ALTER EGO + MATMOS - Pranam - A(Round) Giacinto Scelsi

"Diving into the archives of Alter Ego -‐ the experimental ensemble of Manuel Zurria, Paolo Ravaglia, Aldo Campagnari, Francesco Dillon, Oscar Pizzo, Fulvia Ricevuto, and Eugenio Vatta -‐ Die Schachtel present Pranam ‐ A(Round) Giacinto Scelsi, a never before released body of recordings interpreting the works of the legendary Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi, made with Matmos(Martin Schmidt and Drew Daniel) in 2005. Resting at the outer reaches of avant‐garde chamber and electronic music -‐ moving at a glacial pace of tightly wound energy -‐ Pranam's two sides radically rethink the terms electroacoustic music in ways that still feel radically ahead of their time, more than 15 years after they were first laid to tape. A modular chamber ensemble with a pointedly antiacademic approach to music, over the course of its activities -‐ running roughly between 1990 and 2010 -‐ Alter Ego developed a devoted following among some of the most forward thinking voices in experimental music, all the w