A musical project born from the encounter between Marco Testoni and Nicola Alesini. The evocative and visionary aspects of their own personal approaches to music brought them together in an unprecedented artistic collaboration, and this has now been enriched by the magic of wind instruments and the physicality of percussion, combined in a captivating and enthralling way. These two musicians are artistically non-aligned, but they are united by the same need for complete artistic autonomy, free from any classifications and genres, which has led them to collaborate with artists travelling, like them upon unusual musical paths (such as David Sylvian, Billy Cobham and Roger Eno). Always navigating without fear or formalism, in the atmospheres of world music and jazz improvisation with hints of ambient, minimalism and art-rock to create a marvellous magically evocative mix, with the Pollock project Testoni & Alesini have now enhanced their musical palette with some intense new Surrealist colours. Completing the trio is Max Di Loreto (Drums & Percussions), a very versatile instrumentalist who adds an infinite range of timbres and tones to the performances of the trio with his extensive set of percussion

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The explosive rhythms of Peppe Sannino and his group of drummers and percussionists have transformed the atmospheres and the colours of Jamaican ragamuffin, giving them a Neapolitan flavour. Black Consciousness is the preview single of Onde di Terra (Waves of Earth), an album that takes us on a journey through the variegated world of percussion and the traditional folk music of the world. Distribution: www.trelunerecords.it

OBLIQUA is a record label based on the passion of a network of publishers, labels, promoters and artists who focus on the quality and vitality of new music in the world, with an ultimate goal of experiencing and developing music obliquely.

November 2010, Obliqua is proud to announce the first compilation "OBLIQUA vol.00".

Tracklist:

DISCRETA (Stefanie Ringes & Michele Ascolese)
The French-Argentinian singer Stefanie Ringes and the guitarist Michele Ascolese, who featured on Fabrizio De Andrè’s last albums, have reinterpreted the atmosphere of the milonga and the tango in a contemporary way. Discreta is a track in which the Mediterranean and Latin touch of Michele Ascolese’s guitar gracefully accompany the modern sensuality of the voice of Stefanie Ringes.

WE ALREADY KNOW (Elisabeth Cutler)
Elisabeth Cutler is a singer songwriter from Boston who belongs to the best American song writing tradition. Her style is permeated by jazz and the blues and is enriched with a profound European taste and mood thanks to the arrangements of Filippo De Laura.

BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS (Peppe Sannino)
The explosive rhythms of Peppe Sannino and his group of drummers and percussionists have transformed the atmospheres and the colours of Jamaican ragamuffin, giving them a Neapolitan flavour. Black Consciousness is the preview single of Onde di Terra (Waves of Earth), an album that takes us on a journey through the variegated world of percussion and the traditional folk music of the world.

AU DEHOR - AMOR VIOLAPROFONDO (Turkish Café)
Turkish café are an acoustic trio. It was founded in 2008 near the Turkish quarter of Brussels, by the Italian-Argentine guitarist Julian Corradini. Their repertoire of intense and engaging songs is perfectly interpreted by the splendid voice of Veronica Ponzo and the double-bass of Simone Giorgini, and is in the tradition of the most refined Italian, French and Latin-American songs.

AMABURON (Loveth IPC Okoro)
The Nigerian singer Loveth IPC Okoro is an exponent of the African "new spiritual". In the autobiographical song Amaburon – which means "revelation" in Nigerian in nigeriano – the beautiful intertwining vocal harmonies and distinctive poly-rhythmic textures lead us back to the roots and the purest essence of the spirituality of African music.

FINO IN FONDO (Miriam Netti)
The sensual and elegant songs and music of Miriam Netti – here accompanied by a formidable quintet of musicians from various different countries who are active in the new jazz scene of Berlin – is a blend of styles with a Latin flavour that is expressed through a boundless love for the bossa nova, jazz and Italian songs of the ‘60s.

YEMAYA' (Yemaya')
Yemayà is a Latino music band specializing in salsa, mambo and fusions of cultures and rhythms. The small orchestra was founded by two Argentine brothers who moved to Italy in the ‘80s: the singer Henry Flores and the percussionist Kayro Flores. The music of Yemayà, supported by a formidable wind and horn section, transmits pure energy.

BARCO NEGRO (E102)
A classic of the "fado" repertoire is revisited in the visionary style of E102, one of the most original trip-hop bands of the independent Italian scene in the last decade. The vocalist Claudia Bidoli, who has rightly become one of the best non-Portuguese fado singers, expresses the purest essence of Lusitanian song with great intensity.

THE JUMPING CLOWN (Marco Testoni & Hang Camera / feat. Billy Cobham)
This is the sunniest song from the album Impatiens by Marco Testoni and his Hang Camera ensemble of percussionists. The magical and evocative sound of the Hang and Caisa Drum features prominently in a track where the poetry of rhythm and song intermingle with the fantastic rhythmic textures of the drums of Billy Cobham, the father of modern drumming.