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Sciajno's available CD releases
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PRICE: 12,00 EURO Each CD including postage worldwide!!!
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Hums - AMP2 & Tim Hodgkinson - Bowindorecordings (ITA) - 2009
... We faced each other around a large table in Gandolfo's luminous flat. It felt like a group of scientists at a conference. Until we started playing. The sessions were hard and long. Sometimes with saturated and wrenching sound. Then we walked to restaurants along streets of collapsing buildings with strange transient sculptures of torn cloth.
The result is for me I hear: being able to move around inside the music... the components without clean finalised surfaces. But aureoled with possibility...the importance of quiet or marginal aspects of sounds in contexts where one might imagine that only big gestures would work...the zoom and shift in the ear's range here (Tim Hodgkinson, nov 2009).
Diospyros - Bowindorecordings (ITA) - 2009
Despite the long geographic distance from each other, Domenico Sciajno and Gene Coleman developed in the last few years a fertile collaboration, focused on live concert performances. Now the time has come for a recording and this cd testifies to the solidity of the work developed as a duo, where the extended techniques used by Coleman on bass clarinet represent an ideal source for Sciajno's real time processing. Together they organize the material with great skill and passion, generating instantaneous and articulated compositions.
Hyaline - Bowindorecordings (ITA) - 2009
Conceived several years ago, this previously unreleased piece was finally composed and recorded in 1999.
This long composition, divided into four parts, is based on the idea of using Berio's sequenza's for single instruments combining them in a single piece for an ensemble of 16 instruments.
More info about the composition techniques adopted can be found in the score.
Besides being an homage to Luciano Berio, 'Sequens' demonstrates the importance of collaboration between composer and musicians, and shows that the idiomatic developement of contemporary music language and that of the non academic improvised music scene could overcome their borders with fruitful cross-pollination.
During the past decade there have been examples of this type of cross-pollination but unfortunately most of the "mainstream" contemporary experimental music has merged in a manneristic mutual imitation diluting the strong innovative forces and peculiarities of such experiences. The result is often times a standardized language where clichés replace innovation.
I'm still surprised when I listen to 'Sequens' today as it sounds very much like a contemporary work and I still like it!
The decision to publish the piece now not only comes from my personal pleasure for releasing an old work that I still like, but comes also to serve as a reminder to myself and others to stay 'commited' to advancing contemporary music.
Doves Days in Palermo - Bowindorecordings (ITA) - 2009
DOVES stands for "Day Off Venue for the Experimental Scene". It is the small concert series that Sciajno organizes in Palermo, the reason some of the musicians included in this CD visited the town. Between spring and summer 2008 Sciajno had the good fortune of spending time in Palermo recording and playing with the musicians on this CD.
Using the recordings as source material, he has extracted a composition from each session, selecting, recombining and restructuring the material without any further processing in order to maintain a strong sense of the live and interactive playing of the original recording.
The result is an exciting journey through the sonic processing possibilities applied to the various musical personalities.
Pay Pall payment available. To order please email me.
Digital/Mp3 downloads are available through the likes of: iTunes, eMusic, Amazon, LastFM ...
Hums - AMP2 & Tim Hodgkinson - Bowindorecordings (ITA) - 2009
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Hums
- BW13 AMP2 [Advanced Music and Mixed Media Pool Palermo] core unit is: Dario Sanfilippo - Laptop/Live Electronics Marco Pianges: Laptop Antonino Secchia: Percussion Gandolfo Pagano: prepared guitar Domenico Sciajno: Laptop/Live Electronics + Tim Hodgkinson: Lapsteel guitar, electronics, clarinets |
... We faced each other around a large table in Gandolfo's luminous flat. It felt like a group of scientists at a conference. Until we started playing. The sessions were hard and long. Sometimes with saturated and wrenching sound. Then we walked to restaurants along streets of collapsing buildings with strange transient sculptures of torn cloth.
