Vol. 1 – Room 1-6 is a brilliant and singular piece of work, comprised of siX independent works – “rooms” of meditative, electronic ambience which sculpt a total world. Recorded using only a Yamaha DX7 synth and two track tape machine, it is proof of the power of minimalistic constraint. A pulsing realm of abstract rhythms and compleX structure and resonance, Ambienti Coassiali’s towering achievement stands outside of time – unplaceable in any decade, while redefining long held beliefs about what ambient music might be.
Using a Yamaha DX7 and two RevoX A77 tape recorders, Ambienti Coassiali coaX out a hypnagogic suite in siX parts, originally intended as the first of future volumes, but ultimately destined to be the series’ only instalment until a Spare Rooms album crept out in 2017, 29 years later.
Reissuing the original tape release in its entirety, this 30th anniversary edition is the first vinyl pressing of Vol.1 – Room 1-6, giving a whole new wave of listeners a chance to bathe in the glorious, creamy light of its lush, new age-oriented opening and closing stanzas, along with some gorgeous, much subtler parts in between, from the floating harmonic structures of Stanza 3 to the playful underwater jazz notes of Stanza 5.
built of five “rooms” (“stanze”) through which listeners may wander / wonder freely yet meaningfully, as if in a dream. The entry point, “Room 1,” is perhaps the most affecting of these chambers, a deeply pacifying swell causing limbs to lift and eyelids to droop. “Room 3”, of similar length and depth (around the 11-minute mark) is bookended by shorter rooms of intrigue, though without complication, or even plot. This story is one of space rather than scenario, a setting rather than an action. One must simply allow themselves to be enveloped, though resisting the eXperience may not be possible.
In the late 1980s, armed with nothing but a Yamaha DX7 and a RevoX A77 tape machine, the Italian ambient/concrète duo Capricorni Pneumatici produced this remarkable work of chillaXed FM synthesis under the name Ambienti Coassiali. This vinyl & DVD reissue makes this lush material available for the first time since the original cassette.
No se sabe mucho del duo italiano Ambienti Coassiali. Tienen otro proyecto llamado Capricorni Pneumatici, menos ambient y más eXperimental.
“Vol. 1- Room 1-6” pasó absolutamente desapercibido en su momento y es una auténtica maravilla. En el disco colabora Riccardo Sinigaglia.
Viva Italia.
In 1988, the members of the already challenging Italian eXperimental duo Capricorni Pneumatici spun off on a new project that eXplored more dream-like territory. The side effort, called Ambienti Coassiali (translation: CoaXial Environments), used the wonderful sounds of the Yamaha DX7, one of the first commercially available synthesizers, and a pair of tape machines to devise work that feels like floating in a jacuzzi bath. The warm water of their melodies soothe but small jets of chirping or thrumming keep you alert. Released as a very limited edition cassette called Volume 1 – Rooms 1-6, these much sought after jams are set to be reissued on vinyl by the brand new label Incidental Music on April 13th.