GS - Controlled Bleeding & Sparkle in Grey: Perversions of the Aging Savant

Controlled Bleeding & Sparkle in Grey	Perversions of...	2015
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TRACKS: Controlled Bleeding "The Perks of Being a Perv" 1. Intro 2. Garage Dub 3. Springtime in Brooklyn 4. Perks Pt. 1 5. Birdcanned Pt. 1 6. Birdcanned Pt. 2 Sparkle in Grey "The Rant of the Idiot Savant" 7. Idiot Savant Pt. 1 8. Idiot Savant Pt. 2 9. Idiot Savant Pt. 3 10. Idiot Savant Pt. 4 EXTRA PERVERSIONS - CD version 11. Mevlano Pt.1 (Sparkle in Grey) 12. Live in Brooklyn, 2012 (Controlled Bleeding) EXTRA PERVERSIONS - DL version 11. Iurop Pt. 2 (Sparkle in Grey) 12. Untitled Trang Song (Controlled Bleeding)	ALBUM PREVIEW: <a href="http://sparkleingrey.bandcamp.com/album/perversions-of-the-aging-savant">Perversions of the Aging Savant by Controlled Bleeding & Sparkle in Grey</a> CREDITS: Track 2 recorded and engineered by Martin Bisi in New York.; tracks 2, 3 and 12 recorded live. Tracks by CB recorded and produced by Paul Lemos. Tracks 7-10: Recorded by Andrea Serrapiglio at BadInstruments in Alessandria, June 2014 and mixed by Matteo Uggeri in 2014-2015, then mastered by Andrea Serrapiglio in March 2015. Illustrations by Jeffrey Postma www.postmadesign.de Graphics by Matteo Uggeri and Jeffrey Postma with a help by Bruno Kiekebiche. LABELS: Off Records (BE) Old Bycicle Records (CH) PRESS SHEET: Press sheet English (PDF)
DESCRIPTION: Split albums are generally record items not much loved by fans, often forced and incoherent combinations of musicians and songs without true relationships or conceptual connections between them. Exactly the opposite is what happens in the work originated from the lasting friendship and the interchange at distance between the Italian Matteo Uggeri of Sparkle in Grey and Paul Lemos, since 1983 at the head of the US band Controlled Bleeding. Perversions of the Aging Savant not only shuffles the cards with the additional "extra perversions" of the two groups placed symmetrically at the end of the album, but is also the result of mutual suggestions and course adjustments, throughout the preparation of the tracks. The laborious process of bilateral "influence" has allowed the development of a tangible affinity in the sonic climate and of a considerable stylistic consistency among the different sections of the album, without affecting the individual characteristics of the two projects. 2015

REVIEWS, COMMENTS and more: Vittore Baroni, African Papers, Buscadero... *"This split CD is a pearl in which the concept of several musical worlds melting together comes through."* VITAL WEEKLY (Jan Kees Helms) *" Both halves are engaging, well conceived works of music featuring artists who are extremely adept at their instruments, but choose to create extremely strange and confrontational music."* BRAINWASHED (Creaig Dunton) "'Perversions of the Aging Savant' si candida a ragione come una delle migliori uscite dell'anno." INDUSTRIAL [R]EVOLUTION (Giovanni Rossi) "I due progetti si incontrano e ci portano in vette di delizia sonora" RUMORE (Daniele Ferriero) "Certi nomi sono sempre garanzia di qualità. Gran bel lavoro." SODAPOP (Claudia Genocchio) "Eine wunderbare Platte, in die man sich aber am besten mit Kopfhörern hineinfallen lassen muss, um sie zu geniesen." STORMBRINGER (Alex Mueller) *“Gli Sparkle in Grey sempre più abili cesellatori di un suono imprendibile ed evocativo.”* BUSCADERO (Lino Brunetti)