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| Gaudi's Magnetic - RNR Catalog Re-composed with Who 's Who of Musical Talent.  Magnetic is the exciting new album by London based music producer / musician GAUDI, which features a choice selection of sounds from the catalog of internationally respected experimental label RareNoiseRecords, as well as direct contributions by several top caliber musicians from the worlds of rock, jazz and electronica.The making of Magnetic truly was a creational challenge, even for a man who has been working to dissolve musical boundaries for over 35 years. The initial idea of the project was to compose an album of entirely new music using sounds from the RareNoise catalog as his 'orchestra of musicians'; over the course of its development it grew though into a full spectrum artistic interaction with a further array of international music giants, some of which GAUDI has worked with in the past. Best loved and noted to date for his genre blending and high quality dub-centric productions, in Magnetic, GAUDI has shown us another aspect of his musical self, other ranges in his musical landscape and he has done it with an all-star cast of supporting musicians. The list of artists whose sounds were initially chosen by GAUDI from the RareNoise catalog of releases or who successively added their sounds and skills to the overall project reads like a 'who's who' of musical talent and gives warranted indication as to the quality of the ingredients; They include bass legend and producer extraordinaire Bill Laswell, psychedelic prog-rock bassist Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree fame, drummer Steve Jansen (of Japan fame), Ted Parsons, the drummer from cult band Killing Joke, Roger Eno on piano, Grammy award winning Eric Mouquet (aka Deep Forest) on grand piano, drummer extraordinaire Pat Mastelotto (known for his work with XTC, King Crimson and David Sylvian), innovatory avant-guarde guitarist Eraldo Bernocchi, post-punk experimental guitarist Buckethead (collaborator with Guns 'n' Roses, Bootsy Collins, Iggy Pop), drummer Nikolaj Bjerre from Lamb, multi-instrumentalist Jamie Saft on bass…to name a few! (For the full list of featured artists please see below). GAUDI, alongside programming and production, returns to his roots as a pianist / keyboard and theremin player, playing here his full arsenal of vintage analog synthesizers. Magnetic is like a tour around the other side of GAUDI, who always had the off-beat of reggae in his step, but since his teenage years also had music from experimental electronica, new wave, Krautrock and proto-punk flowing through his veins. Bands like Bauhaus, Tuxedomoon, Yello, Cabaret Voltaire, Devo, Killing Joke, Talking Heads and The Residents informed his early years. For those familiar with GAUDI's work these influences can be heard in a myriad of different ways in most of his 15 albums to date, but predominantly as flavors amongst the dub textures. In Magnetic, however, he has reversed the polarity, north has become south, there is dub seasoning to be found within, but the body, tone and flavor of this album are another beast altogether. Magnetic is a contemporary tribute to the darker side of the 80's; to psychedelic rock and an era when Sigue Sigue Sputnik dropped proto-punk on the world! It is not a departure from the GAUDI we know and love, however… Magnetic is a celebration of bass in all its guises - there are six world class bass players featured in the album - and GAUDI's roots as a pianist and self confessed lifelong synth junkie, come up fairly center stage. His use throughout the album of original, modular and analog synths, from his big guns: the ARP 2600, Fender Rhodes, Minimoog, Korg MS20 and ARP Odyssey, to the diminutive but no less iconic Casio VL Tone, to his trusty vintage tape echoes and the 24 