Welcome to Paulo's sixth release for ReR, an extraordinary collection of pieces that explore the full range of his highly modified, extended and prepared Sardinian guitar. And although it's just him and electricity, it seldom sounds like fewer than three people playing. There are twelve fine compositions, each as crafted as a short novel, and beautifully recorded. Paulo's is a music that pretty much defies genre or category; accessible, experimental, tuneful, tactile and ambient - with a folk root, a rock inflection and a contemporary outlook. A few words about the guitar; Over time Paulo has significantly rebuilt a large traditional Sardinian guitar, adding sympathetic strings, foot operated hammers that strike the strings from below and built-in electric mini fans (he built a similar instrument in 2003 for Pat Metheny). It is played rather like a cello, vertically, spiked to the floor and often with a bow.
01 Baska 02 Cose semplici 03 Mascaratu 04 Funda de almohada 05 Brida 06 A levante 07 Primavera araba 08 Il mare salta troppe nuvole 09 Lasciamo perdere 10 Il satiro danzante 11 Senza parole 12 Frasi fatte