Francesco Berta - The Year of the Wolf (2017) EN

Quite recently I wrote about him as a part of the musicformessier's project |Eclipse". Now, based in London Italian, Francesco Berta, after releasing a few singles this year, has published an EP "The Year of the Wolf".

The album is supposed to channel Berta's "confidence and insecurities", it is "warm, a bit obscure, wildly experimental and hiding an unexpected gentle nature". Anyone who'll listen to the album with attention should agree with this description by the autor. Quite well noticeable is also the lo-fi'ness of the recordings that have been made with old recorders. One of many uniquely sounding features here.

And there was so much to record - the album includes not only Berta's piano and electronic sounds but also flute, bassoon, violins, cello and viola. Electronic music served in a very serious way. This blending of the classic and modern makes his music popular in advertisement industry. The last EP underlines it especially in "The Longest Year" and its quite strongly stressed pace and in my favourite track: "You Held the World in your Arms" sounding in some parts like Clint Mansell's "Moon" OST.

"The Year of the Wolf" costs 5 EUR.

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