICK CROSSLEY

Through The Spectral Gate

Unifaun Productions series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2022

UP008

CD

500

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Tracklist

01. Open The Spectral Gate

02. Come Into My Mind & The Flickering Light

03. Echo Forest (He Knows My Name)

04. Silver Surfer Pt 1 & 2

05. Witch’s Brew Pt 1 & 2

06. Mantra

07. The Third Eye & Blessings

08. Never Flown This High Before

09. The Cave Song & Carlos

10. Crystal & Silent Star

Credits

Paul Roland: vocals, acoustic guitars, some electric guitar, flute, sax, oboe, piano, tamboura,

Mick Crossley: vocals, guitars, bass, electronics, keyboards, percussion and drums

Geoffrey Richardson: viola

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PAUL ROLAND

Wyrd Tales Of An Antiquary

Unifaun Productions series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2023

UP009

CD

500

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Tracklist

Grimm Fantasy Prelude + The Cats of Ulthar

Grimm Fantasy Interlude #1 + The Music of Erich Zann

Grimm Fantasy Interlude #2 + Count Magnus

Grimm Fantasy Interlude #3 + Montague Summers+ Grimm Fantasy Interlude #4

Grimm Fantasy Interlude #5 + Mr Humphrey’s Inheritance

Grimm Fantasy Interlude #6

Grimm Fantasy Interlude #7 + Lost Hearts (Song Suite)

  a) Summer of 1810

  b) A Curious Dream

  c) Uncle Dear

  d) Come & Play With Me + Grimm Fantasy Coda

Credits

All songs composed, performed and recorded by Paul Roland

Annie Barbazza: background vocals

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THE UNPREPARED

Caught Off Guard

Unifaun Productions series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2023

UP010

CD

300

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. This Is How It Starts: Dinny O’Brien’s (Trad.) / Jackson’s (Trad.) / Lennie And Susie’s (Tim Chaisson)

02. Seven8: Soho South (Colin Farrell) / Paddy O’Rafferty (Trad.) / Sharig (Brian Finnegan)

03. The Pitcher: Golden Legs (Liz Carroll) / The Brocca (Liz Carroll) / Trip To Oviedo (Ciaran Ryan)

04. The Possum: (Brian Finnegan) / La Grondeuse Opossum (Band: Genticorum)

05. The First Jigs: Winnie Hayes’ (Trad.) / Headwood Crossing (Patrick Davey) / Flutterbye (Dessie Kelliher)

06. The Baretto’s Negroni: Planxty Davis (Thomas O’Connellan) / Cavers Of Kirkcudbright (Mike Vass) / Rock On The Clyde (Trad.)

07- The First Reels: The Old Copperplate (Trad.) / Maude Millar’s (Trad.) / The Linen Cap (Trad.)

08. The Mayotte Set: Before The Storm (John Doyle) / Fi’s Frolics (Damien O’Kane) / Dance Boatman Dance (Trad.)

09. 2J2R: Princess Nancy (Liz Carroll) / Condon’s Frolics (Trad.) / The Baltimore Fox (Niall Vallely) / Bunker Hill (Trad.)

10. Trip to Quebec: Unknown (Trad.) / Father Newman’s (John Brady) / Turlutte Hirsute (Band: Genticorum)

Credits

Sam Mabbett: Button Accordion

Jean Damei: Acoustic Guitar

David Lombardi: Fiddle
guest
Giovanni Davoli: Uilleann Pipes

Annie's Playlist

ANNIE BARBAZZA

Annie's Playlist

UP Ephemerals

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2015

UPE001

CD

300 hand-numbered

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight/Working Class Hero (Genesis/Lennon)

02. Across The Universe (Lennon/McCartney)
03. Bensonhurst Blues (Kaplan)
04. Girl From The North Country (Dylan)

05. Echoes/While My Guitar Gently Weeps/The Sage (Pink Floyd/Harrison/Lake)

06. House With No Door (Hammill)
07. Pink Moon (Drake)
08. Casablanca Moon (Moore/Blegvad)

09. Faust (Williams)
10. How Beautiful You Are (Greaves/Blegvad)
11. Sea Song (Wyatt)

12. Horizon (Hackett - Lorenzo Trecordi solo guitar)

13. Space Oddity (Bowie)
14. Moonage Daydream/Epitaph (Bowie/King Crimson)
15. Prince Rupert’s Awake/Moonchild (King Crimson)
16. Astronomy Domine (Barrett)
17. Scarborough Fair/John Barleycorn
18. Volo Magico n°1/Locomotive Breath (Rocchi/Anderson)
19. Song To The Siren (Buckley)
20. Amado Mio (Fisher/Roberts)
21. A Case Of You (Mitchell - excerpt bonus track from rehearsals) 

Credits

Annie Barbazza: vocals, acoustic guitars, piano

Lorenzo Trecordi: flute, electric and acoustic guitars, bkg. vocals

Mambo Jo

PAUL ROLAND

Mambo Jo (single)

UP Ephemerals

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2015

UPE002

CD

300 numbered

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. Mambo Jo (album version)

02. Mambo Jo (acoustic remix)

03. Chant Of The Zombies (Damballah)

Credits

Paul Roland: acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Paola Tagliaferro: lead vocals
Lorenzo Trecordi: electric guitar

Max Marchini: electric bass, electric guitar, percussion
Annie Barbazza: drums, percussion, backing vocals, vocals

Alberto Callegari: electric bass, bkg. vocals

Sergio Nachira: percussion, bkg. vocals

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ANNIE BARBAZZA