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Artist: Roberto Ottaviano
Album: Dark Sides
Genre: Ethnic Jazz
Label: Dodicilune
Released: 2025
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Tracklist:
1. A Long Deception 02:51
2. Preachers and Merchants 04:53
3. Gabriel's Message 08:20
4. Dark Sides 02:24
5. Musk Aroma Therapy for Trumpeters 03:37
6. Syte 05:48
7. Waiting the Flood 03:10
8. Bridal Ballad 03:46
9. Spinosa Lacrimae 03:51
10. If You Want to tell me something (shout up) 05:42
11. Goin' Home 05:31
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Personnel:
Roberto Ottaviano, soprano sax, alto clarinet, electronics
Peppe Frana, oud
Luca ‘DJ Rocca’ Roccatagliati, electronics, loops, sampling
Giorgio Vendola, bass, electronics
Ermanno Baron, drums, percussions
“Dark Sides” is both a band and a recording project that places me in a new dimension: a journey through acoustic sounds from other latitudes, such as those of the oud, and electronic suggestions generated by samplers, loops and processors. An emotional story that takes shape through original compositions, free improvisation and carefully selected songs from different sources: the Dark Sides of the contemporary world. The dark side of humanity manifests itself in many forms — from the atrocities of genocide to the sophisticated financial manipulations of large holding companies. Events distant in modality, but united by a common thread: power, greed and the will to dominate. In this context, music becomes an act of resistance and awareness to escape the temptation to refer to itself. Gabriel’s Message, is inspired by the Basque Christmas carol “Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen”, evoking the Annunciation with delicate and spiritual tones. Bridal Ballad, composed by Jocelyn Pook for Shakespeare’s adaptation of “The Merchant of Venice”, conveys a subtle uneasiness that creeps into beauty. Syte, with its Balkan roots, is a visceral piece, tense between rhythm and melancholy. Goin’ Home, taken from Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony, recalls the need for a return, physical or interior, to a lost elsewhere. These pieces, together with my originals, improvisation and sound research, are testimonies. Each note is a gesture that seeks to restore humanity, memory and critical sense in a time that too often loses them.” (Roberto Ottaviano)