(Italy-Luxembourg, 2003-2019)
Mainly a bass player, Giovanni was introduced to the Chapman Stick by his stickista friend Virginia Splendore who was convinced that this instrument was also made for him! And she was right!
This album is a collection of different Giovanni’s recording, rehearsal and live concerts at the Chapman Stick, including a complete song restored and co-write by Guillermo Cides (“Per sempre”).
Recorded in Italy and in Luxembourg.
Restoration & Mastering by Guillermo Cides at “Silent Studios” Barcelona, May 2024, and Penitentiart by Pierre Fuchs at “Studio Nagualsoundz”, Beaufort, Luxembourg, March 2024.
Cover: Spacer Design. Photo, B. Postel-Cognoli.
Song list
1. Pareidolia (G. Cognoli)
Giovanni Cognoli : Chapman Stick.
2. Penitentiart (G. Cognoli) – Recorded at KulturShapp, Luxembourg, 2018. Live, with the voice of Toni Servillo in “The Consequences of Love” film by Paolo Sorrentino, 2004 : “To ensure a good outcome, the bluff must be carried through to the end, to the point of exasperation. There is no compromise. You cannot bluff halfway and then tell the truth. You must be prepared to expose yourself to the worst possible risk: the risk of appearing ridiculous.”
Composed for performances with the Luxembourg artist Patricia Lippert, during readings of “Penitentiart, Story of a journey through the prison, from Red to Lila”, written after a Workshop, carried out in 2015, with inmates of the Schrassig Prison Center, Martine Kohn and Jonas Lippert, and supported by the Thierry Van Werveke Foundation.
3. Paradigm Shift (Fracture) (G. Cognoli) Recorded at Kulturshapp, Luxembourg, 2018.
Giovanni Cognoli : Chapman Stick, arrangements, effects and voice.
4. La Doppia Ora (G. Cognoli)
Giovanni Cognoli : Chapman Stick, arrangements, effects and voice.
Guillermo Cides: song/drum edition & mastering.
5. Sincronicità, Music for Michel Pochet (reprise) (G. Cognoli)
Giovanni Cognoli : Chapman Stick, arrangements, effects.
6. Helsinki (Original song composed and performed by Chris Max Jones) Remix by Giovanni Cognoli (Instrumental Version)
Giovanni Cognoli: arrangements, Chapman Stick and effects.
Chris Max Jones: Acoustic Guitar.
7. Multiplicité Complexe (G. Cognoli)
Giovanni Cognoli : Chapman Stick, arrangements, effects.
With the voice of Bénédicte Postel Cognoli, according to Edouard Glissant : “Identity is a complex multiplicity, never given as a whole, nor all at once.” https://www.tout-monde.com/centre.html
8. Breathe Normally (reprise) (G. Cognoli)
Giovanni Cognoli : Chapman Stick, loops, synthesizer, song/drum edition, arrangements & mastering.
9. Paradigm Shift (Fracture) (G. Cognoli) Remix by Guillermo Cides
Giovanni Cognoli: Chapman Stick, loops, synthesized sound.
Guillermo Cides: remix edition, audio restoration, song/drum edition & mastering.
10. Prima della Pioggia (G. Cognoli) – “Before the rain”.
Giovanni Cognoli : Chapman Stick, arrangements, effects.
11. Dérive sur Paradigm Shift (G.Cognoli)
Giovanni Cognoli : Chapman Stick, arrangements, effects.
12. Per Sempre (Cognoli – Cides) “Forever”.
Giovanni Cognoli: Chapman Stick.
Guillermo Cides: guitar & arrangement, audio restoration, song/drum edition & mastering.
* Even though they never truly knew each other, Guillermo Cides agreed to compose on a brief and very beautiful
Chapman Stick base found on Giovanni’s ‘Ideas’ MiniDiscs—a piece that he had been unable to complete.
BONUS TRACK
13. Alien Identity (G. Cognoli)
Composed for an installation by Patricia Lippert, at Beaufort Castle during his 2018 Festival, addressing the existential question of Homo Sapiens, „Extra Terrestrial“ for himself, ignoring his own nature and NATURE, and search for a „meaning“ that he tries to find through technology and artificial intelligence. „A lost soul?“
Collage of texts by Simone Weil, Yves Klein, Paul Klee and Michel Foucault, spoken by Patricia Lippert.
Cover by Spacer Design, graphic design.
