Blackbirds and the Sun of October Federico Albanese

• Federico Albanese (b. 1982): Into the Sun:
• 1 Albanese: Into the Sun 03:01
• Ulysses:
• 2 Albanese: Ulysses 04:38
• A Story Yet to Be Told:
• 3 Albanese: A Story Yet to Be Told 02:38
• Bloom:
• 4 Albanese: Bloom 03:51
• The Prince and the Emperor:
• 5 Albanese: The Prince and the Emperor 03:48
• Blackbirds and the Sun of October:
• 6 Albanese: Blackbirds and the Sun of October 04:32
• Your Spell:
• 7 Albanese: Your Spell 02:52
• Adelasia:
• 8 Albanese: Adelasia 05:20
• The Libertine:
• 9 Albanese: The Libertine 03:39
• Song for the Village:
• 10 Albanese: Song for the Village 02:49
• Sway:
• 11 Albanese: Sway 02:09
• Re-Sphere:
• 12 Albanese: Re-Sphere 03:27
• Wallpaper of Dreams:
• 13 Albanese: Wallpaper of Dreams 03:13
• Total Runtime 45:57

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The new album is also his debut on XXIM Records (Sony Music). It was inspired, written and recorded in his - old and new - home of Monferrato in Piedmont: ‘It's an album about returning home, but above all about origins and heritage,’ says the pianist. After living in Berlin for several years, Federico Albanese returned to the picturesque north of Italy with his family in autumn 2022 and with the feeling, as he says, of being ‘deeply connected to this place’. This proved to be inspiring in many ways. ‘It's a sense of freedom that comes with returning and flows into everything you do - including the music.’ You can find all of this in his new compositions; new colours and smells, the beauty of nature and wildlife, the changing seasons, but also the history, myths and legends that have been passed down from generation to generation here over thousands of years. ‘This place breathes history,’ he adds. ‘It's very romantic in that sense.’

Federico Albanese

Federico Albanese
is a composer born in Milan,Italy in 1982. His musical versatility is a natural gift that pushes him to explore music in all its facets. Albanese’s compositions are airy and cinematic, blending classical music, pop and psychedelia. He started studying piano and clarinet as a child before becoming fascinated by rock music performing in several bands. Influenced by black music, folk, electronic, modern and contemporary classical music his skills as a composer soon emerged, He worked for 5 years as prop man in several film sets. This experience made him understand the power of the connection between music and images and helped him to develop his personal musical path. In 2007 he met singer and songwriter Jessica Einaudi and together they founded the avant-garde duo “La Blanche Alchimie”. Composing songs with Jessica he rediscovered his love for the piano, which from that moment on, became his main instrument. They released 2 albums and gained national and international critical attention, performing around Europe, Russia and USA. Their sound has been described as melancholic and haunting, intermingling mellow acoustics and rock-infused dreamscapes.The first omonymous album was released in Italy in 2009 on Ponderosa/Edel. The second album “Galactic Boredom” was released in Italy in 2011 on Ponderosa/Universal and in Germany in 2012 on Q-rious/Edel. In september 2012 the band has been nominated by “Preis der deutschenShallplattenkritik” in the category of best independent album. In 2010 he scored the soundtrack of the short film “Pick up” by Manyhands - a collective of young italian directors - broadcasted by one the most important italian television channels (SKY). In 2012 he scored the soundtrack of documentary “Fabulae Romane” filmed by Matteo Cherubino, a work that documents the first of a structured set of activities of Zegnart - a project commissioned by Ermenegildo Zegna dedicated to the art of our time - that took place at MaXXI - National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome. In 2012 he composed the music of full length film “Shadows in the distance” by spanish director Orlando Bosh which has been premiered at Shanghai Film Festival. Between 2013 and 2014 Federico composed and produced music for several films and projects, including the debut short film by Bahar Ebrahim “Alles im grünen Bereich”, and the documentary “Cinema Perverso” by Oliver Shweem produced by the german TV channel ARTE..

Released in February 2014, his highly acclaimed debut solo album “The Houseboat and the Moon” has been described as “pure gold” , and “ one of the most beautiful modern classical albums of the past years..” . He also produced and arranged J Moon (aka Jessica Eianudi) first solo album “Melt”. In August 2014 he released a “Reworked” version of “The Houseboat and the Moon” featuring remixes of Cassegrain, John Lemke, Franz Kirmann and Saffronkeira.

Albanese’s second full lenght album entitled “The Blue Hour” will see the light of the day on January 15, 2016 and will be released by the historical record label BERLIN CLASSICS in their new series of contemporary classical music called “Neue Maister”.

This album contains no booklet.