Hello, as the world is still in the grip of a nasty virus that managed to put all religions in it's place, at a distance, whilst the true stars of the human race take their rightful place in the center of attention, those women and men that give their all to take care of the sick and vulnerable. But we are humans we are addicted to distractions and this has been a cold turkey with one certainty...future uncertain and thus a big chance to change track....
Today's Artist is Stefano Musso who began recording music under the pseudonym of Alio Die in 1989. "Alio Die" is Latin for "another day", used as a greeting in Roman times as a positive look towards a better tomorrow......N'Joy
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Stefano Musso studied art and electronics in his home town of Milan, Italy, and began performing ambient, electro-acoustic music under the name Alio Die in 1989. Characterized by evocative acoustic sounds manipulated and tendered electronically, Alio Die's work builds intimate soundscapes tied to the mystery and majesty of life and nature. His first CD "Under an Holy Ritual", released on his label Hic Sunt Leones in 1992 and re-released on Projekt in 1993, was received with international acclaim. Enthusiastically received in his home country, 'Holy Ritual' expanded Musso's international presence significantly in 1993 when it was licensed by the popular U.S. darkwave label Projekt. His music is a shadowy, cavernous, intensely detailed fusion of acoustical elements, step-and-repeat sample treatments, sparse, echoing percussion, and deep, atmospheric sound design, playing ambient's static tendencies off of shifting melodic and textural passages that suggest movement without sacrificing the music's vague, entropic formlessness. He subsequently released more than 25 CDs, and collaborated with many well-known artists such as Robert Rich, Vidna Obmana, Mathias Grassow, Nick Parkin, Yannick Dauby, Amelia Cuni, Raffaele Serra, Ora, Antonio Testa.
"Natural and acoustic sounds and selected noises, electronically treated and reworked, are integrated in a meditative and spiritual context that often, in the feeling, becomes close to a prayer. Visible static, this music is rich of hidden sounds, layers of elements to discover at each listening. Alio Die's music, in the consciousness space that creates, it's a melting of technology and mysticism, like a new ritual with echoes of a medioeval time, deep and grounded in introspection."
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Under an Holy Ritual is an electronic minimalism classic. It is a set of deep and dark atmospheres from Alio Die, aka Stefano Musso, one of Europe's leading minimalists. He achieves these strange experimental sounds with synths, samples, and processing techniques. Similar to the "Frippertronics" loops of Robert Fripp, Musso processes his processed sounds and samples. He starts with an incessant drone and builds vacuous atmospheres from them. He also uses silence as an element of the sound design. The atmospheres are gray and wispy, with hints of color. The deep drones connect the atmospheres to form the soundscape. This is a single soundscape with 11 movements. Each movement has at least one atmosphere. Musso's techniques allow for a cohesive and exhilarating listening adventure. This is one of the ultimate experiences to which electronic musicians aspire.
Alio Die - Under An Holy Ritual (flac 160mb)
01 Light By Initiation 3:43
02 Calls From A Lost Conscience 2:45
03 Global Construction 6:53
04 The Secret Of Shady Gorges 3:53
05 Axis Mundi 3:59
06 Reflections Of A Dawn 3:35
07 Invocation Of The Source Of Life 5:12
08 Under An Holy Ritual 5:34
09 Cryptic Spell 3:17
10 Back To Tikla 2:30
11 Waking Up From A Wistful Day 3:49
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Stefano Musso and Darren Tate both contributed several tracks to this 1995 album of ambient/industrial space rock. It's so much more than 'dark ambient', this is high level contemporary electroacoustic composition. these pieces are all very dense, rich in information… the collaboration between the two artists ('in shore/purl') takes the cake, an immense and incessant piece. the records similarities to dark ambient occur only in tone, as in aesthetic approach i guess; it is otherwise an obvious electroacoustic record.
