Bruno Sanfilippo - ad Libitum (2004)

Artista: Bruno Sanfilippo
Álbum: ad Libitum
Año: 2004
Género: Ambient, Atmospheric
Duración: 52:12
Nacionalidad: Argentina

Lista de Temas:
1. Hipnoide
2. Intention
3. Devoción
4. Deceptive Beauty
5. Oniria
6. Oppio
7. Luminae Psicoactive
8. ad Libitum
9. Lúdico

Alineación:
- Bruno Sanfilippo / Composer, Graphic Design, Instrumentation, Piano, Processing, Producer, Sampling, Sounds, Synthesizer
- Max Corbacho / Computers, Rhythm

Hace tiempo yo había publicado un disco de Bruno Sanfilippo, no sé porqué luego no publiqué más, pero aquí venimos otra vez con la alternativa ambient y la música electrónica desde el lado progresivo. Y si bien a la música electrónica se la asocia con la música de baile y los dj's, hay diversos artistas que representan el amplio abanico estilístico. Acá tenemos uno... desde otro punto de vista, también el señor Jorge Reyes, de quien hemos publicado casi su discografía, entra dentro de este sumundo oculto dentro de la música electrónica. Y ahora que lo pienso, hay varios puntos de común entre Sanfilippo y Reyes, el gunto por los climas, por el ambient, por lo étnico, por la experimentación y por lo electrónico.
Pero vamos al comentario del disco.

Antes que nada, debo aclarar que Bruno Sanfilippo es un amante del rock sinfónico de Yes, Pink Floyd, Genesis y solistas como Peter Gabriel, Vangelis y Mike Oldfield, a pesar de ello, él hace otro tipo de música, cercano a veces a lo que se denomina "new age", música cercana a lo espiritual, explorando la creación sonora de forma tal que transmita al oyente más allá del simple entretenimiento, si trasportara al interior de cada uno... Allí todos tenemos un océano latente de imágenes, y cada uno lo manifiesta en forma diferente... y su música apunta a conectar al oyente con ese mundo interno personal de cada uno.

Esta es una música cinematográfica, ambiental, atmosférica, intimista, minimalista, espiritual y contemplativa. O sea, si querías revolear la cabeza con los riffs filosos de una buena banda metalera, vaya a buscar en otro posteo porque no va a encontrar nada de eso en este posteo.
Vamos con algunos comentarios y al disco, si me permiten...

In dreams, there's no imagined thing that's too absurd, too strange. Frequently Bruno's music comes from that inexhaustible source.
On ad Libitum, he creates atmospheres that take you inside yourself.
This Argentine musician now lives and works in Spain. And his newest of half a dozen solo releases is an ambient album of great beauty.
Like his popular Visualia Bruno uses more acoustic (sounding) instruments like piano and guitars, often reminiscent of fine film music.
There are also tracks on the album that are built from atmospheric sounds that sound a bit like the music of Steve Roach.
Other pieces are accompanied by a nice rhythm or a melancholic piano track with a lot of reverberation.
This is an impressive and enjoyable CD by a very versatile musician.

Lloyd Barde

What a delicately striking album this is. Part dark electronic, part soundtrack music, ad libitum all blends together into a wonderful tapestry of sonic imagery.
From deep reverberating piano to lush atmospheric textures to cool electronic grooves, each element is perfectly placed.
Hipnoide starts with the aforementioned piano, melancholy and lovely in a Harold Budd sort of way, simply gorgeous.
Tympani is used to great effect in Intention, enhanced by various synthetic touches, strings here, percussion there.
The quiet understated mood continues with Devoción, dominated by piano, strings, and something resembling harpsichord.
It is more orchestral than electronic, and quite moving. Deceptive beauty is a soft ambient piece, with a slowly breathing organic drone as its centerpiece; its title could serve as a two-word review for ad libitum in its entirety.
Oniria is another piano-infused number, perhaps the most delicate piece yet, intoxicating.
Oppio opts for sad tones that resemble oboe or perhaps bassoon.
Just when it seems the album has set a definitive path in the direction of all things quiet and reflective, two of the last three tracks challenge that just a bit.
Luminae Psicoactive leaves me grasping for words to describe exactly its style and sound.
Though it sounds more acoustic than electronic, it reminds me of the lush textures of the Cocteau Twins.
The title track adds tribal drums and occasional chants, and then the disc closes with perhaps my favorite, Lúdico.
The coolest computerized rhythmic groove is laid down, courtesy of Max Corbacho, and Sanfilippo adds rich synth pads to perfectly enhance the proceedings. Ad libitum is a breathtakingly beautiful and complete packag.

Phil Derby

The new album features a certain feel of romance and infiniteness.
At times it’s quiet, but it can also grow out to beautiful symphonic grandeur like in the third track Devoción. Next to delicately shaped soundscapes we also find environmental sounds, samples, fx’s and some intimate piano, which make up a nice atmosphere. Sometimes it even gets a bit dreamy and contemplative.
The short title-track features some chant and tribal rhythm.
But Bruno made the most impression on me with the strong closing track Lúdico, which is quite reminiscent to what Max Corbacho’s achieved on his album ”Moontribe”: pulsating rhythms over drifting soundtextures. Recommended.

Bert Strolenberg

For a start, most of the tracks have melodies running through them, or to be more accurate, have a strong thematic and melodic content that sets them apart as more than just space synth tracks.
From tracks that have rhythms from acoustic and electric drums and percussion to tracks that simply soar and drift on layers of gorgeous synth landscapes, there's a whole host of soundworlds on this 9 track, fifty-three minute album.
Musically there are obvious hints of people like Steve Roach, Vangelis (the cosmic, spacey passages of Vangelis that is), Brennan (in particular only more varied), but throughout it all, there's both a warmth and a sensitive passion that resides at the heart of the music, and makes it so enjoyable.
Whether, rhythmic or floating, each track has that sheer quality of existence that means you would be hard pressed not to play all of this every time you sit down to it. In short, essential listening.

Andy Garibaldi

I am very impressed by the CD Visualia of this Argentine musician who lives and works in Spain.
Therefore I was very anxious to hear more of his work. Well, his new album ad Libitum again has become an ambientalbum of great beauty.
Hipnoide opens the album with calm but full and impressive pianosounds.
This runs into Intention where hypnotic percussion supports sultry synthesizerparts.
In comparison to Visualia Bruno on this CD uses some more acoustic (sounding) instruments like piano and guitars.
In the fine and melodic Devoción this can be heard very well. This is almost filmmusic.
There are also some tracks on the album that are built up from very beautiful atmospheric sounds, like Deceptive Beauty, Oppio and Lúdico that sounds a bit like the music of Steve Roach.
This piece is accompanied with a nice rhythm. Oniria is a melancholic pianotrack with a lot of reverberation while Luminae Psicoactive and the titletrack could also serve as music for films. Again, this has become an impressive CD of this versatile musician.

Paul Rijkens

Si te gusta Jorge Reyes, si lo tuyo es Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream o Steve Roach, escucha la música de este hombre porque puede ser que sea muy pero muy de tu interés.

www.bruno-sanfilippo.com
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