Three years after the acclaimed “Mantracore,” Italian Cosmic couriers San Leo are back with a new album, “Aves Raras,” out on November 17th, 2023 via Bronson Recordings. Watch the official video for the firstsingle “J!OY” through the YouTube player below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_9rL45lp1Y&ab_channel=BronsonRecordingsAbout the new single:
“J!OY” is a burst of kinetic energy, a scream from the soul filled with urgency and elation. Based on a frantic drum groove and incessant crossfire of guitar lines, the sonic assault adds up some phantasmal vocals. The melodic guitar line is strangely cheerful as a call to break away from habits, embrace one’s own weirdness.
The band comments:
“The words are meant to be blurred, as a weird creature trying to come out of the band’s maelstrom of noise and the need to express itself in a new idiom.“
Italian Cosmic couriers San Leo return with fifth album, “Aves Raras“: a resounding statement of intent, arguably their most accomplished and well-rounded effort so far. The usual ingredients that constitute their unique ‘Mantra Core/Trance Noise’ sound are all here – hectic drumming that pulls no punches and leaves no respite, ecstatic guitar crescendos, reflective stasis, eschatological drones – only this time, everything is driven to the nth degree. Since its inception in 2013, the duo has been adding ever more layers to an increasingly rich and wide range of textures, simultaneously unveiling a stronger and stronger cinematic feel, adjacent to and resonant with their favorite visions (from 40s noir to 80s horror, from old and new western to sci- fi from anywhere, and everything in between). Clocking in at around 38 minutes, “Aves Raras” has got it all: analog slags, tribal ritual music as if it were composed and conducted by H.P. Lovecraft, wicked guitar riffs, shimmering layers of synths.
“Aves Raras” was recorded by Andrea Scardovi at Duna Studio. Drums recorded by Yuri Pierini at Blue Audio Studio. Additional recording by San Leo. Mixed by Francesco Donadello (Grammy and Emmy-winning producer and sound engineer; he worked with musicians such as Jóhann Jóhannsson and Hildur Guðnadóttir) at Kalimba Studio and Synecdoche Music Research, Berlin. Mastered by Giovanni Versari at La Maestà (Muse).
Biography:
San Leo is an Italian Experimental Rock duo formed in 2013 in Rimini by inserirefloppino (drums) and m tabe (guitar, etc). A trip through hypnotic grooves and visions, between incendiary intensity and minimalism, led by sonic shamans searching for catharsis into the storm. Mantra-Core. Trance-Noise. After playing for years in the local scene with various bands and solo projects, exploring various musical territories (from Psychedelic Folk to Metal, Krautrock, Ambient, Noise, Free-Jazz), inserirefloppino and m tabe formed San Leo with the intent of pushing their minimal instrumentation of guitar and drums to the extreme, generating a powerful and evocative style, mixing glacial solemnity and primordial spontaneity. In 2021 San Leo was invited to play at LeGuessWho? in Utrecht. In 2022 was another leap forward for the band, adding a new array of sounds (samples, keys, vocals) and sharing stages with international acts like …and you will know us by the Trail of Dead, Ecstatic Vision and more extensively touring with Unsane for the final leg of their European tour.
Pre-Order the albumon Bandcamp: https://sanleo.bandcamp.com/album/aves-raras
Tracklist:
01. ARIES
02. J!OY
03. FUTURA 2000
04. AL.AY