The result is for me I hear: being able to move around inside the music... the components without clean finalised surfaces. But aureoled with possibility...the importance of quiet or marginal aspects of sounds in contexts where one might imagine that only big gestures would work...the zoom and shift in the ear's range here (Tim Hodgkinson, nov 2009).
Diospyros - Bowindorecordings (ITA) - 2009
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Diospyros
- BW12 Gene Coleman [Bass Clarinet] Domenico Sciajno [Max/Msp + Live processing] Tracks 1,2,4 recorded at AntiTesi studio in Palermo, Italy on 29-30/03/2008 Track 3 recorded live at Malaussène in Palermo, Italy on 29/03/2008 All tracks recorded and mixed by Sciajno |
Despite the long geographic distance from each other, Domenico Sciajno and Gene Coleman developed in the last few years a fertile collaboration, focused on live concert performances. Now the time has come for a recording and this cd testifies to the solidity of the work developed as a duo, where the extended techniques used by Coleman on bass clarinet represent an ideal source for Sciajno's real time processing. Together they organize the material with great skill and passion, generating instantaneous and articulated compositions.
Hyaline - Bowindorecordings (ITA) - 2009
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Hyaline
- BW11 Kim Cascone [Laptop] Domenico Sciajno [Max/Msp + Live Processing] Recorded by Marco Pianges at Malaussène in Palermo, Italy on 21/06/2008 Mixed by Kim Cascone at Anechoid Media Studio in San Francisco Mastered by Sciajno at AntiTesi studio in Palermo |
Three
years after their first CD for 1.8sec label, the duo Domenico Sciajno
and Kim Cascone release a new album containing recordings made in Palermo
in June 2008. This release shares with the previous one the noticeable
fact that music is published as recorded, without any editing or further
manipulations demonstrating the strong affinity and solidity of this
duo.
It is music with a double face: at low volume it creates comfortable
and luxurious electronic soundscapes but at a higher volume the aggressive
aspects are revealed and introduces new and unpredictable sonic architectures.
Sequens
- Bowindorecordings (ITA) - 2009
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Sequens
- BW10 Sequenza for Ensemble of 16 elements composed by Domenico Sciajno in 1999 Instrumentation: flute, harp, voice, piano, trombone, viola, Oboe, violin, clarinet, trumpet, guitar, basson, accordion, alto and soprano sax, contrabbasso. |
Conceived several years ago, this previously unreleased piece was finally composed and recorded in 1999.
This long composition, divided into four parts, is based on the idea of using Berio's sequenza's for single instruments combining them in a single piece for an ensemble of 16 instruments.
More info about the composition techniques adopted can be found in the score.
Besides being an homage to Luciano Berio, 'Sequens' demonstrates the importance of collaboration between composer and musicians, and shows that the idiomatic developement of contemporary music language and that of the non academic improvised music scene could overcome their borders with fruitful cross-pollination.
During the past decade there have been examples of this type of cross-pollination but unfortunately most of the "mainstream" contemporary experimental music has merged in a manneristic mutual imitation diluting the strong innovative forces and peculiarities of such experiences. The result is often times a standardized language where clichés replace innovation.
I'm still surprised when I listen to 'Sequens' today as it sounds very much like a contemporary work and I still like it!
The decision to publish the piece now not only comes from my personal pleasure for releasing an old work that I still like, but comes also to serve as a reminder to myself and others to stay 'commited' to advancing contemporary music.
Doves Days in Palermo - Bowindorecordings (ITA) - 2009
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Doves
Days in Palermo - BW09 Domenico Sciajno plays duets with Andreas Wagner, Robin Hayward, Tez, Kim Cascone, Gianni Gebbia, Thomas Lehn, Gene Coleman |
DOVES stands for "Day Off Venue for the Experimental Scene". It is the small concert series that Sciajno organizes in Palermo, the reason some of the musicians included in this CD visited the town. Between spring and summer 2008 Sciajno had the good fortune of spending time in Palermo recording and playing with the musicians on this CD.
