Rêverie

Luca and Markus began playing together in 2005, when Markus formed an international ensemble to play at the Suoni delle Dolomiti festival.
One year later they performed as a quintet in St. Maternus in Cologne, Germany, where they 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 Luca’s Tacet (Extreme Records, 2008) and on the double album Songs/Signs of Luca’s project Flos with Stefano Castagna (Ritmo&Blu, 2018).
More live performances followed.

On July 9th, 2021 Markus visited Luca while traveling to some gigs in central Italy.
They set up in his studio and recorded a fully improvised set, where nothing was previously arranged or agreed.
The full set is captured on this album: four different takes with no more than 15 seconds in total cut from the original recording.

The music reflects the meeting of two different musical stories, each musician reacting to the other in a continuous flow of inspiration, tension and release. Their dedication to listening to each other is tangible and yet they still maintain their personal presence – to call or answer and to move together into unknown territories.

You can almost grasp the musicians’ 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 emerges from the recording, the polarities of width and depth seem to expand.

The dynamics have been preserved to preserve the original flow and expression.
Recorded live at high resolution (24/96) and mixed by Luca Formentini.

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Album Credits

Markus Stockhausen: Trumpet, Flugelhorn and Voice
Luca Formentini: Electric Guitar, Synth, Sampler and processing
Recorded live on July the 9^th, 2021 in Selva Capuzza – Desenzano del Garda – Italy
Mixed by Luca Formentini with no overdubs.
Copyright by Markus Stockhausen and Luca Formentini

released December 11, 2023