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Roberto Ferrara Luca Formentini's music is deep, intimate and refined. This album, very introspective, is an exemplary representation of this, together with the equally splendid album "Scintilla".
Luca himself, with whom I had the opportunity to exchange communications regarding the purchase of the vinyl, turned out to be a very attentive and extremely kind person.
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What If 06:30
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Traced 06:21
I am
 something that I could have never believed could exist 
the trace of something before that it happens The trace of something before it happens I am The trace of something I am which has yet happened The spirit of Of seers Cannot see what you see Can you show me how things change Or do we have to To move from here Can you I am Do things change through different names define Should we change the one we wear You in you The me in you They should touch each other The you in me Density Density Growing Density Everything Which is needed Is in your hand Your hand Is inside you You is in your hand
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Outs 06:29
One day the day arrived dressed a different way Walked in as there was no skin on his skin I was sure there was a smile on his face but my eyes couldn’t find any It was a day The day of breathing wide as a cloud and still as a lake That day had legs of a different shape They were walking different walks Able to sustain other lands Modulate steps on different soils The secret day Inside my day Will find me awake In a solid sleep So Hello my day My dear day Come in to me Let me be you Let you be me Me be me The way a day can be
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To all those moments when we feel everything is clear and clean, and all realities exist at once.
The unknown is your ally

Luca Formentini: all sounds, voice and lyrics on Traced and Outs.
Molecules: extract from the recording of Dr Sidney Cohen and of an unnamed American housewife who volunteered for an experiment at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Los Angeles in 1956. Music by Luca Formentini.
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Composed, performed, recorded and mixed by Luca Formentini in 2020 and 2021.
Additional reel-to-reel reprocessing by Stefano Castagna @ Ritmo&Blu recording studio, Pozzolengo
Mastered by Taylor Dupree @ 12K Mastering, Los Angeles

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released November 7, 2021

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In a high sonic style they access mysterious influences to form a singular stillness outside the neutrality of basic Ambient Music. Taking the listeners as well as the players into its confidence, this music seems formed over a night of balmy dreams and friendly visitations - as it waits patiently
Chuck Van Zyl – Star's End

Luca Formentini axe son travail sur l’improvisation et le mélange de textures, guitare et sonorités électroniques flirtant les unes avec les autres, donnant naissance à des espaces aux variations subtiles.
Intra- est une accumulation de micro-éléments naviguant entre les vides et les pleins, ondes gravitationnelles aux trajectoires imprévisibles, oscillant autour de systèmes solaires à la beauté crépusculaire.
L’utilisation de voix renforce le mystère, injectant une viscéralité charnelle à la puissance cinématographique hypnotique.
Tout en nuances et en tranquilité aérienne, l’ambient de Luca Formentini flotte dans un cosmos chargé de flux immatériels, à la densité transparente. Superbe.
Roland Torres su Silence and Sound 2021

Un musicista che da sempre ha sfidato le categorizzazioni rigide, muovendosi tra improvvisazione pura, antichi e mai sopiti amori «ambient» e sperimentazione elettronica.
Claudio Andrizzi su Bresciaoggi, 2021

Intra è questo, è un profondo confronto nel divenire di ciò che potremmo e vorremmo, è un fantastico viaggio nell'incredulità di essere altro. Intra è straordinario percorso sonico in uno spazio-tempo dominato dalla gradualità dell'apparire e svanire.
Mirco Salvadori su Rockerilla Ottobre 2021

Affina il suo peculiare uso della sei corde prosciugandolo e rendendolo più preciso ed essenziale; al contempo alte componenti si fanno largo ritmi rarefatti, armoniose volute e oscillazioni siderali...
Giuseppe Aiello su Blow Up, 2021

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Music composer, sound artist, environmental activist and wine maker who confuses music genre classification.
His ambient inclination, his roots in improvisation and sound research plus the regained use of voice create a magnetic and engaging expanded environment.
He has published and collaborated with Holger Czukay, Robert Rich, Markus Stockhausen, Franck Vigroux, Steve Lawson, Steve Jansen...
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