Federico Albanese - The Houseboat and the Moon (2014)

Federico Albanese is a composer born in Milan, Italy in 1982, currently based in Berlin. His musical versatility is a natural gift that pushes him to explore music in all its facets. Albanese’s compositions are airy and cinematic, blending classical music, electronics, and psychedelia. Here, he melts his rarefied piano sound with electronics, strings, and homemade instruments, and the result is a combination of contrasts and colors with a variety of atmospheres.

In February 2014, Federico Albanese will release his debut album entitled "The Houseboat and the Moon". He found a place, an imaginary place, where, whenever he wanted to, he could jump on and just float away. On this moving shelter, traveling across memories and imagination, lulled by water and led by the moon, Federico wrote the 13 compositions of his debut. He recorded all of the piano parts with a 1969 German tape recorder, the Uher Royal Deluxe, which allowed him to catch all of the tiny hidden shades, the imperfections, the noises of the piano and its surrounding space. Federico melts this rarefied sound with electronics, live recordings, strings, and homemade instruments. The result is a combination of contrasts and colors with a variety of atmospheres that wonderfully represents Federico's musical universe.

Tracklist:

01. Beyond the Milk Wood (4:53)
02. Disclosed (4:50)
03. Carousel #3 (4:23)
04. Queen and Wonder (4:40)
05. Carousel #1 (2:29)
06. Double Vision (2:30)
07. Kato (3:24)
08. Lichtung (4:29)
09. Beside You (4:07)
10. Secret Room (4:36)
11. The Sudden Sympathy (3:57)
12. Sphere (3:52)
13. Space in Between (5:38)