Luca Formentini 2007 Tacet

Luca Formentini ‎– Tacet
Label: Extreme ‎– XCD 060
Format: CD, Album
Country: Australia
Released: 2007
Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Blues, Classical
Style: Abstract

1. Thou 2:39
2. Layer ( First) 0:43
3. Deep Test 7:53
4. Frame 6:29
5. Sensing The Mirror 6:15
6. The Fragile Second 5:02
7. Misha 5:35
8. July 0:26
9. Skin For The Angel 9:25
10. Tacet 6:47[
11. Coastlight 5:57
12. Jealous 4:09
13. Layer ( Resonance) 5:42

Acoustic Guitar, Drum Machine – Luca Formentini (tracks: 12)
Cello – Deborah Walker (tracks: 1, 11)
Design [Artwork By] – Giovanna Gabusi
Drums – Frank Moreno (5) (tracks: 11)
Drums [Electronic] – Steve Jansen (tracks: 4)
Effects [Micronoises], Voice – Luca Formentini (tracks: 3, 5, 9)
Effects [Microsounds], Harmonica – Luca Formentini (tracks: 1)
Electric Bass – Steve Lawson (3) (tracks: 6)
Electric Guitar – Luca Formentini (tracks: 1 to 11, 13)
Guitar [Fretless Guitars] – Luca Formentini (tracks: 1, 2 3, 9, 11)
Mastered By – Dario Caglioni
Mixed By, Edited By – Cristian Piccinelli (tracks: 11), Paolo Costola (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 10, 12, 13)
Trumpet – Markus Stockhausen (tracks: 5, 10)
Voice – Giovanna Gabusi (tracks: 5)
Written-By – Markus Stockhausen (tracks: 5, 10), Steve Lawson (3) (tracks: 6)
Written-By, Producer [Produced By], Mixed By, Edited By – Luca Formentini

Notes:"Whatever happened to silence? This is a question that Luca Formentini provides his own answer to on his debut album for Extreme, “Tacet”; an album of exquisite grace and enveloping textures.
Aiding him on this exploration is a stellar cast of musicians including Markus Stockhausen, Steve Jansen (Japan, Nine Horses), Steve Lawson, Deborah Walker and Frank Moreno. Each of these musicians bring their unique talents to an album that is unified by a shared understanding that silence is a space that is much sort after in today’s hectic existence.
Formentini is a revered musician in his own right, playing the guitar in a distinctive style that combines resonance, processing and improvisation to produce a raw and intuitive music that speaks to the senses. His guitar of choice is fretless electric and this allows him to explore the spaces in between, much like his music does on “Tacet”.
Formentini has the wonderful position as a musician who can create comfortably in the styles of contemporary composition, ambient and improvising ensemble player. This diversity of talent reflects his origins as a rock and electronic musician who has always maintained his unique voice as an artist and only ever performed original compositions.
“Tacet” has arrived at a time when we are much in need of silence. As society continues to speed up, “Tacet” creates a silence that allows us to stop and breathe and be refreshed by its organic beauty.
(The word ‘tacet’ is Latin for "it is silent". It is also a musical term to indicate that an instrument does not play for a long period of time, typically an entire movement."