Artist: Oprachina

Date of Release: 01/04/2011

Catalogue no: SLAMCD 527

Label: SLAM

Price: £9.99

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Track Listing

‘Oprachina’ comprises:
Massimo Bognetti: guitar
Errico De Fabritiis: saxophone
Fabio Fochesato: bass
Adriano Galinari: drums

Oprachina is a neologism made up of the two words opra (opera) and china (bowed), meaning alienating, back-breaking work. Coined in the first half of the 20th century, the term features in the Italian version of the “Internationale” as well as other tracts of the period. Oprachina are committed to the continuous pursuit of an equilibrium between written passages and free improvisation, helping to develop a contemporary musical language.
la ricerca di un linguaggio musicale contemporaneo.
Their first creation, “The Jazz Farm” (2007), published under the Creative Commons licence, was hailed at the 2009 Cannes Midem as the most popular Italian album by the Jamendo portal (200.000 web downloads).
In 2010 critic Giordano Selini included Oprachina among the top ten bands in Italian jazz.

Massimo Bognetti: Guitars. Directs the Etnofonie school of music.
Errico De Fabritiis: Saxes. Committed to improvised and contemporary music, he has figured in Musica Jazz magazine’s “Top Ten” of musician-revelations in 2009 and 2010.
Fabio Fochesato: Bass guitar, double bass, arrangements. Has his fingers in various musical languages, from jazz to rock, world music to classic and contemporary music.
Adriano Galinari: Percussion. Has collaborated with many Italian and foreign musicians, including the never-to-be-forgotten Massimo Urbani.

TRACKS
01. Spezia (Porta d'Arce revisited)7:18 - Massimo Bognetti
02. Le Cose Non Sempre Vanno Come Si Suppone Debbano Andare . 4:33 - Errico De Fabritiis
03. Ritrovato 0:21 - Massimo Bognetti
04. Fat Fast (new version) . 7:21 - Massimo Bognetti
05. The Moon In August (new version) 2:49 - Massimo Bognetti
06. Sixa 35 7:51 - Errico De Fabritiis
07. Nuova Oprachina 9:04 - Massimo Bognetti
08. Lat 6:14 - Massimo Bognetti
09. Maria J 3:25 - Massimo Bognetti
10. Grigioscuro (new version) 4:17 - Errico De Fabritiis
11. My Waltz 3:33 - Massimo Bognetti

Recorded, mixed and mastered in Rome c/o Etnofonie: Plutone Recording Studio, November 2009, July September 2010

Sound engineer: Riccardo Perni

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