Papiro
La finestra dentata
Marionette
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2021
Includes Instant Download
LP
21.99
Marionette16LP / Includes Download Code
180g vinyl, incl. printed inner
Incl. VAT plus shipping / Orders from outside the EU are exempt from VAT
Tracklist
1Odilon 2:16
2La finestra dentata 9:08
3Anelli 7:51
4Barbadura 3:43
5Romeo on the Beach 2:02
6Il grande anatroccolo 4:41
7Bodulator 4:07
8Geisterstube 2:06
9Il triciclo nascosto 3:21
10After Hour (Digital Bonus Track)11:17

Papiro’s approach to music is never technical, but always personal. Since the mid-Nineties, he has released a handful of noteworthy albums, each carefully put together and seemingly self-contained, yet all sharing an unmistakable musical language and a certain escapist aura.

La finestra dentata (The Toothed Window), is no exception. It includes both studio and concert recordings from 2016–2020. The sounds on this album appear infinite and full of marvels, ingenious in portraying imaginary creatures and environments.

The title track and Anelli take up most of the first side and include live outtakes. These swirly symphonies are specifically intended as immersive deep-listening experiences for concert venues, and have been edited for this album to meet the physical demands of vinyl and domestic use. Imagine the younger cousins of Laurie Spiegel’s Concerto Generator performance, or Terry Riley’s Shri Camel.

However, those who know Papiro only from the stage might be unaware of a different side to his oeuvre; starry-eyed miniatures that may appear frivolous in comparison to the more heady tracks, but are nonetheless well worth discovering. Each piece adds a chapter to a phantasmagoric world populated by such characters as "Giant Duckling", "King Hard-Beard", or the "Bodulator". Tracks like the opener Odilon or Il triciclo nascosto, meanwhile, emanate a candor rarely found in the domain of serious music, and revisit Papiro’s early days of instrumental storytelling.