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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
12" 180-gram vinyl record in poly lined inner sleeves, 33RPM, black vinyl.
Thick old style tip-on hard cardboard outer sleeve.
Includes a designer paper insert with additional photography by Margherita Cesaretti and a message from the artist.
Includes unlimited streaming of Platonic Tales
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Jules Archive is a project founded by Marco Marzuoli and Marco Mazzei in 2016.
By employing various technologies, instruments, and approaches, the duo strives to craft a mysterious and fantastical persona named Jules. Through this persona, they aim to immerse listeners in a dreamlike atmosphere, transcending reality and dwelling in imaginary spatiotemporal dimensions.
Platonic Tales is the second chapter of Jules' journeys, more anthropocentric than the first album Adventures & Explorations (Volume 1), but equally exotic and dreamlike. The musical intention of this record was to rework a set of five (plus one) melodic tape loops, already structured in "song form”, through detailed arrangements. The treatment followed an experimental-pop-oriented production approach.
Recorded entirely at home by the artists, the music on the album features analog cassettes containing loops dating back to around 2016. The remaining arrangements were composed during the 2020 pandemic lockdown.
Several international guests collaborated on the album:
Lino Capra Vaccina, the legendary Italian percussionist/minimalist composer, and Jefre Cantu Ledesma engaged in a musical dialogue on An Ontological Novel.
Andrew Weathers contributed his voice to the tracks A Superior Truth and Exodus.
Christina Vantouz participated in Exodus and concluded the album with a string composition arranged and conducted by Minna Choi, performed by Magik*Magik Orchestra.
Recorded between Città Sant' Angelo (Pescara - Italy, 2016-2020), Francavilla (Chieti - Italy, 2020), and Firenze (2019-2020).
credits
released April 23, 2024
Album Credits:
Marco Marzuoli: Mandolin, Violin, Bass Guitar, Tape Loops, Field Recordings, Effects
Marco Mazzei: Atari Computer, Yamaha FM Synth, Hohner Pianet, Effects
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International collaboration guests:
Andrew Weathers: Voice, Effects on 'A Superior Truth' and 'Exodus' (on a text by John McPhee)