Ore Andrea Belfi

• 1Anticline10:01
• 2Iso05:57
• 3Lead05:54
• 4Ton12:20
• 5Syncline07:40
• Total Runtime41:52

Info for Ore

The latest in an extensive schedule of Andrea Belfi album releases comes courtesy of Float, a new platform founded by Erased Tapes label manager Sofia Ilyas. The Berlin-based Italian is no stranger to conceptual whims – see his clutch of Room40 LPs for evidence of that – but ‘Ore’ is less concerned with such matters.

Instead it finds Belfi honing in on a detailed study of percussion and rhythm, recorded at the Saal 3 chamber music room of Berlin’s Funkhaus. As soon as the drum roll kicks in on Anticline, Belfi embarks on a devious session where rhythms fluctuate with intensity but remain central to composition, underpinned by queasy strains of electronic manipulation. If you can imagine Nils Frahm conducting Cologne Tape, you’re halfway to getting a grip on this Belfi album.

"The instrumental piece is thrilling and on-edge right from the off." - The Line Of Best Fit "really is glorious..." (Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC6 Music)

Andrea Belfi, drummer, electroacoustic musician, composer

Andrea Belfi
is a drummer, composer and experimental musician.

Through the last twenty years he has developed a unique style of drumming, influenced by his many experiences with experimental and electronic music, rock, improv. His hypnotic rhythms and textures create immersive soundscapes for the listener to float in.

He has released five solo albums and more than fifty collaborative records on labels such as ROOM40, Miasmah, Häpna, Die Schachtel, Constellation, Blue Chopsticks.

He has collaborated, among others, with Mike Watt, Carla Bozulich, David Grubbs, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Nils Frahm, Greg Haines, Circuit des Yeux, Andrea Parkins, Werner Dafeldecker, Erik Skodvin, Stefano Pilia, Aidan Baker, Lori Goldston, BjNilsen.

Belfi’s interest in contemporary art led him to exhibit sound-art installations throughout Europe and U.S. and to collaborate with visual artists like Angela Bulloch and Aldo Tambellini. AB has performed at Centre Pompidou (Paris), Unsound Festival (Krakow), Cafè Oto (London), Issue Project Room (New York), GAS festival (Göteborg) and Artplay (Moscow).

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