DESCRIPTION:
ELE-R007
Gianluca Petrella - 103 Ep
Electronique.it Records

Tracklist:
A1: Balletto Meccanico
A2: Cue
B1: Helix
B2: 103

Format:
Vinyl 12" 180gr

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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King, Jr

Since we heard for the first time the music of Gianluca Petrella something within us got changed. Deep, incisive, fine, introspective.
All that our soul has always loved and looked for...

He is one of the most talented trombonist all around the world (winner for two times of the “Down Beat Critics Poll” award as best rising star trombonist), his international collaborations include, among others: Steve Swallow, Greg Osby, Carla Bley, Steve Coleman, Tom Varner, Michel Godard, Lester Bowie, Sean Bergin, Hamid Drake, Marc Ducret, Roswell Rudd, Lonnie Plaxico, Ray Anderson, Pat Metheny, Oregon, John Abercrombie, Aldo Romano, Steven Bernstein and the Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen. Collaborations with italian musicians: Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Stefano Bollani and many others.
In the "electronic area" he has collaborated with 9lazy9 (Ninja Tunes) and performed with the worldwide famous avant duo Matmos. In the same music fields stands the collaboration with Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer for the project Re:ECM. He works also with Nicola Conte and dj Ralf.
Actually he’s active with “Tubolibre” Quartet with Oren Marshall (tuba), Gabrio Baldacci (guitar) and Cristiano Calcagnile (drums); “Cosmic Band”, a young band inspired by the music of Sun Ra; SoupStar duo with Giovanni Guidi; “Il bidone” quintet, the tribute to Nino Rota; in duo with Gabrio Baldacci; the solo “Exp and Tricks”, a musical journey in the first year of the Cinema (project in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna).
He works continuously with Enrico Rava and recently he created (with Paolo Fresu, Steven Bernstein and Marcus Rojas) the powerful quartet Brass Bang.