Stefano Pilia-the suncrows fall and tree (sedcd045)
the suncrows fall and tree bolsters Stefano Pilia’s small but substantial and well received body of solo work(LVD, Time-Lag) along with his participation in the highly lauded 3/4HadBeenEliminated project with Valerio Tricoli and Claudio Rocchetti. The new document contains two 20-minute long sound arcs that are sweeping and focused, essentially drone pieces. They are beautiful in their restraint but not “pretty” and are grounded in the subtle use of acoustic and natural sound elements. The work was composed and recorded between 2003 and 2005 in Bologna, Milano, Codroipo and Arbatax using the following sound sources and devices: electric guitar, field recordings, microphones, piano, tape noise, instruments played by wind, sine waves, pvc tubes, filters with an additional contribution from Andrea Belfi of high frenquency synth.
Besides the above mentioned projects, Pilia is also a member of the Medves prpject and a collaborator with Black Forest/Black Sea and has contributed to numerous installation and film sound works. http://stepilia.googlepages.com/home
“Pilia has become Italy’s finest music export this year. After his stunning CD-R on Last Visible Dog, it was clear he had little competition. His subsonic drones are a thing of beauty; pulling in and pushing the listener away simultaneously, keeping him or her in a constant state of limboith all things Stefano Pilia does, there is an understated and simple beauty beneath them. It acts like a silent guide, making sure everything goes off without a hitch.”- Brad Rose, Foxy Digitalis