Artist: Bruno Sanfilippo
Title: Urbs
Label: Hypnos (digipak CD) 
Bruno Sanfilippo is a classically trained musician and composer, resident of
Barcelona, Spain, and cofounder of the ad21 label. He has collaborated with
such notable artists as Mathias Grassow, Byron Metcalf, Max Corbacho and
Alio Die.
Sanfilippo's work ranges from more melodic and structured to ambient
drones with more a subtle and subdued musical component. Urbs,
Sanfilippo's first project released with Hypnos Recordings, falls nicely in the
middle ground among the artist's previous work. It's an intriguing
combination of ambient textures with location sound recordings, along the
lines of the classic Hypnos releases Sonic Continuum (Modell and Mantra)
and Silence Speaks in Shadow (Paul Vnuk Jr.), but with more of an urban
or cityscape flavor.
The title Urbs derives from the prominent incorporation urban sound
environments, recorded by Sanfilippo in urban environments such as train
stations, streets, bars and other public areas to explore the boundaries
between the textural sounds which surround all of us day to day, and the
nature of composed sound art such as music. These "real world" sound
textures merge with more traditional electronics such as synthesizers and
samplers, leaving no doubt as to the composed and "intentional" nature of
these soundscapes.
Gentle and evocative, subtly textural and transporting, Urbs is something
we genuinely expect to become a long-term favorite among Hypnos releases.
Track list with MP3 samples 1 – Urban Flow – 14:41 --
MP3 clip http://www.hypnos.com/audio/hypnos-bs-u-01.mp32 – The City Reflected – 20:20 --
MP3 clip http://www.hypnos.com/audio/hypnos-bs-u-02.mp33 – Chaotic Order – 25:29 --
MP3 clip http://www.hypnos.com/audio/hypnos-bs-u-03.mp34 – The Gray Umbrella – 06:58 --
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