PINO FORASTIERE

  • new release

    20-22

    "It was my intention to make a record improvising, but, having two years of time, I wrote it."

    Pino Forastiere

  • new release

    20-22

    "20-22 Concert for Expanded Guitar" is a single track lasting 31 minutes and 27 seconds.

    20-22 is performed and recorded live, with a prepared 19-string guitar and electronics."

    Expanding the boundaries of the guitar is almost a fixation for me. With this new work, I keep on trying

     

    It was my intention to make a record improvising, but, having two years of time, I wrote it.

     

    Pino Forastiere

    Technical Notes

    Guitar and Tunings: LAB Guitar (19-string), tuned in 5 different tunings modified live during the performance. The structure is organized in 7 different Sections from A to G of variable lenght.

     

    Pre-recorded Orchestrated sections:

    - Music and words from different Radio stations

    - Metal and wood percussive sounds

     

    Live recorded Orchestrated sections:

    - from the LAB Guitar, sounds obtained by scratching, percussion, bottleneck. Those sounds are recorded by a Loop Machine, manipulated live by altering the signal at half speed, double the speed, reverse.

    - In the sections A B D F, an hexaphonic pickup is also used.

    PINO FORASTIERE

    20-22

    CONCERT FOR EXPANDED GUITAR

    NOW AVAILABLE

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