12 years after the release of his debut as a soloist (My Roots, 2008) Andrea Piccioni is back with a new album of unreleased songs titled: TAMBURO E VOCE. As a separate voice the Drum is at the forefront, it is beat and melody, singing and pulsating at the same time. The Voice is a pivotal and characterising feature essential to the album; it is singing steeped in the past, intimate and personal.

The instruments of the Italian tradition, such as tamburello, tammorra, bass drum, Jew’s harp and castanets rise to prominence thanks to Andrea’s continuous creations and inventions. In some songs, electronics is skilfully mixed with archaic instruments and voice creating some layered textures. Elsewhere, differently, few acoustic elements charged with powerful and evocative sound dominate, emphasized by accurate recording and a stubborn and conscious mixing aiming at enhancing every little nuance. Few but essential companions complete the sonic mosaic giving it richness and depth.

Andrea Piccioni: voce, tamburello, tammorra, tamburo, marranzano (jaw harp) davul, bendir, ocean drum, spring drum, castanets, samples, elettronics
Vincent Noiret: chitarra battente, double bass
Pierfrancesco Mucari: soprano and alto sax, marranzano
Sirojiddin Juraev: dutar
Yinon Muallem: oud, cumbus
Matthias Haffner: pandeiro, berimbau