This Brooklyn-based trio for viola, bass, and drums is dedicated to exploreing musical structures and relationships through collective all-acoustic improvisation, with recordings on Prom Night, Edible Onion and FMR records.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2013 Country: Great Britain Packaging: Digipack Recorded by Aaron Nevezie at the Bunker Studios, Brooklyn on March 30th, 2012.
"Natura Morta is a trio for viola, bass, and drums dedicated to exploring musical structures and relationships through collective all-acoustic improvisation. The Brooklyn-based ensemble creates acoustic sound-sculptures and sonic landscapes through the use of nontraditional techniques and instrumental preparations. The musical range of the trio stretches from heated silences to relentless drones to frantic hyperactivity.
Natura Morta released its eponymous debut recording in March 2012 on the Brooklyn-based record label Prom Night Records. The band performed several concerts in New York City and toured the East Coast/Midwest of the US twice that year. In October 2012 Natura Morta released a live recording on a split tape with guitarist Nick Millevoi on the Philadelphia-based label Edible Onion."-Natura Morta website
French-japanese violist Frantz Loriot performs solo as well as in various ensembles ranging from rock to contemporary music by way of improvisation and electronics. Besides Natura Morta his current projects include: Viola Two Viola - with Cyprien Busolini (viola), baloni - with Joachim Badenhorst (reeds) and Pascal Niggenkemper (double bass), and a duo with Denman Maroney (piano), a duo with Jeremiah Cymerman (clarinet) and treffpunkt with Mikko Innanen (saxophones), Cédric Piromalli (piano) and Christian Weber (double bass).
Bassist and composer Sean Ali from Dayton, Ohio has been living in New York City since 2003. Here he participates in the city´s avant-garde and experimental music scene. Besides playing with Natura Morta he currently performs in a diverse group of ensembles, including Fester with David Grollman (percussion), LathanFlin&Ali with Lathan Hardy (sax) and Flin Van Hemmen (drums), Hag with Brad Henkel (trumpet) and David Grollman (percussion), PascAli with Pascal Niggenkemper (bass), the folk band Household Tales, the Mudbath Orchestra (a large ensemble), and occasionally performs solo.
Drummer Carlo Costa, was born and grew up in Rome, Italy. Since 2005 he has been living in New York City where works as a leader or sideman of various projects. He currently leads or co-leads Minerva (w/ bassist Pascal Niggenkemper and pianist JP Schlegelmilch), Natura Morta (w/ bassist Sean Ali and violist Frantz Loriot), the Carlo Costa Quartet (w/ saxophonist Jonathan Moritz, trombonist Steve Swell and bassist Sean Ali), a trio with trumpeter Joe Moffett and tubist Dan Peck, a duo with guitarist Ryan Ferreira, the large ensemble Acustica and a solo drums project.