alio die & mariolina zitta - la sala dei cristalli (cd)

This deep listening experience was realized with selected sound materials from sonorous stones, stalactites, bat calls, flutes, and field recordings collected by Mariolina Zitta in different caves in Liguria a Sardinia, Italy. It was processed and edited by Alio Die. In "Lithos" the drones are played by the authors on a set of long stones that goes in resonance, caressed by a bathed hand, by the same principle of the crystal's glasses. A very immersive and obscure traveling, an underground meditation with a ritual touch, in accord with the "natural sound", despite the sampling and multieffect techniques used here.