Ophélie Gaillard - A Night in London - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In eighteenth-century Venice, the festivities never ceased Carnival could last for up to eight months of the year. In the Serenissima, everything becomes mask, metamorphosis and illusion. Sottosopra! - Inchupside downInch - conjures up the topsy-turvy world of Baroque Venice a city where masks erased hierarchies, where Carnival suspended the rules, and where music became at once mirror and vertigo. Centred on Ophélie Gaillard's cello and the voices of countertenor Zoltan Darago and tenor Zachary Wilder, this program brings together major pages from Vivaldi's output, but above all a wealth of delightful rarities reflecting a spirit of discovery, effervescence and celebration. The album is completed by a previously unrecorded cantata by Giovanni Finazzi, a castrato and composer who embodies the art of disguise in Baroque Venice.

Ophélie Gaillard takes her cello to Argentina to explore the birth place of tango, Piazzolla, and nueva canción, as well as the traditional sounds of Andean music and Chacarera. Joined by the big names of the genre such as bandoneonists Juanjo Mosalini and William Sabatier, guitarist Tomás Bordalejo, and the voices of Nahuel di Pierro and Inés Cuello, Ophélie Gaillard invites you to discover her favorites, from InchVolverInch or InchLa cumparsitaInch to the poetic treasures of InchPuneñaInch and InchCanción al árbol del olvidoInch in a raw and authentic journey, guided by passion and uncompromising freedom.

Mefitis is a dark metal endeavor dedicated to venturing the shadowy depths and desolate expanses of musical expression. Formed by Pendath and Vatha in 2007, Mefitis would from day one embody a metallic maelstrom intruding on the defined boundaries of extreme music. After some fallow years, the duo emerged to realize their dark metal vision with the 2019 full length Emberdawn. This record put forth their signature style of boundless songwriting across black and death metal, telling parables of degradation and savagery in both lyrics and the very music itself. The kindling now sparked, Mefitis returned in 2021 with their follow up in Offscourings. Here they would expand further on the possibilities of dark metal, exploring gloomier climes and thornier guitar arrangements. In addition, the band solidified a conceptual framework for the music to occupy, known as Skoria. In this parallel world out of time, the music, themes, and imagery could exist as ideas unto themselves rather than mere simulacra. And so, Mefitis brings you their newest work a duology in grey titled The Skorian // The Greyleer. Initially conceived as an experiment for analog tape, the new record is informed by the constraints and particular character of that medium. Every piece of sound one hears was initially tracked to tape and then digitized and mixed by the band. The dual title is indicative of the two halves, which were recorded in separate time spans and studio locations. However, The Skorian and The Greyleer are reflections of each other, and can be appreciated both in parts and in whole. Where past works looked outward to an ashen world, this new contemplates it's own crumbling edifice. It calls into question the very notion of one's 'self' as an entity in thrall to it's master. Witness now this loathing gallery, and join the grey.