Label: OOH-sounds - OOH-046
Format: Vinyl, Album
Country: Italy
Released: 2026
Genre: Electronic
Style: Experimental, Spoken Word, Folk
Like its cover, Nicolas Remondino's Hìeratico plays in the rich shades of crepuscular spaces. A night-tuned, percussion led album where prepared drums are accompanied by flickers of spoken word, acoustic instruments and muted electronics,
The title translates to 'hieratic', for Remondino a "black and gold" term laden with dualities and complex connotations. A sense of teetering between sparkling light and richly coloured darkness imbues the music, the compositions simulating a sense of heightened acuity as they convey us through a spooky elemental soundworld. The opening title track begins with a metallic shimmer, a drum skin activated in a way that sounds like it's being smelted. A cushioned rhythm enters, a smothered timbre akin to hearing something lurking around the garden. On "litho non-danse", percussion cracks like branches and dried foliage under foot.
Remondino recorded initial outlines for the pieces at Giuseppe Ielasi's studio in Milan, before fleshing out these ideas with his own additional instrumentation and contributions from a globe-spanning network of collaborators. On "blue hymne", chiming percussion equal parts jubilant and sinister heralds spoken word from Limpe Fuchs. "Tombal" opens (Mint / New)
Tracklist
A1 hìeratico
A2 litho non-danse
A3 blue hymne
A4 cuerda de piedra
A5 aranha
A6 tombal
A7 lode
B1 boku ga
B2 meridiana
B3 sospire
B4 punch of pacifism
B5 mura cetra
B6 vessel
