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Circondati Dai Petali Da Soli Moriamo / Surrounded By Petals We Perish In Solitude

by SVART1

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II 06:31
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III 03:46
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IV 04:46
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V 04:54
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VI 05:30
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VII 04:52
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Review about CD release "Circondati dai petali da soli moriamo" from Darkroom Magazine (December 2021) Italy

Usciva lo scorso giugno l'ultimo lavoro di Svart1, monicker del connazionale Raimondo Gaviano, attivo ormai con moltissime uscite in un arco di tempo ultradecennale. Le sette tracce di "Circondati Dai Petali..." hanno un sapore particolare, fondendo alcune soluzioni di matrice dark ambient mitteleuropea con sentori più vicini all'Italia: se da un lato infatti si sfruttano tappeti tonali e rintocchi tipici di certo industrial di matrice oscura, dall'altro aleggia su tutto il disco un'atmosfera localistica e antica, fatta più di nostalgia per ambienti perduti che di spigolosi mantra cupi. I cori reiterati e il lavoro sulle voci, nonché certi sviluppi tipici di echi che sembrano uscire da storiche cattedrali, incrociano sentori à la Raison D'Être immersi in realtà provenienti dal mondo cattolico e da un retrogusto storico che non può non ricordare il mondo ecclesiastico a noi più vicino. A ciò vengono uniti spunti più prettamente industriali, privi di suoni ma altrettanto evocativi, persi in un profumo di morte che ricorda più i riti funebri nostrani, pieni di lacrime e mestizia, che un'idea estetizzante e inflazionata della morte come oscurità perenne e ritorno alla polvere. Impossibile non rimanere colpiti da un impasse che, attraverso spunti trasversali, costruisce un discorso personale riguardo il concetto di trapasso, senza mai cadere nella facile trappola dell'imitazione. Album che ha il suo unico limite nell'essere fin troppo scarno e fuori dai soliti schemi per attirare l'attenzione di un pubblico nutrito. Chiudono il disco sei rivisitazioni ad opera di altrettanti autori (Camilla Pisani, Fabrizio Matrone, Ramplingg, Red Sector, TVS e Uncodified) che non aggiungono nulla al concept di base, se non alcune interessanti soluzioni, tra cui svettano le elettrificazioni dimesse firmate da Uncodified. 250 le copie prodotte, confezionate in un elegante digipak.



Review about CD release "Circondati dai petali da soli moriamo" from DarkUndergroundMusicZine (June 2021) Netherlands

Svart1 are a solo project from Italy that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording plays a mixture of dark ambient, electro, experimental, industrial, power electronics and noise and this is a review of his 2021 album "Circondati dai Petali da soli moriamo (Surrounded By Petals We Perish In Solitude)" which was released by Mask Of The Slave. Dark soundscapes start off the album while also bringing in a very avant garde orientated atmosphere. At times the music gets very experimental sounding along with the synths also bringing in elements of dark ambient onto the album as well as adding in a decent amount of programmed beats. Most of the tracks are also instrumentals while field recordings can also be heard quite a bit throughout the recording. One track also adds in a brief use of Gregorian chants along with all of the songs also sounding very different from each other as well as some operatic choirs and angelic voices also being added into some parts of the album. Some tracks also add in a small amount of power electronics and noises along with some electronic sounds also being added in certain sections of the album as well as a couple of song also adding in some underground industrial touches. At times the synths also add in a small amount of cinematic sounding drones, some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length and the production also sounds very dark. In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Svart1 and if you are a fan of dark ambient, elecro, experimental, industrial, noise and power electronics, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "#1" "#4" "#7" and "Red Sector A". 8 out of 10.

Review about CD release "Circondati dai petali da soli moriamo" from SoWhat (August 2021) Italy

