La meridiana segna il passaggio del sole a mezzogiorno. "Meridiana" è il titolo del nuovo album del Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, ed è il racconto del nostro rapporto col tempo.
Il tempo del nostro Sud sospeso tra passato e presente, con la sua luce abbagliante e le ombre che ne derivano.
12 tracce, come sono 12 le ore segnate dalla meridiana. 12 brani in cui passato e presente si sovrappongono, il tempo si dilata e si contrae, fino a scomparire. Meridiana proietta 12 canzoni verso il futuro, 12 linee di luce e ombra, storyteller contemporanee del nostro sud.
In questa première, Meridiana si dilata in un’esperienza immersiva e multidisciplinare. Musica, immagini, testi, approfondimenti di carattere divulgativo legati al concept, video, arte contemporanea.
I vari contributi sono curati da artisti e personalità di rilievo nei loro rispettivi campi.
www.meridiana-cgs.it
EN
The meridiana (=sundial) shows us the time by using sunlight and the shadow it casts. "Meridiana", the new album from Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (CGS), is the tale of our own relationship with time. 12 tracks like the 12 hours marked by the sundial. 12 songs where past and present overlap, time dilates and contracts, until it disappears. A synaesthesia of voices with an ancient color, that sounds fresh and makes you travel far.
The themes of the album revolve around the vast concept of time. Starting with the peculiarity of this kind of music: CGS translate for today a music and a dance that comes from the past. And many are the inspirations, from folklore to news, to the reading of various texts about time, touching disciplines like philosophy, physics, sociology, mythology and fiction.
Meridiana projects 12 songs, 12 lines of light and shadow, contemporary storytellers of today’s Italy.
The Meridiana premiere is an immersive experience, with multidisciplinary contents: music, images, texts, educational videos and contemporary art pieces linked to the concepts of the album.
www.meridiana-cgs.it
CREDITS
Meridiana
a project by Mauro Durante
curated by Laura Perrone
music by CGS
visual project by Luca Coclite
edit by Gabriele Surdo
CONTRIBUTORS
Philosophy by Maura Gancitano and Andrea Colamedici from Tlon
Astrophysics by Domenico Licchelli from Osservatorio Astrofisico R.P.Feynman
Physics by Roberto Vacca
Anthropology by Gianfranco Salvatore from Unisalento
Ethnomusicology by Massimiliano Morabito from Conservatorio di Musica T. Schipa di Lecce
Human rights by Francesca Corbo from Amnesty International Italia
MUSIC
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
Mauro Durante: frame drums, violin, vocals
Giulio Bianco: recorders, whistles, clarinet, harmonica, zampogna
Emanuele Licci: vocals, bouzouki, guitar, battente guitar; tamburello in Ronda
Massimiliano Morabito: diatonic accordion
Giancarlo Paglialunga: vocals, tamburello, calebas
Alessia Tondo: vocals, castanets; tamburello in Ronda
Silvia Perrone: dance
FEATURING
RED BARAAT
Sunny Jain - dhol, effects
Lynn Ligammari - soprano saxophone
Sonny Singh - trumpet
John Altieri - sousaphone
Enzo Avitabile: voice and pentarpa in Tic e Tac
GUESTS
Justin Adams: electric guitar
Giacomo Greco: synth, sound design; additional production in Balla Nina, Pizzica Bhangra, Lu Sittaturu and Ninnarella
Valerio “Combass” Bruno: electric bass
Antonio “Dema” De Marianis: additional percussions in Tic e Tac
produced by JUSTIN ADAMS & MAURO DURANTE
mixed by Francesco Aiello at Boombox Recording Studio
Mastered by Tim Oliver at Top Cat Studios
executive production by Titti Santini
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Meridiana, Ponderosa music records, 2021
“Programmazione Puglia Sounds Producers 2020/2021”
REGIONE PUGLIA FSC 2014/2020 Patto per la Puglia - Investiamo nel
vostro futuro
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thanks to:
you! and…
all our families. rina durante, daniele durante, rossella pinto and all the artists who were part of CGS since 1975
justin adams, sunny jain and red baraat, giacomo greco, enzo avitabile, valerio bruno, dema, titti santini and ponderosa, gabriele surdo, puglia sounds, claudia sergio, ludovico einaudi, vincenzo de pinto, luca coclite, laura perrone, renato colaci, stefano manca, francesco del prete, claudia pedone, carlo rovelli, gianfranco salvatore, carlo alberto ratti, massimo armeni, roberto vacca, jovanotti, maura gancitano, andrea colamedici, domenico licchelli, riccardo noury, francesca corbo, amnesty international
19 май 2021
