Alio Die

Artist:  Alio Die & Parallel Worlds
P:  2020
LTD 200
The new third chapter of the duo is characterized by expanding atmospheres, in a more organic and dilated form, the sounds are left free to unfold and mix, revealing vertical, engaging and transcendent ... hypnotic dimensions. Everything flows without interruption breathes and pulsates passionately in the complete and absorbed kidnapping of the 'silent witness'.

Artist: Alio Die & Red Sector
P: 2001
RED SECTOR A (who successfully hit European dance charts for his solo projects recently) alongside ALIO DIE (a dark ambient artist who has collaborated with VIDNA OBMANA among many others in the genre) have released an unblemished debut CD of polished experimentation which goes by the moniker of SON-DHA. Mixing the electronic elements of ambiance, drum `n bass, free-flowing minimalism, and effected found sounds, SON-DHA perfects the taste of something new in the world of ambient music. This is an album that would appeal to fans of SCORN or ROBERT RICH.
The first track starts off with a low drone which molds into a strangely effected snare drum, slowly added into the mix is a sound like slapping a long wire with a pipe with exquisite layered effects, then the beat groove begins like a gust of wind flowing through a densely populated forest which makes the trees dance in the breeze. From there the soothing doesn't stop, this feeling emanates throughout each of the 8 long-playing tracks. This 56-minute CD is a perfect companion to virtually anything at all.

Artist:  Alio Die + Remco Helbers
P:  2021
LTD 200
This by far is one of his best collaborative works. Soft & mystical, gentle & powerful. Holds aspects of his early work in sentiment, yet carries an open maturity that nearly is touching on grace. This: Slow, delicate, rich, twinkling, ... An album for sunrise; An atmosphere for dusk.. An otherly world you never want to leave. Master-work.

Artist:  Alio Die
P: 2005 
Composedand recorded in 2004-05, with Saffron Wood playing psaltery and zither while Alio Die provides all other sound via flute, loops and field recordings (plus a piano sample borrowed from another collaborator, Festina Lente), ‘Corteggiandole Messi’ is stunning. It actually sounds like the ambient sounds have been recorded out of the ether without human interference, all very delicate and fragile. An unobtrusive and meditative suite sweetly soothing without even beingin the neighbourhood of cloying. Italian soundscapist Alio Die loves to collaborate, and before getting to one of his finest solo records to date, let us pause to reflect on a couple of his finerco-piloting gigs from the past couple of years.

Artist: Alio Die + Sylvi Alli
P: 2014
Amidst the Circling Spires is a captivating electro-ambient journey into an interior space, weaving visions of strong emotional impact. Sylvi’s heavenly voice drifts within the highly processed acoustic sounds created by Alio Die: a hybrid between – sonorous soundscapes and acoustic mysticism. The treated tones are an essential magma – organic and animated – luring the listener in like an ancestral call or an ancient saga. The loops, played with carillon, kalimba, zither, different objects and field recordings, blend into finely-detailed layered and treated.
Sylvi’s voice is intense and moving, evanescent and precise – each song a mantra exploring a unique soundworld. Her vocals interact deeply with the melodies and atmosphere of Alio Die as they weave together like dark roots underground.
The ecstatic and ritualistic landscapes that these artists offer shine with a magic all their own – giving rise to a multiple array of meditations perfectly mixed with unique pathos and abstraction.

Artist:  Alio Die
P:  2005
In the enigmatic Aqua Planing, Werner Durand and Alio Die create a sonorous,powerful, impervious space; sometimes liquid, subtly endearing. A meeting of mysterious sounds, both improvised and organised, of the traditional and self-made wind- instruments and their hybrids by Werner Durand (persian and circular water ney, circular  clarinet,khen, prepared shakuhachi) with the editing, loops and enviromental recordings by Alio Die. As in the title track, where they recorded the sound of the wind blowing on the edge of a PVC tube sticking out of the car window, while driving on an italian highway and mixed it with the sound of the ocean, filtered acoustically by the very same PVC tube, or the noise of a night train, the church bells in a mountain village, the musicians cause you to loose tracks of home and move towards purely surreal places.Their performance is always rigorous, the accurate tunings accuracy and special timbres of Werner Durand`s playing settled in the peculiar atmospheres created by Alio Die evoke unique interwoven listening spaces, rich with hues and shades,continuously evolving.

Artist:  Alio Die + Zeit
P: 2013
This acoustic session was performed and recorded at Temple Studio (Milan) in late november 2009. Electronic overdubs were completed between October 2011 and April 2012 at The Mag Studio (Florence).
Edited and mixed by Tommaso Cimò in May 2012.


zeit: analog synthesizers, sequencer & guitar
alio die: loops &
samples

Artist:  Alio Die + Zeit
P: 2010
The third collaboration with Zeit displays a wonderful and unique combination between acoustic sounds, field recordings and airy gentle electronic sounds.
The sonic result maintains the natural atmospheres of the original
acoustic recordings, done at the time of the Raag drone theory's sessions in Lunigiana, Italy at Chiostro dell’Annunziata and the Wood Sanctuary in August 2006.
Here the treatments enriche the mixture with a new sensible touch that subtly transports the listener towards an
enchanted and multi-dimensional place for relaxation.

Artist: Alio Die + Zeit
P:  2007 / 2012
LTD 99
Recorded live at Teatro Dadà, Castelfranco Emilia.

Packaging: 6-panel handmade digipak