Thursday 28 March 2024

A different sound by Leonardo Barilaro

Malta- based independent pianist and aerospace engineer Leonardo Barilaro is leaning toward a different sound in 2020, as result of his music research where he merges with different live techniques piano and synth and as effect of the global pandemic situation. During this period he recorded, produced and released 2 EPs and 2 singles, shifting from a progressive metal influence to a more refined and elaborated electronic sound.

BlackShip, his latest EPs (July 2020), represented an important milestone on his path as Space Pianist designing the first concert on Mars. His new aesthetics is a hybrid of different experiences, like collaborations with contemporary fusion dancers and visual artists. This results in a music bridge between past and future, dreaming with retro-futurism nuances while rooting in the cultural inheritance. The main influences can be related to artists like Infected Mushroom, Ayreon, Ulver and Liquid Tension Experiment.

Now Leonardo is gearing up to evolve further his experimental sound, developing ‘hacked piano’ techniques, where he filters in real-time the sound of the instrument.

“Life is Short Birds are Flying | Hayat kısa Kuşlar uçuyor” is inspired by a poem of Cemal Süreya. This composition for voice (by Özlem Basman), hacked piano and synth is a reflection on this moment that modern society is facing due to the global pandemic. In this meditation in music, a Turkish version of “carpe diem”, there is a call to avoid overthinking and to be in the flow, since Time is swift for our human dimension. Influences in the sound can be linked to Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm. The release is enhanced by an experimental video where the music merges with the flow of yoga, it was realized in collaboration with Merve Yiğit and sponsored by Yoga Malta.

The global pandemic is having shocking effects on this modern society and the path ahead is blurry. Right now we can only trust the process and meditate: Hayat kısa Kuşlar uçuyor.

The experimental single “Life is Short Birds are Flying” and its particular sound is out September 7th.

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