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[LBN011] Adriano Orrù – “Hèsperos” (15 September 2011)

“Hèsperos” is a work based on simplicity. A musician and his instrument.

Some other small objects: marbles balls, pins, beaters…

Six tracks that have in common the fact of starting from the simplest thing in an instrument like the double bass: the sound of a  open string. This element is the ‘basic foundation’ from which it develops that small or big world of sounds which is a music piece.  Many simple pieces can give life to something complex. Just like in nature.

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Adriano Orrù – Whales

Adriano Orrù – A sa muda

Adriano Orrù – Hèsperos

Adriano Orrù – DEbEF

Adriano Orrù – Halys

Adriano Orrù – Cosmogonia semplice

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Adriano Orrù

Adriano Orrù biography

Composer and double bass player Adriano Orrù was born in Nuoro, Italy in 1958 and now lives and works in Cagliari. He devotes his time to jazz, radical improvisation, chamber music. He also works as a music teacher. Orrù has collaborated with artists such as Giancarlo Schiaffini, Paolo Fresu, Tony Oxley, Lenka Zupkova, Ettore Fioravanti, Roberto Cipelli, Marco Tamburini, Tino Tracanna, Andy Gravish, Tim Hodkinson, Victor Nubla, Simon Balestrazzi, Silvia Corda, Takatsuna Mukai, Henning Frimann, Renato Ciunfrini, Guro Skumsnes Moe, Håvard Skaset, Angelo Contini, G.P. Campus, Corrado Altieri, Monica Serra, Mauro Cossu, Clara Murtas, Stella Veloce, Sebastiano Meloni, Alessandro Garau, Stefano Figliola, Alessandro Olla, Paolo Angeli, Manuel Attanasio, Elia Casu, Mauro Usai, Paolo Sanna, Roberto Pellegrini, Carla Onni, Mario Faticoni, Riccardo Pittau, and Massimo Carboni. Together with the pianist Silvia Corda, he co-wrote a performance for six musicians and a spoken voice entitled “Portrait in Three Colors” and dedicated to Charles Mingus. Orrù works with the Silvia Corda Trio on a regular basis, and several of his compositions can be heard on the trio’s Impronte, a CD produced by Splasc(h) in 2001. In 2004, he established the composition and improvisation ensemble Impromptu featuring Giancarlo Schiaffini. In 2005, he published a live CD of the Impromptu quintet and the first recording in his own name: “Solos and Duets“, a work dedicated to double bass solos and duets with Giancarlo Schiaffini on trombone, Paolo Angeli on Sardinian prepared guitar, and Roberto Pellegrini on percussion. He has also worked with Moex, an ensemble focused on electric-acoustic experimentation. In 2010 Big Round Records has published a CD “Improvised pieces for trio” with Sebastiano Meloni on the piano and Tony Oxley on drums. A new CD titled “Untitled Soundscapes” performed by A Sphere Of Simple Green (Silvia Corda on prepared piano, Simon Balestrazzi on laptop and Adriano on the double bass) was released in 2011 by the label Magick with tears.

Cosmogonia semplice – Adriano Orrù from muccalab on Vimeo.

Reviews

(19 October 2011) – Avant Music News – “Orru’s album is lyrical at the same time that it is experimental…This is a variety of idea art that doesn’t sacrifice the art for the idea.”

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11 October 2011 - The Breakfast Jumpers – “Sei tracce di libera sperimentazione, suoni complessi costruiti attorno ad un nucleo di ritmica ipnotico ed evoluzioni eclettiche.”

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07 October 2011 - Recent music heroes – “Actually it is much more above you than usual chamber music used to represent cutting edges for. More profoundly, it is filled in with frenetic jam sessions which ultimately seems to be intricate and highly energized.”

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05 October 2011 - NetMusic Life – “Orrù riesce a raggiungere sonorità calde e confidenziali tra passione e desiderio di sperimentare”

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01 October 2011 - Mùsica Selection -”La bel netlabel presenta un nuevo trabajo ahora por parte de Adriano Orru, un contrabajista que desde Italia nos regala este trabajo instrumental de una libre improvisación, en donde escucharemos un sonido crudo y directo, todo en un ambiente minimalista y experimental muy valioso. Interesante.”

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29 September 2011 - Acuvi – “The fine Italian netlabel La bèl are known for bringing the most interesting collection of multi experimental, easy listening and simple electronica to the web. This time the latest release is from Adriano Orrù.”

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