Pasquale Mirra: „Moderatamente Solo”

Suite for vibraphone, percussion, and sound objects

Pasquale Mirra: vibraphone & effects

Considered one of the most interesting vibraphonists on the Italian and international scene, he has collaborated with major improvisers worldwide, including: Mulatu Astatkè, Michel Portal, Shabaka Hutchings, Rob Mazurek, Moor Mother, Trilok Gurtu, William Parker, Gerald Cleaver, Damon Locks, Fred Frith, Nicole Mitchell, Hank Roberts, Ernst Reijseger, Chad Taylor, Ballaké Sissoko, Jeff Parker, Tomeka Reid, Jamie Branch, Jamie Saft, Tristan Honsinger, Butch Morris, James Brandon Lewis, and many others.

Pasquale describes his project as follows:
“Just as in Cubism we witness the fragmentation of objects and forms into multiple geometries, creating a kind of visual ‘multiplicity,’ so in the performance Moderately Solo, entitled Suite in Two-Dimensional Form, we find a series of compositions that the listener can hear but also imagine, perceiving them from different sonic angles. My intention is to play ‘deconstructed’ compositions and songs and to play, as a Cubist artist would, with geometry, fragmentation, and simultaneous representation in order to create a visual series that challenges the traditional perception of form and space.”