OTRO HUMANO... OTRO COSMos
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Jorge Mancini
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Jorge Mancini - electric guitar
1. Pérdida (10:41)
2. Reflexión (12:16)
3. Contemplación (10:15)
4. Transformación (10:41)
Recorded November 13, 2024 at Estudio Casa Frida - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Hernán Caratozzolo
Produced by Jorge Mancini and Koshkil Records
Cover art and designed by Ramiro Peralta
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Jorge Alberto Mancini (1960, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Guitarist, teacher, improviser, and composer
He began taking guitar lessons at the age of seven, studying both popular and classical music. Later, he continued his studies at the Juan Manuel de Falla Municipal Conservatory of Music (1979). At the same time, he deepened his knowledge of the electric guitar in a self-taught manner, influenced by symphonic rock and jazz.
As he listened to and studied contemporary music and free jazz, he began to develop his own style, delving into free improvisation or instant composition. He composed several works for ensembles.
In 1983, he met saxophonist Marcelo Peralta, and together they formed various groups. However, it was with the "Grupo de Improvisación Tercer Mundo", alongside Mariana Potenza (saxophone/voice) and Víctor Da Cunha (drums/percussion), that they performed for several years and recorded the vinyl album Un hilo de luz (a tribute to Pharoah Sanders), released by the Melopea label, directed by Litto Nebbia.
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https://www.nwkoshkil.com/un-hilo-de-luz.
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Since 1992, he has pursued a soloist career, which he continues to this day.
He organizes improvisation workshops and series, participates in different improvisation collectives and contemporary music composer groups, and performs plastic-sound duo performances with visual artist Andrea Fasani.
His artistic journey has been guided by freedom, exploration, and creation—creating without a safety net, using extended playing techniques, prepared instruments, sound processing, computers, field recordings, and more.
Mancini defines himself as a "sound imaginator," drawing from the inner self that has discovered various channels of sonic expression, seeking elements to connect the imaginable with the unimaginable.
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https://koshkilrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sombras-chinas
https://koshkilrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tercer-mundo-30-a-os
https://koshkilrecords.bandcamp.com/album/un-hilo-de-luz-akr
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NOTEs
"Otro Humano…Otro Cosmos" by Jorge Mancini
Las cuatro piezas forman una unidad, comparten un mismo espíritu, íntimo y cálido. Los títulos sugieren un recorrido, una trayectoria por la que atravesamos al escuchar la música. Me gusta el toque de la guitarra, su cercanía, el sonido eléctrico pero a la vez humano. La música en este disco -a diferencia de todas las músicas que conozco- parece estar buscándose a sí misma a medida que avanza: recorre territorios, se demora en algunos, pasa de largo por otros, vuelve sobre zonas conocidas, como en un camino espiralado que nunca conduce al mismo lugar.
Me gusta esa sensación de que nada está prefabricado, la intuición de que la música se hace en tiempo real, como si la acompañáramos en la escucha del propio pensamiento sonoro del músico-compositor. Sentí una forma de exploración muy libre, pero también muy consciente, y me parece un espacio fértil para nuevas experiencias sonoras. Como oyente tengo la sensación de que la distancia que siempre existe entre el que hace la música y quien la escucha se aplana. Por momentos me sentí partícipe en la creación de los senderos sonoros de este disco. De esta manera el título "Otro humano…Otro Cosmos" completa su sentido en la experiencia de la escucha.
MARCELO TOLEDO