Using the recordings as source material, he has extracted a composition from each session, selecting, recombining and restructuring the material without any further processing in order to maintain a strong sense of the live and interactive playing of the original recording.
The result is an exciting journey through the sonic processing possibilities applied to the various musical personalities.
Merola Shoulders - Domenico Sciajno and Lawrence English
English & Sciajno - Merola Shoulders - CD - PhonoStatique
www.phonostatiquerecords.com
A fruitful collaboration of forces, this latest offering from PhonoStatique fuses the abstract sonic sensibilities of Australian label master, Lawrence English (Room 40), and Italian Domenico Sciajno. Recorded in 2005, Merola Shoulders is a dark fabric of interleaved sounds, densely woven, and intricately scored, it resists any convenient tag or categorisation. Too busy for ambience, and too prickly for those remaining isolationists, this collection bubbles and quakes, in the main balancing needle -sharp effervescent central themes over a solid wall of muscular, low register tones, that rise and fall like tidal waves. This is a synthetic, thickly textured series of works that shifts in and out of focus, skewing perspectives, the scenery constantly changing from intense, cerebral pieces like the opening track, Falling Away from the Surface, to the serene, almost pastoral, A Frank Discussion of Ruins..with its liquid, viscous heart beating around a flickering sinuous core.
The album closes with the harsh, angular electronics of Moments Before You Go..with its stuttering, abrasive centre, and winding tonal threads..under headphones, this is an epic, swirling mass of translucent layers, that subtly pan around the audio spectrum, then fizz and dissipate, leaving a scattering of digital particles..eerie half silences that are peppered with glitchy and twitchy electronic dust..like a dead phone line, or the last, flickering remnants of a lost TV station. In the hands of two fine composers, like English and Scianjo, it is powerful stuff.
This is not easy listening by any means, but given the status of both composers, is worthy of devoting time and energy to..this collection interlocks at an intensely cerebral level , and I liken it to engaging with a Rothko painting for the first time – intelligently crafted, and deeply fascinating..it comes with my highest recommendation.
Reviewed by BGN for WHITELINE (http://whiteline1.wordpress.com/) magazine reviewing and promoting minimalist art, music and culture.
English & Sciajno - Merola Shoulders - CD - PhonoStatique
www.phonostatiquerecords.com
A fruitful collaboration of forces, this latest offering from PhonoStatique fuses the abstract sonic sensibilities of Australian label master, Lawrence English (Room 40), and Italian Domenico Sciajno. Recorded in 2005, Merola Shoulders is a dark fabric of interleaved sounds, densely woven, and intricately scored, it resists any convenient tag or categorisation. Too busy for ambience, and too prickly for those remaining isolationists, this collection bubbles and quakes, in the main balancing needle -sharp effervescent central themes over a solid wall of muscular, low register tones, that rise and fall like tidal waves. This is a synthetic, thickly textured series of works that shifts in and out of focus, skewing perspectives, the scenery constantly changing from intense, cerebral pieces like the opening track, Falling Away from the Surface, to the serene, almost pastoral, A Frank Discussion of Ruins..with its liquid, viscous heart beating around a flickering sinuous core.
The album closes with the harsh, angular electronics of Moments Before You Go..with its stuttering, abrasive centre, and winding tonal threads..under headphones, this is an epic, swirling mass of translucent layers, that subtly pan around the audio spectrum, then fizz and dissipate, leaving a scattering of digital particles..eerie half silences that are peppered with glitchy and twitchy electronic dust..like a dead phone line, or the last, flickering remnants of a lost TV station. In the hands of two fine composers, like English and Scianjo, it is powerful stuff.
This is not easy listening by any means, but given the status of both composers, is worthy of devoting time and energy to..this collection interlocks at an intensely cerebral level , and I liken it to engaging with a Rothko painting for the first time – intelligently crafted, and deeply fascinating..it comes with my highest recommendation.
Reviewed by BGN for WHITELINE (http://whiteline1.wordpress.com/) magazine reviewing and promoting minimalist art, music and culture.
