Rêverie, my new album with Markus Stockhausen

I’m excited to finally share this new album with Markus Stockhausen, which was recorded during a single session on July 9th, 2021, when Markus visited me on his way to some concerts in central Italy. We set up in my former home studio and recorded a fully improvised set, where nothing was previously arranged or agreed.
The full set is captured on this album: four takes without any overdubs.
The album is published by Dark Companion, a precious name for refined and honest music, gathering amazing artists from many different areas and music languages.

Me and Markus began playing together in 2005, when Markus formed an international ensemble to play at the Suoni delle Dolomiti festival. One year later we performed as a quintet in St. Maternus in Cologne, Germany, where we recorded a live album, which initiated the project called “Flowers of Now”. (Intuitive Music in Cologne, Horus Label, 2008).

Later on Markus played on two tracks of my album Tacet (Extreme Records, 2008) and on the double album Songs/Signs of my project Flos with Stefano Castagna (Ritmo&Blu, 2018). More live performances followed.
This video shows the very first moments of the recording session, which gave birth to the first track of the album: Dream Talk.

The music reflects the meeting of our two different musical stories, each of us reacting to the other in a continuous flow of inspiration, tension and release. Our dedication to listening to each other is tangible and yet we still maintain their personal presence – to call or answer and to move together into unknown territories. You can almost grasp our wonder at the evolving and unpredictable sonic landscape.
Acoustic sounds interweave with electronic parts in constant exploration with the spontaneity of intuitive composition. A deep sense of space and dreamlike atmospheres emerge from the music, the dimensions of width, depth and time seem to expand.
You can find the album on all major online services and on cd via Bandcamp and Dark Companion label store

1. Dream Talk 10:01
2. Spirits Everywhere 09:49
3. Walking in Dream Land 07:25
4. Night Birds 10:14

Music composed by Markus Stockhausen and Luca Formentini