All the songs were written to be made fully available to the music, and like a canvas they were analyzed, explored and reinterpreted with the awareness of a group of musicians with magnetic interplay. The resulting music is made of improvisation, the improvisation of listening, the listening of trust, the trust of empathy – empathy of the souls that have met.
This work is not born out of an analysis or a project; rather, it is the instinctive beginning of Peruzzi’s journey toward his future, like a pawn moving forward by a leap opening in front of him a game as wonderful as it is expected.
SONGS FROM THE PAST AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
Nothing is ever created just for yourself.
The act of sharing is intrinsic to the creative process, because if the music existed purely for the artist, then it wouldn’t be for anyone else, and so it would as well not exist.
Moreover, the artist and the music cannot exist without a third entity – a listener.
At this event, the listener is you and them.
You are the final listener, the final destination of this music; music which may have been born from two objects casually tapping together or to the natural rhythm of the rain; music that will evoke emotions from deep within.
These emotions have been absorbed, transformed, written, and etched into these notes.
Therefore, these notes are for you, too.
It does not matter where this creative process was born, whether it is the rain or tapping, or being able to comprehend what the soul experienced at that moment of creation.
It’s not essential to for us know this.
Here, you can find yourself.
A true artist does not try to transmit their emotions onto you, but instead tries to make new ones arise, just like looking in the mirror.
Oh, and I nearly forgot about the ‘them’ that I was talking about.
‘Them’ are us, who played this music together, in a room, in a moment, pioneers of ourselves.
We are makers.
We are lovers.
We are the moment.
We spirit.
PERSONNEL
Paolo Peruzzi – vibraphone, percussion, synthesizer
Fall Raye – saxophones
Ethan Klotz – saxophones
Ebba Dankel – piano and Fender Rhodes
Nick Isherwood – bass
Nitzan Birnbaum – drums, percussion
Produced by Paolo Peruzzi
Recorded by Joshua Lu at Wellspring Sound on May 7th, 2023
Percussion and synthesizer recorded by Paolo Peruzzi at San Rocchetto Hermitage in August 2023
Mixed by Lorenzo Sementilli and Paolo Peruzzi at Wildflower Studio
Mastered by Lorenzo Sementilli
Photographs by Ana Blagojevic
‘Nothing is ever created just for yourself’ is written by Filippo Brugnoli
Graphic design by Matthias Krissmayr
All selections are written by Paolo Peruzzi
This record is dedicated to Xabi and Max.
One a loyal and always smiling friend,
the other a respected and good man,
both musicians driven by undeniable and profound passions.
Thank you for this life with us.
May this music also be there for you.