ANTONIO TONIETTI - /

How persistent is the shadow of the recent pandemic past? How deep is the mark it has left on us, for better or worse? The long wave of this ill-fated period, which has so heavily shaped recent artistic production, shows no sign of receding, and the third work by Antonio Tonietti fits squarely within its wake. Not merely a response in sound, but a sensory spectrum also fed by images and words, all condensed into a handsomely crafted self-produced booklet made in collaboration with Sarab Lab.

For its aural component, Tonietti puts to use his skills as both musician and luthier, shaping a two-part improvisational journey built with synths, tapes and, above all, his own self-built instruments. Two stretched-out electroacoustic tapestries, meditations on a state of mind and on the process of moving past a phase of unease, developed with a sense of measure that never tips into excess.

"Debridement". The sound is sinister, its reflections sharp-edged, the writing prone to a stagnation that calls for essential modulation. The resonant matter is a cold breath, the light channeled aseptically to give shape to the surgical scenario suggested by the title. Every injected frequency saturates the listening environment, and yet the sensation is one of floating in a void, at least until its noise-laden coda arrives.

"Restitutio". The flow crumbles, proceeding in fits and starts among fragments, sonic sobs held together by a filigree of synthetic melody that mark out a swirling, tension-laden advance. It's the storm before the calm is regained, and an heightened sense of awareness.

The poems and drawings amplify it all, acting as a further echo of an enveloping experiential journey that invites the listener to take part and draw nourishment from the outcome of an idea developed coherently across different tracks.

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02/01/2026