URBS reworked, by Bruno Sanfilippo

URBS reworked

by Bruno Sanfilippo

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Scott Somehow I never realized before (when listening to the original CD) that some of the synth voices are also present in other works in Bruno's catalog - seems obvious now that it would be the case. I really like this kind of cityscape-exploration ambience. Favorite track: Urban Flow.

eugene51 A beautiful, hypnotic reworking of what was already a stunning album. Favorite track: Chaotic Order.

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The title Urbs derives from the prominent incorporation urban sound environments, recorded by Sanfilippo in urban environments such as train stations, streets, bars and other public areas to explore the boundaries between the textural sounds which surround all of us day to day, and the nature of composed sound art such as music. These “real world” sound textures merge with more traditional electronics such as synthesizers and samplers, leaving no doubt as to the composed and “intentional” nature of these soundscapes. Gentle and evocative, subtly textural and transporting, Urbs is something we genuinely expect to become a long-term favorite among Hypnos releases.

Mastered by Mike Griffin · Portland
Cover photo by Bruno Sanfilippo
CD released by Hypnos Recordings
Release date: 11 May 2012

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1.	Urban Flow 14:43	buy track
2.	The City Reflected 21:27	buy track
3.	Chaotic Order 26:33 video	buy track
4.	The Man in the Gray Hat 07:17	buy track

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URBS is an intriguing combination of ambient textures and location-based field recordings. Originally released only on Compact Disc format by Hypnos Recording (U.S, 2012), Sanfilippo now revisits the work years later to subtly re-imagine it using his current creative approach in the same Onix II Studio, in the mountains near Barcelona. The extra textures don’t just add interest to the more crafted sounds on the record; these ghostly audio presences are the primary forms within these blurry ethereal soundscapes. Here Bruno Sanfilippo has softened his sound palette into such subtle tones that it is pleasingly difficult to define what he calls "the boundary between [musical] sound and noise. Gentle and evocative, subtly textural and transporting – maybe you hate or adore it, but it is hardly indifferent to you. ad21

“Where is the defined boundary between sound and noise? Music usually doesn’t seem comfortable with ‘noise’ – due to the fragility of its aesthetic dimension, urban noise, in its context of common things, seems to be inexpressive. In this work, I incorporate the murmur of cities as one more element that dissolves with the faint sound of electronic sources, in this case, the manipulation of a Korg Radias synthesizer and a Lexicon processor. The field recordings were obtained using an iPod Touch and recorded in churches, train stations, subway platforms, and the streets and bars of cities such as London, Berlin, Paris, Moscow, and New York. The cover photo was captured from inside a bus in Berlin.” Bruno Sanfilippo, 2023.

'Stationary Travels' wrote: "Take a look at the catalog of music created by Bruno Sanfilippo and one of the first things you might notice is the breadth of conceptual themes it presents. A classically trained musician, producer, and composer, Sanfilippo emigrated from Argentina quite a few years ago and it is from his Onix II Studio, in the mountains near Barcelona that he has produced albums that have explored themes ranging from ancient history and tradition to experimental ideas rooted in modernity. His forthcoming new album falls on the latter end of that vast spectrum as Sanfilippo revisits an earlier work that explores the relationship between noise and music in the context of contemporary urban spaces"

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released July 13, 2023

All music composed, performed and produced by Bruno Sanfilippo
Mastered by Onix II Studio (Barcelona)
Cover photo by Bruno (Berlin)
More information: www.bruno-sanfilippo.com

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►Exclusive items & lossless audio available◄ Feel free to ask for signatures on CDs & Vinyl // Bruno is an Argentinian classically trained musician, producer, and composer based in Barcelona who writes for strings, piano, and electronics. His Piano Textures series, started in 2007, is one of Sanfilippo’s most representative set of recordings. ... more

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