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1: De Free Dub (Occitan Clouds) () 2: Sunlight () 3: Nice And Easy () 4: Sandaga () 5: Deep Meditation () 6: You?re Not Alone () 7: Praises Be () 8: Shililin Kikikin () 9: Mata Mata () 10: Big And Bad () |
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Number of discs: |
1 |
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Description: | The third solo album of the Italian producer is released eight years after his previous At Song Embassy, Papine, Kingston 6, an album/documentary recorded and filmed in Jamaica back in 2015. Over this eight-year span, Baldini intensively toured through Europe, United States and Latin America, and worked as a producer for artists like Mellow Mood, L.A.B., Forelock, Noiseshaper, Imperial Sound Army, Dubblestandart, and for well- established reggae labels like Pressure Sounds and Echo Beach. Differently from his previous albums, in which Baldiniâ??s approach was tightly linked to the tradition of Jamaican dub (and where his works focused on re-editing and re-purposing materials coming from different sources), the starting point for the beat-making of In The Shell was the writing of original music, a blank page on which to develop every single track. This time, the core of the production and song-writing is rooted in the creation of instrumental tracks in the studio; only at a later stage did Baldini look on the outside, establishing the necessary connections and collaborations for the entire album. The shared element among the songs in the record is the use of a palette of ethnic sounds and samples, recorded and archived by Paolo Baldini himself during his various trips to Africa, and on which he later carried out his unique electronic production and post-production work â?? the distinctive feature of his musical aesthetics. The personal and family ties that led the Italian producer to visit Sub-Saharan Africa, and especially Senegal, granted him an exclusive observation standpoint on day-to-day contexts which are usually not accessible to those who donâ??t have a key to participate in the family life of these communities, and allowed him to respectfully use this advantage to record original and unique samples.
- Recorded, mixed and produced by Paolo Baldini DubFiles
at Alambic Conspiracy Studio in Pordenone, PN (Italy)
Mastered by Nick Manasseh at The Yard Studio in London (UK)
?© 2024 La Tempesta Dub
Cover art and graphics by Filippo Buresta
Photographs by Mimina Di Muro
Music written, arranged and performed by Paolo Baldini DubFiles.
Additional players:
Matteo Da Ros (guitar on tracks 2, 3, 7);
Roberto Dazzan (brass on tracks 5, 9);
Lorenzo Garzia (guitar on tracks 2, 8);
Luca Masseroni (drums on track 6);
Alfredo Puglia (keyboard and programming on tracks 7, 9);
Adriano Viterbini (guitar on track 3) |
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Manufacturer No.: |
LTDUB-162LP-241 |
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Baco Distribution Thomas Souil ZA de Kermat, 29410 Guiclan, FR distribution@bacomusic.fr |
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