Luminance Ratio
Gianmaria Aprile: guitars, effects, kaoss pad, guqin, sitar
Luca Mauri: guitars, effects
Andrea ICS Ferraris: laptop, bass, cymbals, contact mics, effects
Luca Sigurta: tapes, electronic junk

with:
Simone Fratti: bass (A4)
Giancarlo "Nino" Locatelli: bass clarinet (A4, B2) percussions (B2)
Andrea Serrapiglio: cello (A2)
Luca Serrapiglio: sax (A2)

Recording in 2010-2011: Gm Aprile
Editing, mixing: Gm Aprile and Luca Mauri
Mastering: Giuseppe Ielasi
Cover Artwork: Mirt
Photo on Cover by Gianmaria Aprile

This Italian group, with the great CD 'Like little garrisons besieged' (2009) and two intriguing 7's made in collaboration with Oren Ambarchi and Steve Roden under their belt, are back with a new release on Bocian Records with even greater momentum. Their music could be labelled as 'post psychedelic rock ambient'. Its dreamlike soundscapes and mysterious, nocturnal atmospheres, hardly volatile, don't waft upwards like some fluff, and the faint motorik skeleton and angular moans from the saxophone don't seem to drive anything here. Everything here reverberates, crackling and creaking disturbingly, producing the entire chromatic scale. Much as 'Reverie' might seem the most accessible release in Bocian's catalogue, it has little to do with 'safe' ambient. Rather, it's more of sound guidelines revealing countless surprises.


REVIEWS

Après un album CD et deux splits en 45 tours (dont un avec Oren Ambarchi), le quartet Luminance Ratio vient d'être publié en vinyle sur le label polonais Bocian. Cette formation propose une musique peu habituelle pour ce label, puisqu'il s'agit d'une espèce de post-rock, post-folk, à moitié ambient et à moitié dark, dans une veine expérimentale proche d'Ambarchi justement, ou de Fennesz et d'autres guitaristes de ce genre (on peut penser .......
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