With "Portraits" I change my point of view and present myself as a painter capable of painting musical portraits.
This modus operandi places the figure of the musician in close relationship with the figure of a visual artist who does not use colors and canvases but a bass trombone and soundscapes.
I adopt the same compositional language as my first album "Technology and Bones" thus continuing my research started in 2015, shortly before my move to New York.
In "Portraits" the focus on a work of sound collages that intend to tell the personality of an individual or the essence of an object.
Tracklist:
1-“See You, See You”- Portrait of Carla Ricevuto (Upright Bass by Thomas Julienne)
2-“Dormire con I fantasmi”- Portrait of Maurizio Pometti
3-Modernisme- Portrait of Deforestation of Tropical Forest (Tenor and E-Trombone by Kalun Leung)
4-“Somewhere”- Portrait of a future piece of Art made by Grazia Inserillo.
5-“Ce Balcon” - Portrait of Simon Denizart (Piano by Simon Denizart, Upright Bass By Thomas Julienne)
6-"E Qui Che Lascio"- Portrait of the departure from NYC (Guitar by Dustin Carlson, voice by Carla Ricevuto)
7-“San Rocco” - Portrait of San Rocco Contemporary Art Museum in Trapani (Sicily).
8-"Cutiludissi” - Portrait of Julia Patinella -(Voice by Julia Patinella, Guitar by Dustin Carlson, Recorded Live @Parlor Owl in Brooklyn, 2019)
All Compositions by Alix Tucou except n1 citation of "Lamentatio" by Giovanni Sollima, n5 co-composed with Simon Denizart, n7 cover of "Now O Now" by John Dowland, n8 by Rosa Balistreri.
Bass Trombone recorded in San Rocco Contemporary Art Museum (Sicily) between 24 and 26 February 2021.
Piano, Upright Bass and Tenor Trombone recorded between Montreal, Paris and Interlochen (MI).
Mastered by BJ Kalahann at Electronic Mojo Studio
Mixed and Produced by Alix Tucou
