Dominic Appleton & Matteo Uggeri
The London based singer and keyboard player Dominic Appleton, known since the early eighties for his musical activity in the space rock/psychedelic (or better “indefinable”) band Breathless, and perhaps even more for his vocal contributions to the legendary This Mortal Coil project on 4AD, joins forces with the Milanese producer and sound artist Matteo Uggeri, active from 1993 behind several projects spanning from industrial to post-rock and ambient soundscapes, known for collaborating with artists such as Maurizio Bianchi, Controlled Bleeding, De Fabriek, OvO, Giuseppe Ielasi, Giulio Aldinucci and many more.
The result, as these premises might foreshadow, is a complex cross-genres album, whose tracks are built on Matteo’s intricate rhythmical musical textures and Dominic’s melancholic and sweet melodies. Everything is enriched by a long list of contributors from both the UK and Italy, adding layers and arrangements of instruments such as violin, cello, trumpet, bass, piano, drums and a tiny bit of acoustic guitar. In their first album, "Starlight and Still Air", released by Beacon Sound, they play songs moving between digital frequencies that meet jazz-like drumming, or soaring strings that overlap with pop-oriented sung vocals.
(Above photo by Riccardo Trudi Diotallevi)
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