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Alessia Obino
A Sound's A Million Shapes
A1
Thursday Surrender
A2
Journey Through
A3
Outshined
B1
Somebody Else's Idea / The Soul Vibrations Of Man
B2
Needless To Say
A Sound's A Million Shapes - the third album by singer and composer Alessia Obino - weaves a sonic world informed by poetry, jazz and progressive rock. Conceived as a tribute to the cultural sources that have influenced contemporary music and accompanied social transformation, this work can be seen as an ode to all those who have been pushing forward and dreaming of a better world.
Obino's latest offering is fuelled by her love for Sun Ra and his visionary cosmic allegory, a look towards a future imagined through the literary lens of science fiction. While harnessing lush instrumentation and dreamy choirs, she reinterprets these sources thanks to her artistry and musical sensitivity earned over a career of collaborations with leading figures of the contemporary music scene.
Five tracks infused with rock, soul, funk and free-jazz take you on a musical journey filled with vision and hope, inspired by social awareness and activism: from the dreamy medley tribute of Sun Ra’s compositions “Somebody Else’s Idea” and “The Soul Vibrations Of Man”, to the final psychedelic trip of “Needless To Say”, written by Detroit-born pianist and composer Greg Burk, whose synths are featured on the track.
A Sound’s A Million Shapes is the fourth release on LA-based imprint Domanda Music.
Alessia Obino - BIO
Born in Bologna, Alessia Obino has shared the stage with international figures of the music scene like Javier Girotto, Robert Bonisolo, Greg Burk, Peter Churchill, Gilad Atzmon, Elliott Sharp, Markus Stockhausen, Rita Marcotulli, Fabrizio Bosso and Quintorigo among others. In 2009 she recorded Echoes, her first record as a leader, for Caligola Records, acting as composer, arranger and performer. From 2012 to 2014 she was part of the ensemble Astral Travel, led by drummer and producer Tommaso Cappellato, performing in the album Cosm'ethic released on UK imprint Jazz Re:freshed. Her second album Deep Changes was released in 2016 with her CORdas project, reinterpreting old jazz standards and songs from the American archaic blues tradition.