Nicolas Masson, Roberto Pianca, Emanuele Maniscalco – Third Reel (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 53:28 minutes | 502 MB | Genre: Jazz
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A collaborative group brimming with creative potential, Third Reel packs much musical information into the sixteen vividly expressive tracks of its debut album. Trio members Nicolas Masson, Roberto Pianca and Emanuele Maniscalco are committed improvisers and gifted writers, each with a distinct compositional signature. The contrasts, and a shared sensitivity for space, shape the group’s sonic identity. Each member of this Swiss-Italian trio is a bandleader is his own right but the cooperative Third Reel is a priority for all of them. Conceived as a trio without bass from the outset – “it means more responsibility for each player, as well as more risk-taking” – Third Reel went through various drummers until Pianca brought along Emanuele Maniscalco in 2010 (drummer and guitarist had previously collaborated in the band Food Chain). Third Reel celebrates the release of its album with concerts in Brescia (March 20), Geneva (March 21), Lugano (March 22) and Biasca (March 23). An extended European tour is in preparation for October and November.
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Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni & Mark Solborg – Foil (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 50:36 minutes | 483 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ILK Music
Three years after their critically acclaimed first eponymous LP, Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni and Mark Solborg are ready to deliver a new chapter of their journey. Put together a whole new set of original compositions, three strong and sensitive musicians from Denmark and Italy carrying three years of focused concert activity in Europe together, the amazing acoustics of the “Ridotto” hall, in one of the best preserved opera houses in Italy, and you have FOIL.
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Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni & Mark Solborg – Canto (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:12 minutes | 799 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ILK Music
With a buzz in our ears, we sing our way through the cantos of a new book. Shout – or whisper – our musical poetry into a spacious realm of warm analog keyboards, strings and reeds, flooded with subtle electronics, granular processing and microtonality. Interwoven contemporary chamber music tableaux are carefully folded into a unique multilayered electroacoustic blend – grandiose and yet intimate.
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