Artist: Free Dot (Paolo Pacciolla & Antonio Cotardo)
Title: Just Flux!
Cat Number: SLAMCD543
Year released: 2012
Format: CD & all digital platforms
Barcode: 5028386617624
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Free Dot is a project by the Italian duo of Antonio Cotardo and Paolo Pacciolla, to create a space in which musical and cultural boundaries are broken, and opportunities of artistic dialogue are wide open. It aims at exploring sound and its resonating relationship with silence, creating sonic landscapes and tone colours sparked by the meeting of musical instruments of diverse cultural background. Improvisation is at the centre of Free Dot‘s projects.
Antonio Cotardo: flutes, voice, bells, piano
Paolo Pacciolla: drums, berimbao, mbira, voice, Jew’s harp, household percussion, piano
“The interplay between Cotardo and Paciolla is excellent. There were sections which worked so well they could have been composed, but that is the beauty of improvisations between players who listen carefully to each other. A nice record, which would make for some very nice background music, but would also stand up to careful listening.” – Bernie Koenig, Cadence
“The small and deconstructed instrument approach – a couple of tracks use flute headjoints, stones, pot lids – is hard enough to pull off musically, harder still to pull off with such delicacy and grace. These are lovely pieces, performed by two master musicians who know how to make music without just joining dots but who also understand the narrow line between freedom and an unsatisfying randomness.” – Brian Morton, Jazz Journal
“This is a completely improvised session and it has a rather ritualistic vibe. Sombre yet cosmic, free spirits without the virtuosic excess. After more than fifty years, “free music” is a universal language that is not bound by words or borders. When it works, it doesn’t matter where it comes from. It speaks directly to the heart and mind simultaneously. It works quite well here so dig in and enjoy.” – Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery
All compositions by Pacciolla and Cotardo.
Recorded the 8th of September 2011 at the base of the cultural association Sutra Arti Performative, Lizzanello, Italy.
Recorded and mixed by Pacciolla and Cotardo