Side A - Alberto Boccardi Drops, salt, ask me next life Side B - Lawrence English The Rocks That Tear The Ocean: 1. Thrones And Domains 2. Coronach Adrift 3. Weathered Hymnary 4. Seraphim The idea of the split comes from the recording sessions in the summer of 2012 that Alberto rea- lized with the chorus of classical and contemporary music Antonio LaMotta conducted by David Mainetti. Alberto sends Lawrence all the material leaving him complete freedom in manipulation. In A side Alberto develops a path in three movements, where each part is independent but at the same time connected to the others; the sequence evolves as inevitable. If in the central segment chorus evocation moves in contrast with the distortions inside a long crescendo, in the other parts the density of acoustic instruments (french horn, double bass, cello, autoharp, vocals, soprano sa- xophone) and electronics (analog synth, effects pedals, guitar) combine and intertwine together leading the sound to a stream of waiting, obsession and evocation. In side B Lawrence: “This is what I’d like to think of as Land Music. Perhaps sharing something with the perspective scale of Land Art, in which a massing of micro elements create a marco fea- ture, these small sounds when transformed etch out contours and long envelopes of shape across the air. The pieces breathe with a kind of uneasy familiarity. Sounds of the human world and the natural world co-exist at equal states of transformation - hinting at their former selves, but rarely revealing more than a glimpse into their original, unaltered state. This is weathered audio, refor- med through rapid evolution.” ———————————— Side A - ALBERTO BOCCARDI Drops, salt, ask me next life [16:24] Recorded and mixed in Morbegno (SO) may-july 2012 by Lorenzo Monti & Alberto Boccardi Edited and mixed at argo lab (VA) by Gianmaria Aprile All music by Alberto Boccardi Guitar, electronics, synth, field recordings, bass, autoharp: Alberto Boccardi Double bass: Alberto “Zonca” Ronconi French horn: Piero Malgesini Soprano saxophone: Luca Rampinini Voice: Cinzia Delorenzi Cello: Raffaella Gardon Side B - LAWRENCE ENGLISH The Rocks That Tear The Ocean [17:28] 1. Thrones And Domains [3:24] 2. Coronach Adrift [04:03] 3. Weathered Hymnary [08:43] 4. Seraphim [01:17] Written and produced by Lawrence English Recorded at 158 in the dawn on 2013 Both sides based on the recordings of Antonio Lamotta choir lead by Davide Mainetti and recorded by Alberto Boccardi in summer 2012. Mastered by Lawrence English Design by Simone Grillo - Kazakhstan bird photo by Marco Galeazzi Produced by frattonove - Printed at legno