track analog tape machine it was recorded on, give the sound an authenticity and integrity right down from the musicians to the mechanics. Magnetic is a both a visual journey of great, but hidden, complexity and richness, which yearns to be listened to with closed eyes, but also a voyage across a full spectrum of tempos, from near ambient soundscapes to rocky up-tempos with seamless bridges in between. Magnetic is an album of polarities, spacious yet introspective, dark yet with a hint whimsy, deep and soothing yet fundamentally groovy; it was created both as a homage to the joy music brings and as an act of appreciation for great musicians. Why 'MAGNETIC'? From the far reaches of the universe to our solar system and the planets within it, it is the force that keeps everything together. Magnetism moves us, pulls us toward each other, keeps the particles together. Magnetic is the unseen in music, the intangible that draws and holds the notes and the musicians together, and it is, in the end, how the recording of this album ended up: on a magnetic tape. Magnetic will be available on June 30th on a limited edition transparent vinyl LP, CD and Digital download. TO THE REVIEWER - PLEASE NOTE: These are no remixes but thorough re-compositions! Gaudi took individual instrumental parts from across the RareNoise catalog treating them as individual 'musicians' then he processed/altered and re-combined them into his new compositions. He then added his own analog keyboard, piano and theremin parts. When opportune, Gaudi also called upon additional musicians (Deep Forest, Roger Eno, Nikolaj Bjerre, Pippo DePalma, Colin Edwin) and had them create extra parts, adding the newly recorded parts to the final mix. TRACKS & MUSICIANS 1. 30HZ DUB PRELUDE GAUDI: Minimoog, Korg MS20, Fender Rhodes, Programming COLIN EDWIN: Bass TED PARSONS: Drum BRIAN ALLEN: Trombone ERALDO BERNOCCHI: Guitar COPPE': Voice 2. OPUS 12, NO.7 GAUDI: Arp 2600, Guitar, Piano, Programming SHANIR EZRA BLUMENKRANZ: Bass ERIC MOUQUET: Grand Piano ERALDO BERNOCCHI: Guitar TERJE EVENSEN: Elecronic Drum ROBERTO GUALDI: Drum 3. MEMORIES IN MY PENTAGRAM GAUDI: Piano, Korg MS20, Theremin, Guitar, Programming JAMIE SAFT: Bass MASAMI AKITA: Noise Electronics PAT MASTELOTTO: Drum CYRO BAPTISTA: Jew's Harp MICHELE CAVALLARI: Fender Rhodes 4. NOCTURNAL SONATA GAUDI: Drum, Piano, Vocal Choir, Minimoog, Korg MS20, Programming BILL LASWELL: Bass MARK AANDERUD: Piano BUCKETHEAD: Guitar Noises. MARTIN SCHULTE: Electronics, Programming HERNAN HECHT: Drum 5. ELECTRONIC IMPROMPTU IN E-FLAT MINOR GAUDI: Theremin, Minimoog, Programming BILL LASWELL: Bass STEVE JANSEN: Drum MASAMI AKITA: Noise Electronics ALESSANDRO GWIS: Piano ERALDO BERNOCCHI: Guitar LORENZO FELICIATI: Bass 6. MODULAR RONDO GAUDI: Minimoog, ARP2600, Programming TONY LEVIN: Bass NIKOLAJ BJERRE: Drum PIPPO DE PALMA: Guitar JAN PETER SCHWALM: Electronics, Programming 7. DIE BALLADE VOM FROSCH GAUDI: Arp 2600, Minimoog, Fender Rhodes PAT MASTELOTTO: Drum COLIN EDWIN: Bass STEVE NORRIS: Guitar ERALDO BERNOCCHI: Baritone Guitar EYAL MAOZ: Guitar 8. EPILOGUE LEITMOTIF GAUDI: Drum, Theremin, Korg MS20, Programming ROGER ENO: Piano BILL LASWELL: Bass JAN PETER SCHWALM: Electronics, Programming VINYL: SIDE A (TRACKS 1-4) / SIDE B (TRACKS 5-8) CAT. NO.: RNR080 (CD) / RNR080LP (SINGLE VINYL) ABOUT THE LABEL – RareNoiseRecords was founded in 2008 by two Italians, entrepreneur Giacomo Bruzzo and music producer Eraldo Bernocchi. Located in London, the label’s mission is to detect and amplify contemporary trends in progressive music, by highlighting their relation to the history of the art-form, while choosing not to be bound by pre-conceptions of genre. It seeks to become a guiding light for all those enamored by exciting, adventurous and progressive sounds. 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