Gelbe Tupfen - Bowindorecordings (ITA) - 2006
Gelbe Tupfen: Domenico Sciajno/Ralf Wehowsky
1] i.Dk.Sk. [34:30:00]
composed by Sciajno, consists of 4 parts and a coda.
Original is Quadraphonic, this is the binaural version
[headphones suggested, carefull with volume].
Final realization November 2004.
2] i.k.k. mneme gelb [22:09:00]
composed by Wehowsky, consists of 3 parts and a coda.
Final realization March 2006.
Is there a beginning? Or is there an end? Did Christoph Schmid really invent the lyrics for Ihr Kinderlein Kommet, back in 1794, or was he simply the one to write down verses already in the air? Did my daughter Sonja deliberately try to sing moving around the notes of that song a few days before xmas 2001, or was she just fooling around? Is it a sign of higher intelligence to release an (anti)xmas record on 7" vinyl once every year like the belgian label meeuw muzak does, or just a flirt with bad taste? Was it clever to supply them with an electronically treated version of Ihr Kinderlein Kommet for 2003´s yearly event? And was it a wise decision to extend this experiment in a different way, seen by many as more serious, and to invite other artists to join this experience?
without any question: what you hold in your hands is Domenico Sciajno´s i.Dk.Sk., an electroacoustic transformation (using a self programmed set of patches in MAX/MSP) of the rlw source material, and my mneme gelb, based on sound fragments from i.Dk.Sk., a recording of my myself sitting in the studio and working on the piece, plus some new transformations of sonja´s original take.
It´s not the beginning and not the end. but most often the more importants things are to be found in between.
rlw, april 2006
Gelbe Tupfen: Domenico Sciajno/Ralf Wehowsky
1] i.Dk.Sk. [34:30:00]
composed by Sciajno, consists of 4 parts and a coda.
Original is Quadraphonic, this is the binaural version
[headphones suggested, carefull with volume].
Final realization November 2004.
2] i.k.k. mneme gelb [22:09:00]
composed by Wehowsky, consists of 3 parts and a coda.
Final realization March 2006.
Is there a beginning? Or is there an end? Did Christoph Schmid really invent the lyrics for Ihr Kinderlein Kommet, back in 1794, or was he simply the one to write down verses already in the air? Did my daughter Sonja deliberately try to sing moving around the notes of that song a few days before xmas 2001, or was she just fooling around? Is it a sign of higher intelligence to release an (anti)xmas record on 7" vinyl once every year like the belgian label meeuw muzak does, or just a flirt with bad taste? Was it clever to supply them with an electronically treated version of Ihr Kinderlein Kommet for 2003´s yearly event? And was it a wise decision to extend this experiment in a different way, seen by many as more serious, and to invite other artists to join this experience?
without any question: what you hold in your hands is Domenico Sciajno´s i.Dk.Sk., an electroacoustic transformation (using a self programmed set of patches in MAX/MSP) of the rlw source material, and my mneme gelb, based on sound fragments from i.Dk.Sk., a recording of my myself sitting in the studio and working on the piece, plus some new transformations of sonja´s original take.
It´s not the beginning and not the end. but most often the more importants things are to be found in between.
rlw, april 2006
INCIDENTAL AMPLIFICATIONS - Room 40 (AU) - 2006
For most of us, our every waking moment (and even those where we are unconscious) is surrounded by sound. From the obnoxiously pitched alarm tone that raises us from slumber to the muted sounds of night-time traffic that merge with natural nocturnal transmissions; there is always sound.
As a society we have increasingly sought to augment and indeed control the environments around us. All manner of tools have been utilised in this ongoing war against the unfamiliar, the unexpected and the "undesirable". As well as a variety of visuals cues, sound is progressively used to colour our surroundings with a variety of aural hues.
But what of the remaining sounds? The incidental sounds that Muzak tries (and often fails) to mask. It's within these sound fields that curators Lawrence English + Lloyd Barrett sought to collect artists ( Chris Watson, Domenico Sciajno, Terre Thaemlitz and Brandon Labelle among others) who were working with and celebrating these incidental aspects of our sound world.
