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Mann, Oliver / Stefano Pilia

Precious Moments [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]

Mann, Oliver / Stefano Pilia: Precious Moments [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] (Tsss Tapes)

A tender, dreamlike collaboration between Stefano Pilia on guitars and Oliver Mann on vocals, expanded with Mick Turner's guitar, Zona MC's vocals and lyrics, and brass from Christopher Grace on trumpet, Freya Hombergen on horn and Jackson Bankovic on trombone, shaping nine intimate pieces where electro-acoustic texture, art-song fragility and experimental folk merge in a quiet meditation on friendship, memory and distance.
 

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Stefano Pilia-guitars

Oliver Mann-vocals

Mick Turner-guitars

Zona MC-vocals, lyrics

Christopher Grace-trumpet

Freya Hombergen-horn

Jackson Bankovic-trombone

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Label: Tsss Tapes
Catalog ID: tst061
Squidco Product Code: 37494

Format: CASSETTE
Condition: New
Released: 2026
Country: Italy
Packaging: Cassette
Recorded by James Cecil. Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi.
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Stefano Pilia is a Genoa-born, Bologna-based guitarist, composer, producer and electro-acoustic musician whose work investigates the sculptural properties of sound, its relation to space, memory and suspended time, and the expressive possibilities of guitar, bass, recording and studio process.

-Squidco 6/23/2026

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Oliver Mann is an Australian singer, composer and songwriter whose work moves between art song, experimental composition and intimate vocal music. His recordings include Oliver Mann Sings, The Possum Wakes at Night, Slow Bark and his collaborative work with Stefano Pilia.

-Squidco 6/23/2026

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Mick Turner is an Australian guitarist, artist and producer best known as a founding member of Dirty Three, with a long solo career and collaborations connected to Cat Power, Mess Esque, Tren Brothers and Melbourne's post-punk and experimental music scenes.

-Squidco 6/23/2026

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Zona MC is an Italian rapper and experimental vocalist whose work connects underground hip-hop, electronic music and breakcore-leaning production, with releases including Ananke, BreakHop, Caosmo, Scrivere col sangue, Porconomia and Storia della RAPubblica.

-Squidco 6/23/2026

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Christopher Grace is a trumpeter credited here as part of the album's brass ensemble, appearing alongside horn player Freya Hombergen and trombonist Jackson Bankovic in arrangements that add chamber-like depth and color to Mann and Pilia's intimate sound world.

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Freya Hombergen is an Australian horn player and music therapist whose background includes training and performance through the Australian National Academy of Music, with work spanning classical performance, collaborative projects and therapeutic music practice.

-Squidco 6/23/2026

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Jackson Bankovic is an Australian trombonist from Orange, New South Wales, trained at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Australian National Academy of Music, with performance experience including major Australian orchestras and a position with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

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