Alio Die • Ora - The Door Of Possibilities (flac 325mb)
01 Alio Die - Looking Towards 7:34
02 Ora Approach To Zero 17:46
03 Alio Die - Bestiole Nascoste Tra Il Muschio E Le Alghe 4:52
04 Alio Die - The Door Of Possibilities 7:09
05 Ora And Alio Die - In Shore / Purl 22:05
06 Alio Die - Stonevoice 2:45
07 Ora - Autumn Cove 11:45
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This 1998 continuous longform piece is a standout solo work from Italy's sound artist Alio Die. His artistry and understanding of organinc inner-space music is alive on this understated and gently intense flowing soundscape. Created to support his own psychoactive journeys, it creates a warm and shadowy nest to curl up within. This is among Steve's favorite Alio Die solo releases.
One hour of finest ambient soundscapes. Supremely potent psychedelic assistant. Wonderful experience all the way through, but the shine is the brightest after 40 minute mark. Embark on a journey....
Alio Die - Password For Entheogenic Experience (flac 259mb)
01 Password For Entheogenic Experience 64:01
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The Hidden Spring is a collection of six previously released and four new compositions from Alio Die. He has taken the material from his contributions to various artist compilations and sequenced it with new material to generate an appealing thematic integrity. These minimalist soundscapes are thick with aqueous textures and demented timbres. Musso is one of the e-music community's premier practitioners of dark ambience. This disc supports that status. It will appeal to fans of Mathias Grassow, Dave Tollefson, Lustmord, Vidna Obmana, and Robert Rich.
Alio Die - The Hidden Spring (flac 286mb)
01 In Mean Time 2:38
02 Journey Around A Stone 10:19
03 Il Giorno Fu Prima Per Un Giorno 2:52
04 Amniotic Pot 6:21
05 An Instant In Transformation 2:56
06 The Threshold Of Beauty 13:09
07 Under A Cascade Of Light 3:45
08 The Flight Of Real Image 6:18
09 Internal Top 13:11
10 The Hidden Spring 4:17
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Today's Artist is Stefano Musso who began recording music under the pseudonym of Alio Die in 1989. "Alio Die" is Latin for "another day", used as a greeting in Roman times as a positive look towards a better tomorrow......N'Joy
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Stefano Musso studied art and electronics in his home town of Milan, Italy, and began performing ambient, electro-acoustic music under the name Alio Die in 1989. Characterized by evocative acoustic sounds manipulated and tendered electronically, Alio Die's work builds intimate soundscapes tied to the mystery and majesty of life and nature. His first CD "Under an Holy Ritual", released on his label Hic Sunt Leones in 1992 and re-released on Projekt in 1993, was received with international acclaim. Enthusiastically received in his home country, 'Holy Ritual' expanded Musso's international presence significantly in 1993 when it was licensed by the popular U.S. darkwave label Projekt. His music is a shadowy, cavernous, intensely detailed fusion of acoustical elements, step-and-repeat sample treatments, sparse, echoing percussion, and deep, atmospheric sound design, playing ambient's static tendencies off of shifting melodic and textural passages that suggest movement without sacrificing the music's vague, entropic formlessness. He subsequently released more than 25 CDs, and collaborated with many well-known artists such as Robert Rich, Vidna Obmana, Mathias Grassow, Nick Parkin, Yannick Dauby, Amelia Cuni, Raffaele Serra, Ora, Antonio Testa.
"Natural and acoustic sounds and selected noises, electronically treated and reworked, are integrated in a meditative and spiritual context that often, in the feeling, becomes close to a prayer. Visible static, this music is rich of hidden sounds, layers of elements to discover at each listening. Alio Die's music, in the consciousness space that creates, it's a melting of technology and mysticism, like a new ritual with echoes of a medioeval time, deep and grounded in introspection."
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Under an Holy Ritual is an electronic minimalism classic. It is a set of deep and dark atmospheres from Alio Die, aka Stefano Musso, one of Europe's leading minimalists. He achieves these strange experimental sounds with synths, samples, and processing techniques. Similar to the "Frippertronics" loops of Robert Fripp, Musso processes his processed sounds and samples. He starts with an incessant drone and builds vacuous atmospheres from them. He also uses silence as an element of the sound design. The atmospheres are gray and wispy, with hints of color. The deep drones connect the atmospheres to form the soundscape. This is a single soundscape with 11 movements. Each movement has at least one atmosphere. Musso's techniques allow for a cohesive and exhilarating listening adventure. This is one of the ultimate experiences to which electronic musicians aspire.