For most of us, our every waking moment (and even those where we are unconscious) is surrounded by sound. From the obnoxiously pitched alarm tone that raises us from slumber to the muted sounds of night-time traffic that merge with natural nocturnal transmissions; there is always sound.
As a society we have increasingly sought to augment and indeed control the environments around us. All manner of tools have been utilised in this ongoing war against the unfamiliar, the unexpected and the "undesirable". As well as a variety of visuals cues, sound is progressively used to colour our surroundings with a variety of aural hues.
But what of the remaining sounds? The incidental sounds that Muzak tries (and often fails) to mask. It's within these sound fields that curators Lawrence English + Lloyd Barrett sought to collect artists ( Chris Watson, Domenico Sciajno, Terre Thaemlitz and Brandon Labelle among others) who were working with and celebrating these incidental aspects of our sound world.
A BOOK OF STANDARD EQUINOXES - (1.8)sec.records (CAN)
A
Book of Standard Equinoxes
Artist: Domenico Sciajno and Kim Cascone
Label: (1.8)sec.records (CA, www.1pt8.tk)
Format: CD
Total Length: 60+min
Artwork: Kim Cascone
(1.8)sec.records is proud to present 'A Book of Standard Equinoxes' a document of a live collaboration between Domenico Sciajno and Kim Cascone.
A dynamic, intense, and tight 60 minute improve without cuts or edits.
"We think it is a rare example in which improv gets very close to composition". These veteran sound artists create an engrossing mass of sound using Max/Msp, generated sounds, and location recordings from Madrid, Spain and Domenico's hometown of Palermo, Italy.
A
Book of Standard EquinoxesArtist: Domenico Sciajno and Kim Cascone
Label: (1.8)sec.records (CA, www.1pt8.tk)
Format: CD
Total Length: 60+min
Artwork: Kim Cascone
(1.8)sec.records is proud to present 'A Book of Standard Equinoxes' a document of a live collaboration between Domenico Sciajno and Kim Cascone.
A dynamic, intense, and tight 60 minute improve without cuts or edits.
"We think it is a rare example in which improv gets very close to composition". These veteran sound artists create an engrossing mass of sound using Max/Msp, generated sounds, and location recordings from Madrid, Spain and Domenico's hometown of Palermo, Italy.
ELETTRONICA ITALIANA vol.1 - EMI - 2004
NOT AVAILABLE FOR ORDERING
compilation XXI musicale and released by EMI music Italy and RAI.
Works by Domenico Sciajno Elio Martusciello, Francesco Galante, Riccardo Santoboni, Andrea Vigani, Carlo Galletti e Giuseppe Gavazza.
NOT AVAILABLE FOR ORDERINGcompilation XXI musicale and released by EMI music Italy and RAI.
Works by Domenico Sciajno Elio Martusciello, Francesco Galante, Riccardo Santoboni, Andrea Vigani, Carlo Galletti e Giuseppe Gavazza.
with Alvin Curran
The Laptop and Electronic Music - CMR - 2004
NOT AVAILABLE FOR ORDERING
Compilation curated by Kim Cascone for 'Contemporary Music Reviews'. Tracks by Nosei Sakata, Richard Chartier, Steinbruchel, Kotra, Rosa Arruti, Taylor Deupree, Andrey Kiritchenko, Coeval, Jason kahn, Tad Turner (vatic), Toshimaru Nakamura, Merzbow, Domenico Sciajno.
NOT AVAILABLE FOR ORDERINGCompilation curated by Kim Cascone for 'Contemporary Music Reviews'. Tracks by Nosei Sakata, Richard Chartier, Steinbruchel, Kotra, Rosa Arruti, Taylor Deupree, Andrey Kiritchenko, Coeval, Jason kahn, Tad Turner (vatic), Toshimaru Nakamura, Merzbow, Domenico Sciajno.
with Gert Jan Prins
with G.Ielasi
double bass solo