Caterina Barbieri - Pneuma

From Caterina Barbieri's debut album Vertical (Important Records/Cassauna, 8 October 2014) composed for Buchla modular synthesizer and vocals.
'Vertical' is a meditation on primary waveforms and the polyrhythm of harmonics in synthetic sounds, stretching the boundaries between drone, minimalism and techno. Barbieri's minimalist focus arises from the exploration of the stratigraphic potential of voltage-controlled sequencers, in terms of polyrhythm and polyphony. Employing synthesis, psychoacoustics and repetition as key concepts, the italian composer stylizes the dancing of wave cycles in severe geometries of time and space.
All the tracks were played, recorded and produced in Stockholm, at EMS (Electroacoustic Music Studios) and KMH (Royal University of Music) in Summer 2013.

Released by:
Cassauna/Important Records
Release date:
8 October 2014

Vertical has been reissued in February 2016:
importantrecords.com/imprec/sauna22
bandcamp cassauna.bandcamp.com/album/vertical

www.importantrecords.com
www.caterinabarbieri.com

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Side A

Undular
Pneuma
Limen

Side B

Perspectiva
Traum_abc

Music composed and performed by Caterina Barbieri in Summer 2013
Recorded at EMS and KMH in Stockholm (SE)
Mixed in Bologna (IT)

Buchla Modular Synthesizer + vocals
Traum_abc vocals by Ellen Arkbro