Vittorio Vandelli
A Day Of Warm Rain In Heaven
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2004
CD digipack produced by Equilibrium
Music - Portugal
I. Farewell
farewell, thou wedding-guest
II. Beneath
the lighting and the moon
III. My
heart as dry as dust
IV. The
ocean green
V. A sadder
and a wiser man
VI. The
bay is white in silent light
VII. The
curse in a dead man's eye
VIII. A
day of warm rain in heaven
IX. Whispers
o'er the sea
X. The death-fire
danced at night
XI. I killed
the albatross
XII. For
the sky and the sea and the sea
and the sky !
XIII. The
moment I could pray
XIV. Singeth
a quiet tune
XV. Sails
in the sun
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'A Day of warm Rain in Heaven' features Francesca
Nicoli on vocals who, thanks to her peculiar talent and artistic
personality, has been able to confer even more pathos and strenght
to the textures of notes. Her vocal work is the result of a
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Vittorio Vandelli is a talented guitarist
and composer. His first soloist album, 'A Day of warm Rain in Heaven',
transposes into music the poetical imaginary of 'The rhyme of the
ancient mariner', the romantic opus of S.T. Coleridge. The music
presents a contemporary style but the words belong to the first
half of the XIXth century. The rhyme describes the perillous voyage
of a sailorman becoming an odissey through sin, death and re-birth
until the achievement of wisdom, a status closely related to pain
and sadness as we become aware of our tragic human condition. The
trip of the protagonist reflects Vittorio's existential experience,
a deep spiritual experience that each of us could be called to live.
The ability to sublimate all of this into music seems to be the
only way to fight the tempest and survive the storming sea, and
it is a precious gift that destiny has accorded to artists.
In this album, the music is ravishing and various, yet a sense of
unity prevails : ambient tunes (where classic guitar arpeggios meet
environment sounds) alternate with timeless ballads; short industrial
moments precede ethereal compositions; soft-electronic episodes
follow hypnotic lullabies and atmospheric instrumental airs introduce
moving sonatas in his unique style. Vittorio plays classic, acoustic,
electric and synth guitars together with keyboards pads and rhytmical
patterns. He felt the urge to follow the creative processus from
the beginning to the end starting from the musical idea, passing
through execution and finally reaching recording and mixing.
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