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Luca Formentini
Tacet

Album AU 2007 on Extreme label
Electronic, Jazz, Blues and Classical (Abstract)

Whatever happened to silence? This is a question that Luca Formentini provides his own answer to on his debut album for Extreme, “Tacet”; an album of exquisite grace and enveloping textures. Aiding him on this exploration is a stellar cast of musicians including Markus Stockhausen, Steve Jansen (Japan, Nine Horses), Steve Lawson, Deborah Walker and Frank Moreno. Each of these musicians bring their unique talents to an album that is unified by a shared understanding that silence is a space that is much sort after in today’s hectic existence. Formentini is a revered musician in his own right, playing the guitar in a distinctive style that combines resonance, processing and improvisation to produce a raw and intuitive music that speaks to the senses. His guitar of choice is fretless electric and this allows him to explore the spaces in between, much like his music does on “Tacet”. Formentini has the wonderful position as a musician who can create comfortably in the styles of contemporary composition, ambient and improvising ensemble player. This diversity of talent reflects his origins as a rock and electronic musician who has always maintained his unique voice as an artist and only ever performed original compositions. “Tacet” has arrived at a time when we are much in need of silence. As society continues to speed up, “Tacet” creates a silence that allows us to stop and breathe and be refreshed by its organic beauty. (The word ‘tacet’ is Latin for "it is silent". It is also a musical term to indicate that an instrument does not play for a long period of time, typically an entire movement.

Musicians

	Luca Formentini eg, acoustic guitar, drum machine, voice, effects, micronoises, harmonica, effects, microsounds, electric guitar, guitar, fretless guitars, written by, mixed by, edited by, producer, produced by, album by
	Deborah Walker vc, cello
	Giovanna Gabusi design, artwork by, voice
	Frank Moreno drums
	Steve Jansen dr, perc, *1959 GB drums, electronic
	Steve Lawson b, *1972 GB electric bass, written by
	Markus Stockhausen tr, fh, *1957 DE trumpet, written by

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