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    <description><![CDATA[Paul Fiocco (b. 1984) and Kane Ikin (b. 1982) live and work out of separate states in Australia. Solo Andata began in 2006 with their debut album Fyris Swan on Chicago label Hefty records. Paul lives in Perth, Western Australia, and is a graduate in philosophy. Kane lives in Melbourne, Victoria, and is a graduate in sound from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Solo Andata’s compositions are created through the collaboration of sound from organic materials, field recordings, and instruments. Their latest record was recorded in Perth, Melbourne, Yallingup, Mundaring, and New York between 2007 - 2009.   

12k presents Australian duo Solo Andata along with their second album, self-titled. Translated literally from the Italian as “one way”, Solo Andata portrays the theme of a one-way journey that moves from (and represents a thread between) water and land, fluid/stasis, cold/hot. Following Solo Andata’s debut album Fyris Swan (Hefty, 2006) and their 12k inception on Live in Melbourne, Solo Andata presents us with an ambient affair, with dark drones coupled with ethereal sonic environments.

It could be said that Solo Andata is carefully sequenced to a narrative structure: beginning on boat in the cold, arctic night of “Ablation,” and then ending on foot in the hot wilderness of “Woods, Flesh, Bone.” However, concepts and narratives that seem clear to the artists are often left oblique to the listeners. This is perhaps why Solo Andata represented this narrative in a strict sense by recording what the titles literally refer to. For example, “Woods Flesh, Bone” presents us with sweltering woodlands, the sound of a fresh carcass being torn apart and the clattering of bones. The same can be said of “Hydraulic Fluctuations,” “Canal Rocks,” “Ablation” and “In the Light Storming.” These organic sources, then, help tie music and concept together.

Solo Andata utilizes very little, if any, electronic instruments. Acoustic guitar, piano, cello and the natural resonances of organic materials (usually by way of a violin bow, pluck, or home-made contraption) become their main instruments, and as their live shows often attest to, Solo Andata can turn almost any object into an instrument capable of producing beautiful, other-worldly music.

Solo Andata is being released simultaneously with Look For Me Here (12k2014), a limited edition CD-Single that contains the album mix of “Look For Me Here” as well as remixes from legendary Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto and 12k’s visionary Giuseppe Ielasi.

Solo Andata was created between Perth, Western Australia, Melbourne, Victoria and New York City.

Mixed by Taylor Deupree.

Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi.


    Although the two members of the group met in person and started creating music while both living in Australia, one of them moved to Sweden. Their project continued, though, as the two passed files across the internet, and this ten track, hourlong journey is the result. "Her Face As Soft As Sleep" opens the disc, and some pretty acoustic guitar and hums of melodica are swathed in heady washes of soft sound. "The Echo's Left Behind" brings some horns into the mix, but again time passes in some sort of narcotic haze as lush layers of plucked strings, a scratchy, fractured beat, and more melodica layer on top of one another in interesting ways.

    When the group is at their best, they churn out cinematic sounds that are hard to deny. "A Ballet Of Hands" builds with more nice acoustic guitar and horns, as clipped samples of insect percussion and more string plucks build in the background and propel the song forward like some sort of late night firefly lullaby. The duo has a great ear for sound, and while the release doesn't really show off any real dynamic moments in terms of huge rises or falls, it's about as steady as they come. Tracks like "Among The Olive Trees" play out for six minutes, but at the same time feel like they could easily go on longer with no real problem, as circular instrumentation and very gradual layering and production slowly reveal and highlight new elements in the mix. Slightly more focused than Mountains or Tape, and slightly less dark that The Gentleman Losers, Solo Andata have created an ambient album of seriously heady nighttime music that's sort of like an aural equivalent of melatonin. Sleep tight.
From almostcool.org review]]></description>
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