An auditory mirage of disorientation and restlessness takes center stage in Marco
Campitelli’s fourth album, blending Post, Art, Kraut, Noise and introspection.
On Friday, December 01st 2023, Oslo Tapes released with the highly anticipated fourth album, Staring at the Sun Before Goin’ Blind.
The album was released on vinyl by Echodelick Records (USA) and Sound Effect Records (Greece), while Grazil Records (Austria) oversees the CD, cassette, and digital versions.
Staring at the Sun Before Goin’ Blind is the follow-up to the successful third album ØR, released in 2021 by the prestigious Pelagic Records, and it is imbued with emotional radiations that fuel disorientation and restlessness.
Voices in contrast with metronomic rhythmic patterns, geometries distorted by fluid basslines, and melodic synths that compensate for the voids left by liquid and acidic guitars all contribute to creating a distinctly personal auditory mirage.
The album is produced by Amaury Cambuzat, historic member of faUSt and Ulan Bator, who co-wrote the songs and arrangements with Campitelli. Using an unspecified number of magnetic tapes and analog machines, he forged the album’s sound through his thirty-year experience in the kraut/avant/rock domain.
Recommended for fans of God Is An Astronaut , Neu! , Can , Porno For Pyros , Nine Inch Nails , and Angel Of Light.
Personnel who played on the album encloses Mauro Spada on bass, Davide Di Virgilio on drums, Stefano Micolucci on bass and upright bass, Federico Sergente on percussion, Nicola Amici, also known as Kaouenn, on guitars, synths, and percussion.
There are also exceptional guests such as Berlin’s Sicker Man from Trialogos on cello and Dahm Majuri Cipolla, the drummer for Japanese post-rock band Mono.
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PRESS QUOTES
Cathartic, soulful, melodic, and deeply moving both musically and lyrically: Oslo Tapes transcends the boundaries of conventional music.
The Sleeping Shaman (UK)
Its rich use of reverb and various other space effects flood your speakers, and the whole album is a feast for your ears.
Weirdoshrine (NL)
The work of someone who knows the sound they want and seems to be in steady pursuit of new ideas and aspects to bring to it.
The Obelisk (USA)
Un disco incredibile
Indiepercui (IT)
Disco da playlist del 2023! Voto: 9/10
Kathodik (IT)
Un climax di pulsazioni sintetiche, tentazioni esotiche e rumori del cosmo. Fotografie Rock (IT)
A GIANT LEAP 