Name: Eternally Frozen
Brand: Andrea Belfi

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MDR65

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Housed in Special Metallic Paper Sleeve with a Booklet.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-07-07

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5053760101338

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Clear LP

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5053760101321

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Andrea Belfi

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Modern Composition

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Maple Death

Maple Death Records is an independent record label founded by Jonathan Clancy in 2015. Originally based in Bologna, Italy, the label is now located in both London, England and Bologna. Maple Death Records is known for its commitment to showcasing unique and innovative music from a diverse range of artists.

The label has gained recognition for its distinctive sound and uncompromising approach to releasing music. With a focus on underground and experimental genres, Maple Death Records has become a platform for emerging talent as well as established artists who push boundaries.

Distributed by The Business and Republic Of Music, Maple Death Records continues to make waves in the music industry with its carefully curated releases. Whether you're a fan of *Jonathan Clancy* or other talented musicians on the label, you can expect nothing less than exceptional sonic experiences from Maple Death Records.

Andrea Belfi is an Italian drummer, percussionist, and composer born in 1979. With a unique blend of experimental soundscapes and rhythmic precision, *Belfi* has established himself as a prominent figure in the contemporary music scene. His compositions often incorporate elements of electronic music, creating immersive sonic landscapes that captivate audiences worldwide.

Influenced by artists such as Giuseppe Ielasi, Machinefabriek, and David Toop among others, *Belfi* pushes the boundaries of traditional drumming by seamlessly integrating electronic textures into his performances. His innovative approach to percussion has garnered him critical acclaim and a dedicated following.

Collaborating with renowned musicians like Oren Ambarchi, Chris Abrahams, and Richard Skelton to name a few,*Belfi* continuously explores new sonic territories. His collaborations have resulted in mesmerizing improvisations and thought-provoking compositions that defy genre categorization.

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Eternally Frozen consists of a series of canon based compositions for brass ensemble, percussion and synthesizer by Andrea Belfi. The canon is an ancient compositional technique in which an initial melody is imitated at a specified time interval by one or more parts, creating illusionary never-ending musical journeys.

The work is inspired by the evocative image of the Deprong Mori, a mythological bat with the alleged ability to fly through solid matter by bending atoms by its natural skill of audio echolocation. The myth suggests that one of these bats had been “eternally frozen” in a wall of solid lead in 1952 by the researcher of the Rockefeller University, Donald R. Griffith. This story is exhibited in a display at the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, an institution renowned for both speculative, fantastical reinforcement of mythology and playful and beguiling distortions of mysterious could-be truths.

Both the canon and the “frozen” Deprong Mori are man-made illusory simulations of eternity. Their attempt is to create mirages, where the insinuation of facts is more meaningful than the reality.

After many years of sonic explorations with percussion, drums, and electronics, Belfi is here projecting himself as a composer through the direction of an astonishing brass ensemble in the realization of these canonic works. There are evident echoes of the works of Arthur Russell, Miles Davis, Moondog, William Basinski, and the Italian soundtrack tradition of Ennio Morricone and Egisto Macchi.

Eternally Frozen

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