Flavio Zanuttini - Requiem For Democracy [Aut Records 154]

This is a concept album. Put out on the circuit via the Italian Aut Records imprint as their cat.no. 154 on June 3rd, 2k26 "Requiem For Democracy", conceived by composer and trumpet player Flavio Zanuttini and brought to life with the help of Miljan Minic, Andera Liani, Marco D'Orlando and Giustina Selvelli functions, at least according to the accompanying press sheet, as a rite of passage for contemporary democracy, pointing towards things to come subsequently in terms of a new system of whatever shape and form this might take. This being said, the conceptual mass and service is rolled out over a total playtime of roughly 28 minutes and seven compositions including rather ecclesiastical titles like "Kyrie Eleison", "Dies Irae", "Lacrimosa" and "Lux Aeterna", exploring a path of deep mourning and introversion from the get go, adds a grain of explorative, tentative and playful Jazz explorations to its atmospheric theme, touches on adjacent genres like DarkJazz in the echo- and delay-heavy "Tuba Mirum" and weighing in a deeply comforting take on sustained harmonies alongside experimental electronic rhythm signatures created by modular synthesizers in pieces like "Hostias". Imagine this as a soundtrack x score for grainy vintage experimental black and white movie of yore and you'll have a perfect audiovisual representation of this albums sonic contents. One to check out for the avid collector of all things Deep Jazz and beyond.

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