Immergersi nel nero più profondo e navigare al suo interno senza trovare alcuna via di fuga. Prosegue lungo le coordinate di un dark ambient di matrice nordica il percorso artistico tracciato da Raimondo Gaviano sotto lo pseudonimo Svart1 condensandosi in un nuovo itinerario che ricerca un parziale cambio di rotta senza snaturare l’essenza della sua pratica sonora. Vapori sintetici finemente modulati si sviluppano lentamente generando un’atmosfera cupa, una densa onda di drone che accolgono eventi sonori radi e pulsazioni scarne. Proprio la quasi totale assenza di linee ritmiche destrutturate – che tanta parte avevano nel lavoro precedente – rappresenta un elemento di novità, così come l’ampia presenza di campioni di canti gregoriani utilizzati come trait d’union nella successione delle tracce. Ciò che Gaviano costruisce attraverso la sequenza dei sette movimenti proposti è una sinfonia inquieta in cui si fondono l’algidità delle strutture sonore con il calore della voce, una liturgia sommessa ma penetrante che celebra la fragilità dell’esistenza. A questo rituale oscuro si affiancano ulteriori sei visioni affidate ad altrettanti artisti incaricati di riplasmare la materia originale per ampliarne l’orizzonte sensoriale. Si comincia dall’asfissiante densità scandita da cadenze ipnotiche di Camilla Pisani, si attraversano gli scenari ruvidi di Matter e Ramplingg, le pulsazioni incalzanti di Red Sector A, i territori sulfurei di TVS per giungere al terminale paesaggio apocalittico plasmato da Uncodified. Una via alternativa per giungere alla medesima meta.



Review about CD release "Circondati dai petali da soli moriamo" from Rock Station (September 2021) Hungary

Ha létezik olyan zenei mufaj, melynek itthon semmilyen tematikus fóruma sincs, akkor az az ambient. Persze a hozzáértok már két helyen is beleköthetnek a kijelentésembe; egyrészt az ambient nem zene, másrészt bizonyára akad legalább egy olyan közösségi oldalas csoport, ami kifejezetten erre a mufajra koncentrál. Mindenesetre jómagam az ambient bizonyos hajtásait még a zene, mint gyujtofogalom keretein belül kezelem, a stílus avatott hazai szakértoi fórumával pedig még nem hozott össze a jószerencse. A Svart1 név mögött egy olasz úriember, Raimondo Gaviano áll, a saját bandcamp felülete pedig ambient/dark ambient/techno/industrial jelzokupaccal illeti az általa képviselt mufajt. Raimondo számára a hangkeltés mellett fontos a vizuális oldal is, ebbol eredoen az élo performanszok a kreativitása kiteljesítésének szintén hangsúlyos elemei. Svart1 név alatt 2007 óta számtalan kiadvány készült, az erdélyi Sun & Moon Recordsnak köszönhetoen idonként magam is belefutok egy-egy újabb megjelenésbe, de nem tetszeleghetek a formáció avatott ismerojének szerepében, inkább egyszeru külso szemlélonek vagyok nevezheto. Visszatérve a diszkográfiára; a katalógusban több élo felvétel is fellelheto, melyek egyiknél feltehetoen többek szeme is megakad majd. A Svart1 ugyanis Táltos címmel többek között Szolnokon is prezentált egy hangkollázst. Ha információim nem csalnak, Raimondo rendelkezik további magyarországi kötodéssel is. A Svart1 ambientje nem az a fajta alirányzat, mely a hallgató idegein táncol és célja a fejekben már amúgy is meglévo káosz szintjének növelése. Ez a formáció a meditatív oldalról közelít a mufajhoz, nem felzaklatni, hanem épp megnyugtatni, elgondolkodtatni igyekszik a befogadót. Az erdélyi kiadó Mask of the Slave nevu labeljénél a nyár elején megjelent Circondati Dai Petali Do Soli Moriano egy tizenhárom tételre bontott hangfolyam. Az elso hét fejezet a legutóbbi, Monotono címu koronggal egyezoen a sorszámozáson túl nem kapott elnevezést. A friss kiadvány második fele pedig - feltehetoen - önálló alkotásokat rejt. A borító képi világa jelzi, hogy Raimondo célja ezúttal egyfajta romantikus, eszképista lelkiállapot megteremtése lehetett. Az áramló hangok nélkülöznek mindenféle extremitást, bár sokaknak maga a hangfelvétel léte is extrém élmény lehet. A külso és a belso borító, illetve a korong nyomata is Max Nonnenbruch: Ifjú szépség címu festményének egyes részleteire épül. A német szimbolista muvész egyébként a müncheni iskola tagjaként, a XIX. század végén alkotta a képet. A kiadvány elso fele, bármilyen képtelenül is hangzik, lényegében a festmény megzenésítése, hangokkal történo illusztrálása. A Svart1 korongjának elso hét epizódja egy múzeumlátogatás kvázi soundtrackje is lehetne. Az andalító, éteri noi kórusokkal színesített tételek mellett a 6. fejezetet és a késobbi, Camilla Pisani címu szerzeményt egy fojtott hangulat, feszültség uralja. A Matter pedig egy szélsoségesebb eszköztárat felvonultató hangkísérlet. A Ramplingg drámai hangulata egy 30-as évekbeli horrorfilm miliojét idézi, a záró fejezetekben pedig némi synthwave befolyást is érzek, bár elképzelheto, hogy tévúton járok. A leírtak ellenére viszont a nyitott füleken túl nyitott elme is szükségeltetik a befogadó részérol!



