Ariel Invernizzi Oviedo - Antique (February 12, 2022 Neue Numeral)

Antique is an album that falls within the sound universe of jazz, both because of its performers and because of the way it was recorded. The songs are compositions that emerged from group improvisation. Each song was worked with a conceptual direction, using the language and resources of each musician as a means to compose. Each one has its own singularity and was conceived as a total tour throughout the album. Antique seeks to bring together free improvisation, composition and structure and flexibility of roles. It was recorded with the musicians in the same room and without using headphones, with vintage microphone settings, thus recreating the rawest sound of the oldest jazz recordings. They are all first shots, without editing, later. 

About Ariel Invernizzi Oviedo:

Ariel Invernizzi Oviedo, Argentine, born in Havana, Cuba, on September 25, 1989.

Musician and improviser. Drummer and electronic musician. Audiovisual producer and screenwriter.

He studied Jazz at Manuel de Falla, Composition with Ricardo Capellano in the same establishment, and the Expanded Music residency at the National University of San Martín.

He actively participates in the improvised, experimental and interdisciplinary music scene in Buenos Aires. She has recorded on twenty albums and participated in various festivals and residencies.

He is part of the experimental music label TVL, as a musician and manager, with a wide international reach.

He is currently developing as a teacher: he teaches music, drums and improvisation classes in a private way. And as a session player in albums and shows of various artists and events.

About Gabriel Stern:

He studied musical composition with Ronaldo Miranda and Aylton Escobar at the University of San Pablo.

In 2012 he won a scholarship to study in Buenos Aires, where he settled down and studied Jazz Saxophone and Composition at the Manuel de Falla Conservatory. She has also participated in residencies with important international musicians such as Barry Harris, Tim Berne, Ben Goldberg and Marilyn Crispell.

He participates in various groups of the local instrumental scene playing saxophones, flute and clarinet and develops as a session musician for recordings and musical events.

About Nicolás Boccanera:

He studied with teachers Ernesto Jodos, Ricardo Capellano, Mono Fontana, Malena Levin and Jose Luis Juri. He is part of a generation of musicians who have resonated on the local scene for years like treasures to be discovered.

1. Terbio (Ariel Invernizzi Oviedo – Nicolás Boccanera – Gabriél Stern)

2. Kriptón (Ariel Invernizzi Oviedo – Nicolás Boccanera – Gabriél Stern)

3. Cerio (Ariel Invernizzi Oviedo – Nicolás Boccanera – Gabriél Stern)

4. Zebra Blue (Ariel Invernizzi Oviedo – Nicolás Boccanera – Gabriél Stern)

5. Antimonio (Ariel Invernizzi Oviedo – Nicolás Boccanera – Gabriél Stern)

6. Nobelio (Ariel Invernizzi Oviedo – Nicolás Boccanera – Gabriél Stern)

7. Europio (Ariel Invernizzi Oviedo – Nicolás Boccanera – Gabriél Stern)

ARIEL INVERNIZZI OVIEDO // Drum

GABRIEL STERN // Alto Sax

NICOLÁS BOCCANERA // Piano

All the songs were composed and interpreted by the members of the group

Recording engineer Ariel Feder

Mix and master by Ariel Feder

Recorded at Parral Studios

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Matías Formica Tríos - Hastío y Paranoia (November 26, 2021 Numeral)

About “Hastío y Paranoia”:

𝕀𝕟𝕖𝕩𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒 𝕖𝕝 á𝕟𝕚𝕞𝕒, 𝕠𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕒, 𝕒𝕝𝕦𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕒.

𝔼𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕖 𝕤í 𝕝𝕠 𝕚𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝, 𝕝𝕒 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕣𝕦𝕡𝕔𝕚ó𝕟.

𝕀𝕟𝕗𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕠, 𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖, 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕝 𝕝𝕒𝕕𝕠 𝕕𝕖 𝕒𝕥𝕣á𝕤, 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕪𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕒.

This project arises from the impulse of having made the album "AISLADOS" in the first part of the year, an album in duet with Jonatan Schenone, with my own compositions and improvisations. Which left me wanting to experiment more fully with free improvisation, but this time with the challenge of inviting different musicians, and doing totally improvised sessions. Some of them are great and admired friends, others, musicians that I admire and to whom I was encouraged to invite them to join this album.

This project consisted of six recording sessions, each lasting an hour on average, of which I selected two pieces from each session. The idea was to have different formations with varied instrumentations, to generate different timbricall experiences, all trio formations where even I played different instruments, two sessions with tenor sax, two with alto sax, one with flute and one with alto flute, always thinking different instrumental combinations, but at the same time taking into account the different ways of approaching improvisation that each improviser has. At the same time I could classify the pieces into acoustic and electroacoustic.

The criteria for selecting and assembling the album, I tried to make the total tell a story, that each piece was part of the whole. The first selection criterion was that in each song the trio sound prevails, although some tracks begin with a solo instrument, the general development occurs with the sound of the ensemble. The second criterion was to generate an album and not a compilation, with which the selection was to try to make the pieces combine with each other and with the total, trying to generate an album concept. The result in my opinion is as it usually happens, an intermediate point, there are very varied pieces conceptually speaking if we take them individually, but if they are heard in order, I think they combine perfectly.

