Blind Sun New Century Christology, by Stefano Pilia

Blind Sun New Century Christology

by Stefano Pilia

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1.	Ada 01:51	buy track
2.	Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground 03:07	buy track
3.	Butterfly Aeon 02:36	buy track
4.	Stand Behind The Man Behind The Wire 03:24	buy track
5.	What Are They Doing In Heaven Today 02:07	buy track
6.	Blind Moon 03:38	buy track
7.	Blind Sun 03:04	buy track
8.	Getsemanhi Crickets Night Air 05:09	buy track
9.	The Cross Peregrin Falcon N.C.+ 03:48	buy track
10.	Little Ada 02:06	buy track
11.	Golgotha Chamaleon 03:32	buy track
12.	Children Ghost 05:08	buy track
13.	The Invisible City 13:46	buy track

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Stefano Pilia, prolific solo performer and founding member of projects such as 3/4hadbeeneliminated (together with Claudio Rocchetti & Valerio Tricoli) and In Zaire, invites us to see the „Blind Sun“ - and also to experience a „New Century Christology“ as the subtitle of the record reveals.

The guitar is the instrument of choice, many shades of which we are welcome to experience here. The tone of „Blind Sun - New Century Christology“ is a subtle and calm one, nonetheless do Pilia’s guitar as well as the many other instruments & their skillful manipulations to be heard on this record possess a large emotional power.

There is introspective fingerpicking right next to a washed-out gong, a beautiful violin telling you an awe-inspiring story in a yet undeciphered language and some tape loops bringing you back to the harsh truth. And guess what: it works.

It would be easy to drop names for comparison in the wide array of solo guitarists between John Fahey and Loren Mazzacane Connors, but let’s just assume that the only thing you need to know about this record is that it was composed by someone directing the music to the core of the feelings that were wished to be expressed.

There is a sense of joyous melancholy throughout the songs, ready to lull you in a wide- awake sleep full of revelatory dreams - gazing inwards and outwards, these are pieces to return to and experience them in more than just one way. Music can be a very fertile ground for thoughts, feelings and ideas; immersive and sparse sounds sometimes become one and the same and feel, think and brainstorm for you. There is only thing left for you to do - listen.!

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released April 30, 2015

Dedicated to Ada Guaita (1929-2014)
Written, Performed and Recorded by Stefano Pilia between 2010 and 2014
on acoustic and electric guitars, vynil, percussions
Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi
"Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground" by Blind Willie Johnson
"What are They Doing in Heavens Today" by Washington Phillips
"Little Ada" is dedicated to Ada Leone Carozzi
"The Invisible City" is a variation on "Dances Of The Inhabitants" by John Fahey

Special Contributions by:
Stefano Pilia: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussions, vynils
Rodrigo D'Erasmo (Violin) in Stand Behind The Man Behind The Wire
Riccardo Biondetti (Cymbals), Francesco Bolognini (Timpani) in The Blind Sun
Xabier Iriondo (Sahai Baaja), Andrea Belfi (Gongs), Francesco Bolognini (Percussions) in The Cross Peregrin Falcon N.C.+
Massimo Carozzi (field recordings) in Little Ada
Xabier Iriondo (Sahai Baaja), Massimo Pupillo (Ghost Guitar) in Golgotha Chameleon

Graphic by Rossella Merighi
Artwork by Gianluigi Toccafondo

Released by Tannen / Sound Of Cobra

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Stefano Pilia is a guitar player and electro-acoustic composer. His work has become progressively concerned with researching the sculptural properties of sound as well as sound’s relationship with space, memory and the suspension of time. Pilia explores these points of focus through instrumental practice and investigations into the recording and production process. ... more

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