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Decorato, Michelangelo / Leo Cicala
Thauma

Decorato, Michelangelo / Leo Cicala: Thauma (Creative Sources)

An introspectively lovely and reflective album of electroacoustic composition through minimal electronics, piano, samples and electronics, from the collaboration of Italian sound artists Michelangelo Decorato and Leo Cicala, with trumpeter Luca Calabrese joining on one piece; sophisticatedly languid, alluring and detailed ambient music.
 

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Personnel:



Michelangelo Decorato-piano, laptop, samples, composition, electronics

Leo Cicala-electroacoustic composition, synthesis and electronic sound processing

Luca Calabrese-trumpet


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UPC: 5609063407150

Label: Creative Sources
Catalog ID: cs715
Squidco Product Code: 31133

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2021
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Mixed and mastered by Leo Cicala at Sound Labs "ACUSMA Teatro del Suono".

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An introspectively lovely and reflective album of electroacoustic composition through minimal electronics, piano, samples and electronics, from the collaboration of Italian sound artists Michelangelo Decorato and Leo Cicala, with trumpeter Luca Calabrese joining on one piece; sophisticatedly languid, alluring and detailed ambient music.


Artist Biographies

Michelangelo Decorato: piano. Curious musician, his projects range from classical to jazz, from electronics to the performance for the dance. Diploma in jazz piano and music at the Conservatory "N. Piccinni "in Bari, later studied with Enrico Pierannunzi Franco D'Andrea and Stefano Battaglia Danilo Rea.

-TRJ Records (http://www.trjrecords.it/en/artisti/117/m4et.html)
6/25/2025

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"Leo Cicala acousmatic composer, performer, live performer, teacher. Graduated in Electronic Music " cum laude" and instrumentation for band at the Conservatory "T.Schipa" of Lecce, Italy, holds a Bachelor's degree in biology and studied Drums and Jazz music.

He interpreted the acousmonium more than 100 works in Italy and abroad. In 2015 published "Acousmatic Interpretation manual" for Salatino Edizioni Musicali. In 2014 has released the cd "Rust" for the label "Art & classic. His compositions have been performed at important events in Italy,UK, Belgium, France, Japan, United States.Grand Prize winner "Bangor Dylan Thomas Prize" in the UK in 2014."

-Mise-En Music Festival 2017 (http://festival.mise-en.org/2017/leo-cicala/)
6/25/2025

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"Luca Calabrese is a musician, researcher, composer, experimenter. In recent years, he has worked diligently on the sound of ambience.

Over the years his vision of music has gradually moved away from traditional and academic classical stereotypes, embracing a minimalist and strongly intimate vision.

The productions created letting themselves be inspired by the places, tell stories, blend with the spaces, taking on cold colors or warm shades in relation to the surrounding environment.

For over 30 years on international stages from Chicago to Mexico, from Canada to Japan, France, England, Spain, Portugal, Sweden. The musical research has become more and more personal, the influences of the places have contributed to create a contemporary language, the acoustic instrument, the trumpet and the electronic and electroacoustic sounds become real multimedia and multisensory sound installations."

-Luca Calabrese Website (https://lucalab.jimdofree.com/)
6/25/2025

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Track Listing:



1. Breathe 3:12

2. Planet Hearth 4:14

3. Eascha 11:47

4. Solstizi 4:44

5. Alloy 3:25

6. Vuoto 5:21

7. Everything Is One 7:28

8. Keys 3:59

9. Sapiens 5:12

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