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OPEN TO THE SEA - Another Year is over, let's wait for Springtime

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Midira Records MD 080 Release Year: 2020 Note: acclaimed Italian "experimental" composers ENRICO CONIGLIO and MATTEO UTTERI formed this open "ethereal / melancholic / deep electronic Pop" project, with many guest musicians (for example LAU NAU on the first phantastic track) on vocals, bass, trumpet, cello, spoken word poetry, etc., creating a most intimate "experimental song" format, sometimes reminding on old 4AD Records... - comes with full colour 8 page booklet w. lyrics Price (incl. 19% VAT): €13.00 More Info "Open To The Sea is the collaboration project of Matteo Uggeri and Enrico Coniglio and “Another Year Is Over, Let´s Wait For Springtime” is their second album. While Coniglio focusses on guitar, synths and other instruments, Uggeri adds samples and field recordings to create a soundcosmos full of tiny melodies and themes with appereance by some guest musicians on drums, trumpet and cello. That would make a perfect experimental ambient album with jazzy moments, but Uggeri & Coniglio push this release further by adding some vocals to most of the tracks by inviting guest singers like Dominic Appleton (This Mortal Coil) or Lau Nau from Finland. “Another Year Is Over, Let´s Wait For Springtime” comes in an edition of 200 copies, housed in a full coloured digisleeve featuring an 8page booklet including more art by Graham Crowley, lyrics and credits. Enrico Coniglio: guitar, piano, duduk, synths, tapes and drones Matteo Uggeri: laptop, drones, rhythms, samples and field recordings; lyrics on “Uninvited Ghost” Dominic Appleton: vocal and lyrics on “Facing the Waves” Alberto Carozzi: bass on “Particles” Alessandro Sesana: trumpet on “Tapes and Cows” and “Crystal Dog Barks” John Guilor: vocal performance on “Uninvited Ghost” Yan Jun: vocals on “Crystal Dog Barks” Romina Kalsi/Animor: vocals and lyrics on “Particles” Gaia Margutti: lyrics and vocals on “Another Year Is Over” Lau Nau: vocals and lyrics on “Heavy Like a Falling Leaf” and “Tapes and Cows” Simone Riva: drums on “Facing the Waves” Andrea Serrapiglio: cello on “Uninvited Ghost”, “Duduk Confessions”, “Tapes and Cows PT.1”, and “Another Year is Over”; backing vocals on “Uninvited Ghost” Olivia Uggeri: lyrics on “Another Year Is Over” Nora Uggeri: presence on “Another Year Is Over” Luo Wanxiang: lyrics on “Crystal Dog Barks” https://enricoconiglio.bandcamp.com/album/another-year-is-over