- Markus Reuter and Stefano Castagna: Sky On The Ground
(2025, download / streaming, --, bandcamp / iapetus)
Two years after having released "Sea Of Hopeless Angels", Markus Reuter and Stefano Castagna are back with "Sky On The Ground".
The liner notes explain the process:
Where SOHA was defined by compositions bound to Markus’s performances—structures set in time that could not be altered—Sky on the Ground embraces intersections, divergences, and multiple possibilities. Much of the material came from Markus’s vast archive, built over years of improvisations and solo work. Stefano approached these recordings without reverence, treating them as raw, formless matter, free of sentiment, to be molded entirely in service of a new musical vision—an idea that gradually revealed its shape and direction as the work progressed.
The guiding concept was to create concise pieces—landscapes and images—that allowed for sudden, even drastic changes of course within them. A defining spark came from Markus: the idea to use both of their voices in melodic ways, something neither artist typically explores.
Where SOHA was defined by compositions bound to Markus’s performances—structures set in time that could not be altered—Sky on the Ground embraces intersections, divergences, and multiple possibilities. Much of the material came from Markus’s vast archive, built over years of improvisations and solo work. Stefano approached these recordings without reverence, treating them as raw, formless matter, free of sentiment, to be molded entirely in service of a new musical vision—an idea that gradually revealed its shape and direction as the work progressed.
The guiding concept was to create concise pieces—landscapes and images—that allowed for sudden, even drastic changes of course within them. A defining spark came from Markus: the idea to use both of their voices in melodic ways, something neither artist typically explores.
The result is fascinating.
Beautiful soundscapes / compositions.
Beautiful soundscapes / compositions.
Futuristic, movie-like, dreamy,... It's all in there.
Out on LP, on CD, and as a download / streaming release on Bandcamp.
Recommended listening !
Out on LP, on CD, and as a download / streaming release on Bandcamp.
Recommended listening !
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