Enigma, by SOLA TRANSLATIO

Enigma

by SOLA TRANSLATIO

supported by

Brian Bourassa This, the third collaboration between Alio Die and Opium strays a bit from the melodic meanderings of the previous two works by adding mysterious passages and desolate, disturbing wind sounds. This, in effect, introduces you to a perplexing soundscape that carries you to truly bizarre new worlds.

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

€8 EUR or more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

Jewel Case cd.

Includes unlimited streaming of Enigma via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 3 days

Purchasable with gift card

€15 EUR or more
Full Digital Discography

150

releases

Get all 150 ALIO DIE releases available on Bandcamp and save 40%.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of A Tapestry For Sourcerers, Ephemeral seasons, Probing The Depths, Apotheosis, Tapestry, Metempsicosi, Sublimitas, Transcendental geometries, and 142 more. , and , .

Purchasable with gift card

€772.20 EUR or more (40% OFF)

	1.	Turbulence Of The Creation 07:45
	2.	Entrance Of The Sublime Labyrinth 08:41
	3.	Green Talkin' Ants 06:41
	4.	Vipers On The Waters 04:13
	5.	Turba Philosophorum 04:38
	6.	Crying Doors 07:07
	7.	The Last Path 11:02
	8.	The Domus Rebuilt 09:50

about

Enigma is the third collaborative CD by Opium and Alio Die. Here the duo present mystifying a series of eight "imaginary landscapes" where beats are totally absent and musical structure is loose and meandering. The atmospheres are frequently disquieting, haunting and full of subtle perplexity.
Acoustic and organic sounds are embedded deep within hazy drone textures, the artists employing drones and loops, zither, flutes bells and field recordings with Opium focusing on programming and wave editings. It must be said thought at the sounds produced by the items listed are not necessarily those you might expect, these guys are not into dainty melodies and sweet tunes.

Ambient environments thick with obscurity and ambiguity. The album opens with muted shufflings and reverberating disturbances - a sonic wind rising and falling in the background. Some sounds have a human origin indicative of mysterious presences. Much of the sound here is suggestive of 'found sound' as though harvested from sonorous spaces and unmusical activities. Plucked note sand droning tonal loops sometimes rise to the fore rolling in layers, the noiseof whirling tubes ghostly, fluctuating, bells and flutes hang in the air. Inmany places there is a dense sonic soup where undulating tonalities curl and revolve - mysterious effects drifting past the ear - aspects of harmony appearing incidental. Field recordings are woven into the sound, murmuring voices birds and water spectral elements in this land of enigmatic peculiarity.
Morpheus

credits

released September 21, 2006

Composed and performed by
Teo Zini and Stefano Musso (©BMI), between 2003 and 2005
at Lovesupreme Studio and at Temple Studio, Milan.
Mastered on Pro Tools, Milano november 2005.

Opium: programming and wave editings.
Alio Die: drones and loops, zither, flutes, bells and field recordings.
Thanks to Festina Lente for piano’s sample on The Last Path.

license

about

ALIO DIE Italy

Since the late 80s, Stefano Musso has recorded deep, evocative experimental ambient & electro-acoustic soundscapes under the name Alio Die.
His music is a shadowy, cavernous, intensely detailed fusion of acoustical elements, step-and-repeat sample treatments, sparse, echoing percussion, and deep, atmospheric sound design, textural passages..by the music's vague, entropic formlessness. ... more

aliodie.com

contact / help

Contact ALIO DIE

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Enigma, you may also like:

Offering to the Morning Fog
by Robert Rich

supported by 11 fans who also own “Enigma”

Right from the first sound you hear, to the last note - this album will transport you to a natural place. I cannot put into words how this album has been such a huge help. It’s like a friend now - like someone who is always there. An amazing album that everyone should own. Thanks so much, Robert. darkstarr666
go to album
A Soul Ascends
by Steve Roach

supported by 8 fans who also own “Enigma”

Steve est un des derniers Shaman musicien, capable de faire vibrer notre ame, c'est un magicien celeste dont la musique est en resonnance avec le cosmos ! tchenrez
go to album
Painting In The Dark
by Steve Roach

supported by 8 fans who also own “Enigma”

What an amazing album and one of my personal favourites. It's complex, deep, emotionally moving and thought provoking. Listening with a decent pair of headphones is recommended. Madec
go to album
Phobia
by 58918012

Deep ambient tracks that feel like swimming down into the ocean, light fading and marvelous new worlds appearing. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 21, 2023
go to album
fallen, been
by moonder

Hypnotic ambient and drone music crests in the second track, which clocks in at a whopping 46 minutes. Mesmerizing from start to finish. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 25, 2023
go to album
Landmarks
by Fumana

Ambient music with tracks named after NYC landmarks, this album captures the spirit of the restless city at night. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 17, 2023
go to album
Amidst the Circling Spires
by Alio Die & Sylvi Alli

supported by 7 fans who also own “Enigma”

sleeping in the noonday sun kevbird
go to album