This project was a challenge, since there were musicians with whom I had never played, and at the same time several of them, did not know each other or had never played with each other, with which each session had an adaptation period, but paradoxically some of the more interesting pieces were the first ones, perhaps because of the surprise when they started playing. Personally, although I am fascinated with the result of the album, it was a great excuse to be able to continue “studying” free improvisation which, in my opinion, is done playing and due to the harsh conditions of the environment in which we live, sometimes it is difficult to do it assiduously.

About Matías Formica:

Born in the city of La Plata. Flute player, saxophonist, composer and arranger. He began his studies of flute at the age of 14 (year 2000) with maestro Martín Saenz. He studied with Pablo Ledesma, Rodrigo Domínguez, Juan Pablo Di leone, Juan Pablo Arredondo, among others. In 2013 he attended the popular music workshops in Curitiba (Brazil), participating in the MPB ensemble (Brazilian popular music) by André Marques and in the improvisation perception workshop by Lea Freire. In 2019 he attended the SIM program in New York, and took classes with Tony Malaby, Tim Berne, Ralph Alessi among others. He participated in various projects, as an instrumentalist, arranger and composer, Matías Formica 4, Mingus Project, El Domo, Quinteto Ledesma / Alarcón / Edward / Carracedo / Formica, ZERO (Ledesma, Formica, Lorenzi Mingrino), among several others.

His first album was "Compendio de ideas sobre deformaciones" with his group El Domo (own compositions), the second "ISOLATED" in duet with Jonatan Schenone (own compositions and improvisations), he has recorded in other shared projects such as No Comunica con Lara Alarcón, Pablo Ledesma, Marcos Edward and Cristian Carracedo, among others.

1. Inexorable (feat Pablo Ledesma – Pablo Bianchetto)

2. Acecha (feat Lara Alarcón – Jonatan Schenone)

3. El Ánima (feat Pía Hernández – Cristian Carracedo Lauretti)

4. Observa (feat Lucas Albarracín – Marcos Edward)

5. Alucina (feat Rocío Gimenez Lopez – Matthew Golombisky)

6. Entre sí (feat Juana Sallies – Juan Cruz Cerasa)

7. Lo Irreal (feat Pía Hernández – Cristian Carracedo Lauretti)

8. La Disrupción (feat Lara Alarcón – Jonatan Schenone)

9. Infausto (feat Lucas Albarracín – Marcos Edward)

10. Maleable (feat Pablo Ledesma – Pablo Bianchetto)

11. Pero del lado de atrás (feat Juana Sallies – Juan Cruz Cerasa)

12. Proyecta (feat Rocío Gimenez Lopez – Matthew Golombisky)

LARA ALARCÓN / voice, live processing and tape (2-8)

JONATAN SCHENONE / acustic bass (2-8)

JUANA SALLIES / voice (6-11)

JUAN CRUZ CERASA / bass clarinet (6-11)

PÍA HERNÁNDEZ / piano (3-7)

CRISTIAN CARRACEDO LAURETTI / synthesizer (3-7)

PABLO LEDESMA / soprano sax (1-10)

PABLO BIANCHETTO / drums (1-10)

ROCÍO GIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ / piano and synthesizer (5-12)

MATTHEW GOLOMBISKY / electric bass, likable noise, tibetan bowl and elephant bells. (5-12)

LUCAS ALBARRACÍN / cornet (4-9)

MARCOS EDWARD / electric guitar (4-9)

MATÍAS FORMICA / tenor sax (1-4-9-10), alto sax (2-5-8-12), flute (3-7) and alto flute (6-11)

Recorded on April 6, July 22 and August 21, 2021, at Estudio Mirífico (city of La Plata), by 𝔽𝕒𝕔𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕠 𝕃𝕚𝕫𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕠, and August 23 and September 4, 2021, (Buenos Aires) at Estudio Libres by 𝕊𝕒𝕞 ℕ𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕥.

Mix and master by ℙ𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕠 𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕒.

Cover photo 𝕁𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕖 𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕒

Cover art by 𝕁𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕖 𝕍𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕚.

Videos 𝔽𝕝𝕠𝕣 𝕕𝕖 𝔽𝕦𝕖𝕘𝕠, 𝔸𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕝 𝕀𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕫𝕚 and 𝔸𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕣é 𝔻𝕚 ℙ𝕚𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕠.

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Matías Formica / Jonatan Schenone - Aislados (2021 Numeral)

Although this music is a photo, it reflects the creative process in the middle of 2020. This project arises as an excuse to travel the global pandemic in a creative way.

During eight months of introspection, a lot of study, many compositions and no space to test them, I propose to Jona (almost a neighbor), that we prepare a duet album with my compositions where the hierarchy of improvisations give identity to each of the music. .

And so, building this transition, we achieved for several months: AISLADOS.

This work is the result of trying to capture a language generated at this time, experimentation and exploration, in addition to the years of shared music, friendship and understanding.

The album is made up of his own compositions (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 Formica) and free improvisations (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8,10).

1. Big Fish 05:48

2. Impropia 01:46

3. Elegía de un imaginario 08:43

4. Improbable 02:25

5. Aislados 09:09

6. Improductivo 01:35

7. Ludus 06:31

8. Improrrogable 01:20

9. Ishiro 06:49

10. Improperios 02:23

11. Narcisa 05:38

Matías Formica - tenor and alto sax, flute and alto flute. Composition

Jonatan Schenone - doublebass

Recorded 27th of february and 13th of march, in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires. 2021

Recording, mixing and mastering - Pablo Formica

Photo - Jorge Formica

Cover art - Jorge Vimercati

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