Import CD – RRJ 1020 – Hypermodern – Massimo De Mattia Quartet

ヴェネツィア北東に位置するポルデノーネ出身、59年生まれのフルート奏者マッシモ・デ・マッティーア名義による即興クァルテット。メンバーは90年代以降活動を共にする相方ジョヴァンニ・マイエル(b)、2004年マッシモ・ウルバーニ・コンクールで優勝を果たしたルイージ・ヴィターレ(vib)、ローマ・サンタ・チェチーリア音楽院の国際ジャズ・コンクールで優勝経験のある若手アレッサンドロ・マンスッティ(ds)。

Description

Cat#:

LABEL: Rudi Records (Italy)
Format: CD / RRJ 1020
ARTIST: Massimo De Mattia Quartet
TITLE: Hypermodern
JAN: 8058456240237

Lineup:

Massimo De Mattia (flutes)
Giovanni Maier (double bass)
Luigi Vitale (vibraphone, marimba, percussion)
Alessandro Mansutti (drums, percussion)

Rec data:

All compositions by De Mattia, Maier, Vitale, Mansutti
Recorded, mixed and mastered Sept/Oct 2013, by Claudio Zambenedetti, ImputLevel Studio, San Biagio di Callalta (Treviso) Italy
Cover photo: “Zeit” by Massimo Poldelmengo
Art by Ale Sordi

Tracks

  1. Lands Beyond
  2. Hypermodern
  3. Still Life Alive
  4. Zeit
  5. Proxemics
  6. A Non-Place Odyssey
  7. Entropy
  8. Way Out

Album previews

Notes

After releasing Black Novel his first release on Rudi Records, the Italian flutist Massimo De Mattia is back again with a brand new album as confirmation of a wide, complex music personality. In this new album De mattia presents a sensitive and strong quartet comprising some fine and expert musicians such as Luigi Vitale (vibraphone) Giovanni Maier (double bass) and Alessandro Mansutti (drums) The music produced under the provocative title of “Hypermodern” shows a large and transparent sound texture based on a particular instrumental combination of flute, vibraphone, bass and percussion. The album through a sequence of carefully compositional areas, never incidental and always dominated by a clear narrative approach. Open music naturally flowing through the quartet's pulsating and relaxed drive.