Alio Die is the project of the Italian Stefano Musso from
Milan
. He makes ambient music with manipulated and electronically processed acoustic sounds. With this he builds intimate and mysterious sounding meditative soundscapes. This he does for more than 20 years by now and the man has released over 25 cd’s so far, among which are collaborations with Robert Rich, Vidna Obmana, Nick Parkin and Antonio Testa.
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The Eleusian Lullaby cd counts three lengthy drone pieces. The music of Alio Die is full of little acoustic details, samples, loops and constantly moving melodies or sound textures. A good eye for detail and good care has been given to it since as a whole it sounds more than the sum of it parts. On Eleusian Lullaby this specific sound is furthermore enhanced by the exotic voice of Martina Galvagni, that in a certain respect reminds of the voice from Lisa Gerrard. The effect is overall warm with the ethereal vocals from Martina perfectly fitting these long stretched dreamscapes. In ‘The Oniroid Sleep’ the sound spectrum is mostly formed by the exotic sounds of instruments such as the cithara, sitar, bells and kalimba, combined with the manipulated found sounds and the voice of Martina. In ‘A Drone Song for Alienor’ Martina’s voice has been mixed more to the front. The third piece, ‘Eleusian Lullaby’ has been completely constructed around the improvising vocals of Martina, with the use of drones and loops.
The sounds on Eleusian Lullaby sound like a lovely green palace garden in the tropical realms of
India
where the vibes have an intense peaceful beauty. Very pleasurable drone music to relax to.
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