The Coldest January 
Crìa Cuervos & Sparkle in Grey The Coldest January
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TRACKS:
: Cria Cuervos:
1. Enero-Sinopia

: Cria Cuervos & Sparkle in Grey:
2. The Coldest January

: Sparkle in Grey:
2. That January when...

 

This is the first official mp3 release by Sparkle in Grey.

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Sounds, samples and mix by Matteo Uggeri and Eugenio Maggi.

LABELS:

ctrl-alt-canc
Sine3pm

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Complete Zip file with graphics and music<

 
DESCRIPTION: 'I can't exactly remember what really happened to me in January of 2003, and I don't exactly know what happened to my friend Eugenio in that cold month. I just remember that in the last few years, especially 2001, January has been a very awful month for me. It could seem almost ridiculous, but in each slice of my life, except maybe for work, everything was going bad: sickness, death and deep love troubles happened to me and all around. In 2002 and 2003 a lot of stress overwhelmed me, making me feel anxious and ill. Ever since, that first month of the year, which signifies beginning, change, hope and love for many other people, for me now means only fear.

So, I started working on a ''cathartic'' song in February, about all of these things, putting in noises, phone sounds, distant drills and the melody of an old music box that plays a very sad melody. I talked about it on a music internet newsgroup, Oltre Il Suono, and a guy that I didn't know before replied to me, and told me ''Well Hue, it's the same for me: we are two!''. I asked him to join the project, proposing to make a split album together, about that first month of the year.
He's Eugenio Maggi, aka Cría Cuervos, and he made a wonderful icy track starting from mine and from my samples. I heard it in August, and I finished my version with new samples from him in September. Finally we issued it, for now only through the web, thanks to our friends Adriano of Ctrl+Alt+Canc and Alberto of Sinewaves. I can only say thanks to you all, and to all the listeners." 2004

REVIEWS, COMMENTS and more: ...a review from Frans de Waard on Vital Weekly

"Two lengthy pieces released as MP3s by Cria Cuervos and Sparkle In Grey. Cria Cuervos is one Eugenio Maggi, of whom we reviewed his CDR 'Cancroregina' in Vital Weekly 423. His 'Enero-Sinopia' is a lenghty pieces of crackling electronics, in which over the course of the piece outside noises, like cars passings and phone lines come through. Maybe not the most innovative piece of microsound I heard, but in all it's simpleness quite an interesting recording. As a link to Sparkle In Grey there is also a short collaborative track, linking both together. Off almost equal length is the Sparkle In Grey piece 'That January When...' which also uses telephone lines and mobile phones searching for a network. This is a much opener piece, with sounds as loose entities flying about like stars at night. Over the course of the piece sounds disappear, like flying into a black hole. Just like sparkles indeed. Nice release!" VITAL WEEKLY (Frans De Waard)


 

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