Review about CD release "Circondati dai petali da soli moriamo" from Wital Weekly (September 2021) U.S.A.


Where to start? From these three releases by Svart1, 'Circondati Dai Petali Da Soli Moriamo' seems the most recent one, and 'Belet Ili' the eldest, from 2016 (I am pretty sure there is a policy at Vital Weekly about old releases, but somewhere along the line this was approved). I went with the most recent one, and since I don't know anything about Raimondo Gaviano, the man who calls his music project Svart1, nor his ideas about his music, this will be a nice clean start. Initially, I assumed that his music was all about processing voices, as this seems to be rampant in the first few pieces of 'Circondati Dai Petali Da Soli Moriamo'. Given my aforementioned unfamiliarity, I have no idea if it is the Gaviano's own voice we hear or that he cheekily sneaked into a church to record these. There is something about Italians and their love for Catholic symbols, I think, which, just as easily, might be a true satanic ritual. The title means 'Surrounded by petals we perish in solitude', and suddenly I am back in church as a young boy. Against my will, I should add, but while 'III' is playing, I must admit that I don't mind a proper church choir. It is quite a moving piece of music, regardless of whatever is festering under the floorboards. Seven pieces are numbered 'I' to 'VIII', followed by another six pieces with a title. By then, the voices are gone, and the music becomes a diverse collection of gothic-noir soundtracks: a few drum machines, some tribal drumming and intense murky drones. A bit long is 'Camilla Pisani', without too many changes. Still, the pieces become more condensed after that specific track and sport a solid mix of industrial music and ritual ambient. This is a long CD, and I wouldn't have minded the first seven tracks as a stand-alone release. This would've made a somewhat stronger disc, as it becomes too much a bit of everything in the end, and it feels as if Svart1 just had too much material knocking about and couldn't make up his mind.
Is it a good idea to jump straight to the next release by the same artist? I leave that up to you to decide; I did anyway. It is deceptively titled 'Monotono'. Now I don't think the music is very monotonous, but it definitely isn't highly varied either - at least not as much as the other release I just listened to. The music is clearly dark (again), but now without the religious subtext, and it seems more connected to the world of experimental electronics. There are thick drones, a bit of heavily controlled noise and some minimalist form of rhythm somehow inhabiting a neutral zone of what could be regarded as such. There are no titles for any of the nine pieces, and we find very little connection to anything outside the music itself. That is not to say that this is bland music. Far from it, really. I definitely enjoyed this release, as it properly feeds the dark pit inside. In the end, these nine pieces are fine, sturdy slabs of electronic music, skilfully balanced with their proportioned loops, drones, rhythms, bleeps and screeches. Unfortunately, the cover of this release is a grey as the day today.
So, the eldest of the trio of releases is 'Belet Ili' from 2016. It is also the longest of the three. I am not sure where it stands precisely in the historical development of Svart1's music - the project's first release stems from 2007. Stylistically this continues (yeah, in the phenomenology of experience; obviously, it historically precedes the previous album), and maybe I am hearing too much into the time frame thing here, but I think I may discern a somewhat cruder version of 'Monotony'. Three of the nine pieces are over ten minutes long, and I am not convinced that Svart1 can pull off longer pieces without sacrificing something there. He is at his best when he keeps matters concise and to the point. Still, we find a fine sense of sonic density in this instantiation of Svart1, keeping it all on the noisier side - well, most of the time, anyway. In 'Ardot (Orghanon)', he allows for a moment of rest and comes up with a gentle rhythm piece. Throughout these three CDs by Svart1 one notices an exciting variety of approaches, and that sometimes works against the album, but it is also a display of great talent. (LW)

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released November 30, 2021

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Svart1 is Raimondo Gaviano who works in the fields of Ambient, Dark Ambient, Industrial, Techno, live-performances and visuals

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