ALIO DIE & SYLVI ALLI

Lisa Gerrard! The voice of SYLVI ALLI sounds just like the phenomenon from Dead Can Dance. The dark ambient music from ALIO DIE resembles the same band sometimes as well, like in opener ‘The Inner Sea (Silver Sea)’ and the last song on this album ‘Revenir’. “Amidst The Circling Spires” is however more experimental.
The music of the Italian Stefano Musso (mastermind of ALIO DIE) is more drawn into the direction of ambient soundscapes than a mixture of world and film music. With the help of SYLVI ALLI this album is filled with impressive heavenly voices. The high standard isn’t always there in all the songs. ‘Dreaming Tree’ is a bit too much experiment and sounds more like an uncontrollable soundscape jazz fusion. The thread between genius and madness is (like always) very thin. The following song ’Crepuscular Birds’ got the same elements as ‘Dreaming Tree’ but sounds much more intriguing. And that over ten minutes long. ALIO DIE & SYLVI ALLI examines the more dark parts of the music as well. Like in, the again over ten minutes clocking, ‘La Grotta Delle Naiadi’ and the slowly build ’Numinous Veins’. “Amidst The Circling Spires” is a remarkable journey into a heavenly (voices) soundscape world.

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Ron SCHOONWATER
03/02/2014