*302 copies limited edition* "I have been lucky enough to release through Anomalous Records many of my favorite artists that were active in the 1980s such as Hands To, Total, Andrew Chalk, Agog, Ellen Fullman, The New Blockaders, and founder of P16.D4, Ralf Wehowsky. Now I am able to present a new composition by Giancarlo Toniutti, whose work I first heard on the compilation LP "Never Say When", which also introduced me to the music of the aforementioned Andrew Chalk and Total. His track there, "Covar Peste in Cagna", sounded like nothing else, and set me wanting more. While releases of his music started sporadically, with years between some early titles, he has been more active in recent years. I am proud to present a new work of his recorded in 2022.

Here he presents a single track of almost 50 minutes length. Always difficult to place, this could best be described as "electroacoustic music" and comes closer in composition to the late works of Luigi Nono or early György Ligeti, without sounding like either of those or getting lost in their academic language. Generally Toniutti does not reveal how the sounds of his compositions are created, but here gives us a clue saying they come from self-built idiophones made of glass, brass and wooden frames, metal tines and steel plates, which nonetheless use no string, membrane, or air. That said, the original high pitched sounds were transposed and treated to reach their final form, which is more muted and mysterious.

Moving slowly and delicately, tones ebb and flow with contrasting densities creating constellations which do not hold as still as first listening might suggest. Listening to this repeatedly, I have been drawn to how the development is seen in a microscopic view not what might appear initially as an exposition of a few tones. Put plainly, it is a work that appears simple on the surface but holds a great complexity when paying attention to the details. None of the sounds lasts more than 10 or 15 seconds, although they overlap in varying ways creating an illusion of relatively still surface. This work rewards the careful listener." - Eric Lanzillotta