The composer and songwriter known as
Jacopo Gianninoto has released his latest LP album, “Herometic.”
The record comprises eight original tracks for an approximate total
listening time of 50 minutes. A contemporary, experimental, highly
imaginative classical record with a modern heart and an ancient soul,
“Herometic” is an album no fan or student of international music
should miss.
Jacopo Gianninoto cites as main
artistic influences J.S. Bach, Monteverdi, Jordi Savall, Egberto
Gismonti, Keith Jarrett, K. Stockhausen, John Cage, and Josquin
Desprez. His compositions on “Herometic” are built on traditional
underpinnings supported by familiar conceptual infrastructures, but
gilt with wildly creative melodies which seem to spin naturally from
his instruments without interference from the musician, himself. A
live element to his recordings which make up “Herometic” is ever
present, adding a jazz-like atmosphere not commonly found in the
classical music genre.
Speaking of his start in music,
Gianninoto writes, “The moment I started breathing, this is one
thing I used to write: 'When we are born, all of us human beings, the
first thing that we do is something that is usually misunderstood as
crying, but in a real sense is singing... It is the sign that we are
alive, the manifestation of our real nature. We are all musicians, we
are all music, but just a few people keep on singing forever. So if
they ask me when I started playing music, I always answer that I
simply never stopped!”
Asked to describe the overall theme or
message of “Herometic,” Gianninoto replies, “My music is part
of my spiritual path, something that comes out of my deepest feelings
and experiences. I think when someone listens to it they can
experience their own things. My dream is that my music could be a
sort of a mirror where each can find some little thing about
themselves…but, well, it's just music that comes from me and from
my heart.”
Like the rest of Gianninoto's music to
date, “Herometic” focuses on the idea of creating 21st-Century
music with ancient instruments, such as the lute and baroque guitar.
He seeks to accomplish this with an improvisational spirit which
connects to his renaissance and baroque musical studies. He often
involves the works of visual artists, dancers, actors and writers for
original collaborations developing like concepts from different
artistic perspectives.
Jacopo Gianninoto's official bio
describes him as a guitarist, lutenist and composer from Italy now
based in Bangkok. He is the creator and director of several artistic
multidisciplinary projects such as “Baroque Me Baby,”
“Renaissance Redux,” “The Praise of Folly,” “Romance Is a
Hoax,” “One/One Performance,” “The Giordano Bruno Project,”
“Lux in Tenebris,” “Please Don't Entertain Me,”
“Chiaroscuro,” his recent “Herometic,” and many more.
“Herometic” by Jacopo Gianninoto is
available online worldwide. Classical audiophiles and fans of
inventive music in general should get in early.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
“Herometic” by Jacopo Gianninoto
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