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L’eclettico approccio al suono di David Monacchi include sia il
mondo acustico che l’elettronico. Il reale e l’artificale. Egli
facilmente li miscela insieme e, lavorando con le più diverse
sorgenti sonore, è capace di definire una ricca e sempre crescente
tavolozza di “colori sonori”. La sua ricerca primaria con le
registrazioni sul campo costituisce il suo “bagaglio viaggiante” di
ispirazioni. La sua meticolosità e applicazione forniscono le
coordinate precise del suo lavoro, così naturalmente a suo agio fra
“naturale” (caotico) e “costruito” (razionale).
Questo album rappresenta un punto di osservazione sul versante
elettroacustico del suo lavoro.
La Selva degli Orologi, e’ un incantevole paesaggio di oggetti
meccanici che egli porta alla vita per mezzo di una chiara
sensibilità musicale.
Acqua, per suoni concreti, è una esplorazione ed un viaggio cinematico attraverso la fonte di vita primaria.
Ciclo Circadiano, per suoni ambientali, e’ la somma di anni di
registrazioni “in situ”, assemblate e lavorate in una genuina
maniera “concreta”, sulla base delle 24 ore del giorno.
Intorno all’Origine rappresenta una sorta di summa darwiniana; un
percorso che l’autore compie attraversando differenti stati (i
richiami arcaici, le immagini reali, i paesaggi sonori artificiali,
le nuove esperienze sonore) trovando infine la propria personale via
alla costruzione musicale.
Paesaggi di Libero Ascolto è il colorato ritratto di una gioiosa
mente musicale, che merita una attento ascolto. |
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David
Monacchi’s eclectic approach to sound include both the acoustic and
the electronic world.
The real and the artificial. He easily mix them together and,
working with a lot of different sound sources, he’s able to define a
rich and ever-growing palette of “sound colors”.
His
primary research with field recordings forms his “travelling
baggage” of inspirations. His meticolous action and dedication gives
the exact coordinates of his method, so well balanced between the
“natural” (chaotic) and the “built” (rational).
This collection represents an observation point on the
electro-acoustic side of his work.
La Selva degli Orologi, is an enchanting landscape of mechanical
objects brought to life by mean of a clear musical sensibility.
Acqua, for water concrete sounds, is an exploration and a cinematic
journey thru the first source life.
Ciclo Circadiano, for environmental sounds, is the sum of years of
on-site natural recordings, assembled and re-worked, in a genuine
“concrete” way, over the 24-hours division of the day.
Intorno all’Origine represent a sort of “Darwinian” summation, a
path that the author rides, going thru different states (the archaic
recalling, the real images, the artificial soundscapes, the new
sound experiences) finally finding his personal way of making music.
Paesaggi di Libero Ascolto
(Free-Listenings
Landscapes)
is the colourful portrait of a joyful
musical mind, that deserve an attentive listening.
Biography
Sound designer, composer and researcher in the
field of sound recording and eco-acoustics. The specifics of
Monacchi’s research come from the field recordings of natural sonic
environments all over the world, which, after laboratory
electro-acoustic analysis and composition, become concerts and
multimedia installations.
Studied Electronic Music at Conservatory of Music of Pesaro - Italy
under E. Giordani and attended advance courses in composition under
W. Branchi and S. Sciarrino, in electro-acoustics under B. Truax and
at IRCAM - Paris. He won several international competitions like
Russolo-Pratella, Locarno Film Festival, Multiple Sound
Festival-Maastricht and was awarded the “Erato Farnesina” grant by
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the “World Soundscape Project”
in Vancouver.
Since 2000, taught the Course of Musical Communication IV and the
Lab of Sound Recording Techniques and Applied Sound Design at the
University of Macerata (Italy) - Faculty of Communication Sciences.
In collaboration with Greenpeace, went to Amazon to collect 3D sound
samples of the entire 24 hours cycle into the main environments of
the equatorial primary forest. Through almost 20 hours of extremely
rich sound material, he composed the electro-acoustic opera
“Fragments of a Sonic World in Extintion” which toured theatres and
contemporary music venues.
He collaborate as sound designer and composer to the project
Tevereterno curated by Kristin Jones, and to the sonorization of
urban spaces and archaeological areas with architect L. Cannella. As
recording engineer, he’s the director of the Coclearia mobile
recording studio, which works on productions of Early, Classic and
Contemporary music.
His research activity and compositions have been broadcasted on
several radio programs such as Italian National Radio2 and RAI
International, and on TV programs such as the National Italian
Television RAI 3 program "Fuori Orario".
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