Stefano Pilia is an experimental musician with the bona fides to prove it. In the aughts, he was the guitarist in Il Sogno del Marinaio, an out trio with luminary punk bassist Mike Watt and drummer Andrea Belfi. Recently Pilia has instead been focusing on neoclassical compositions.
Some have been with his group Minimalist Dream House Quartet and the Labéque sisters, a piano duo that frequently performs twentieth century and new music. Pilia’s latest longform piece, Lacinia (“lace”) uses minimalist tropes in a large circular form. Different ensembles participate in Lacinia’s sections, treating material held in common to varying presentations.
Its recording is two-channel, but the production provides the spaciousness that Pilia envisioned…

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