Im März erscheint das neue Album des Schlagzeugers und Komponisten Andrea Belfi. “Eternally Frozen” enthält Kompositionen für Bläserensemble, Synthesizer und Drums, die nach dem Kanon-Prinzip konzipiert sind. Die Brass Section besteht aus Robin Hayward (Tuba), Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø (Posaune) und Elena Kakailogu (Flügelhorn). Vom Label werden so unterschiedliche Musiker wie Arthur Russell, Miles Davis, Moondog, William Basinski, Ennio Morricone und Egisto Macchi als Referenzen genannt, deren Arbeiten mit Bläsereinsatz in den Stücken auf “Eternally Frozen” widerhallen. Das Album erscheint in den gängigen physischen Formaten bei Maple Death Records sowie digital bei Belfis eingenem Label Bow.

“The work is inspired by the evocative image of the Deprong Mori, a mythological bat with the alleged ability to fly through solid matter by bending atoms by its natural skill of audio echolocation. The myth suggests that one of these bats had been “eternally frozen” in a wall of solid lead in 1952 by the researcher of the Rockefeller University, Donald R. Griffith. This story is exhibited in a display at the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, an institution renowned for both speculative, fantastical reinforcement of mythology and playful and beguiling distortions of mysterious could-be truths. Both the canon and the “frozen” Deprong Mori are man-made illusory simulations of eternity. Their attempt is to create mirages, where the insinuation of facts is more meaningful than the reality.

After many years of sonic explorations with percussion, drums, and electronics, Belfi is here projecting himself as a composer through the direction of an astonishing brass ensemble in the realization of these canonic works.” (Maple Death Records / Bow)