Records: Sacred Habits by Luca Perciballi
Kohlhaas, 2024
I just received this amazing record, “Sacred Habits” released by the italian label Kohlhaas, by the Italian guitarist, composer and sound Luca Perciballi. His work is focused on instrumental practice and a compositional gesture that starts from a performative gesture. Perciballi pursues a research where the structure is dominated by sound as an organoleptic agent, related to a dense network of references and memories.
Luca Perciballi – Guitarist- Composer- Sound artist
I will talk about “Sacred Habits” on my blog soon, but this cd is soooo goood that I want to give you a preview first. Hightly recommended!
”Coming on top of a decade-long sonic exploration of the potentialities of the guitar as a pure sound generator, the performance for solo guitar and objects 'Sacred Habits' is the most recent solo project by Modena-based composer and musician Luca Perciballi (whom the most devoted listeners of Kohlhaas catalog may recall playing electric and acoustic guitar in Alessandro Bosetti’s album 'Didone'). In Perciballi’s performance the gestures and signs of the body are assembled together and conveyed according to the contemporary modalities of the augmented guitar: electronics, preparations of the instrument and foot percussion. The result is a continuum of noises, archaic melodies, polyrhythms ranging from full electric amplification through pure acoustic sound, up to the use of prepared speakers, appearing as an obscure, vibrant percussion, partly electric and partly acoustic. Body, objects, space and sound make up a possible theatre for a single performer.”
released June 7, 2024
Composed and performed by Luca Perciballi (guitar, electronics, foot percussion, prepared speakers).
Recorded by Simone Coen with Davide Cristiani at Groundfloor Studio, Modena.
Mixed and mastered by Simone Coen at Chocolate Audio.
Cover picture by Fabio Barile.
Graphic design by Nicola Chemotti Beutel.