Alio Die - Under An Holy Ritual (flac 160mb)
01 Light By Initiation 3:43
02 Calls From A Lost Conscience 2:45
03 Global Construction 6:53
04 The Secret Of Shady Gorges 3:53
05 Axis Mundi 3:59
06 Reflections Of A Dawn 3:35
07 Invocation Of The Source Of Life 5:12
08 Under An Holy Ritual 5:34
09 Cryptic Spell 3:17
10 Back To Tikla 2:30
11 Waking Up From A Wistful Day 3:49
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Stefano Musso and Darren Tate both contributed several tracks to this 1995 album of ambient/industrial space rock. It's so much more than 'dark ambient', this is high level contemporary electroacoustic composition. these pieces are all very dense, rich in information… the collaboration between the two artists ('in shore/purl') takes the cake, an immense and incessant piece. the records similarities to dark ambient occur only in tone, as in aesthetic approach i guess; it is otherwise an obvious electroacoustic record.
Alio Die • Ora - The Door Of Possibilities (flac 325mb)
01 Alio Die - Looking Towards 7:34
02 Ora Approach To Zero 17:46
03 Alio Die - Bestiole Nascoste Tra Il Muschio E Le Alghe 4:52
04 Alio Die - The Door Of Possibilities 7:09
05 Ora And Alio Die - In Shore / Purl 22:05
06 Alio Die - Stonevoice 2:45
07 Ora - Autumn Cove 11:45
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This 1998 continuous longform piece is a standout solo work from Italy's sound artist Alio Die. His artistry and understanding of organinc inner-space music is alive on this understated and gently intense flowing soundscape. Created to support his own psychoactive journeys, it creates a warm and shadowy nest to curl up within. This is among Steve's favorite Alio Die solo releases.
One hour of finest ambient soundscapes. Supremely potent psychedelic assistant. Wonderful experience all the way through, but the shine is the brightest after 40 minute mark. Embark on a journey....
Alio Die - Password For Entheogenic Experience (flac 259mb)
01 Password For Entheogenic Experience 64:01
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The Hidden Spring is a collection of six previously released and four new compositions from Alio Die. He has taken the material from his contributions to various artist compilations and sequenced it with new material to generate an appealing thematic integrity. These minimalist soundscapes are thick with aqueous textures and demented timbres. Musso is one of the e-music community's premier practitioners of dark ambience. This disc supports that status. It will appeal to fans of Mathias Grassow, Dave Tollefson, Lustmord, Vidna Obmana, and Robert Rich.
Alio Die - The Hidden Spring (flac 286mb)
01 In Mean Time 2:38
02 Journey Around A Stone 10:19
03 Il Giorno Fu Prima Per Un Giorno 2:52
04 Amniotic Pot 6:21
05 An Instant In Transformation 2:56
06 The Threshold Of Beauty 13:09
07 Under A Cascade Of Light 3:45
08 The Flight Of Real Image 6:18
09 Internal Top 13:11
10 The Hidden Spring 4:17
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1 comment:
Hello from anonymity!
and huge thanks for so lovely post, not too many have similar tastes.
Stefano Musso belongs to the best ambient artist and i had a chance to follow his musical adventure from 1995 (blown away with his excellent, hypnotic "The Door of Possibilities" piece) and was lucky enough to attend his Prague concert back in 2009
seems to be great musical collaborator - works with the others you named are always top ambient music where both parts are recognizable but amalgamated that typical "alio die way".
i remember his Entheogenic did nothing special to me but Fissures (with Robert Rich) was pretty effective..., Stalker (with Lustmord) is great too.
thanks again, i just love music! it was nice to find your blog.
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