Full Name: Bruno Sanfilippo And Mathias Grassow - Ambessence Piano And Drones
Style: Ambient
Year: 2008
Release date: 24.09.2008
Label: A21 Music Spain
Quality: MP3, CBR 192 kb/s
Tracklist:
01. Ambessence Piano And Drones 1 [10:01]
02. Ambessence Piano And Drones 2 [06:28]
03. Ambessence Piano And Drones 3 [08:33]
04. Ambessence Piano And Drones 4 [08:37]
05. Ambessence Piano And Drones 5 [14:30]
06. Ambessence Piano And Drones 6 [07:35]
07. Ambessence Piano And Drones 7 [06:07]


There is a clear connection between
Ambessence and the previous Sanfilippo's
title Piano Textures. The floating, timeless
quality of the piano notes is still here,
but now the effect is more intense with
Grassow's textures couched in subtle drones.
Moments of irresistible beauty silently
vibrate and resonate inside,
opening a vast inner space of clarity and
spiritual emotion.
This work seems to require an intuitive mode
of perception that seeks to overcome
chaotic multiplicity and establish contact
with a deep and authentic unifying essence.
Beneath the calm waves of Ambessence lies the
promise of bliss.
by Marius-Christian Burcea - RFI Romania 2008
This release from 2008 offers 62 minutes of
cerebral piano tunes seasoned
with haunting ambience. While Sanfilippo
plays a sampled and processed grand piano,
Grassow contributes synth drones, glass harp
and bow chime.
A distinct combination of tradition and
modernism.
As one might expect, the music generally
consists of piano laced with textural flows.
The keys are stroked with tenderness, evoking
cerebral melodies steeped in a soft serenity.
The notes are far from repetitive, utilizing
a classical recital touch that comfortably
generates lush tunes of gentle beauty.

Meanwhile, the electronics bestow an airy
disposition on the tuneage.
Languid atmospherics settle upon each song,
immersing the serious piano chords
in a fog of ethereal majesty, enhancing the
overall elegance of the music.
These tones drift with little variance,
maintaining a sighing resonance with the
central tunes, following their congenial
progress with subtle association, ebbing and
rising
in tandem with the piano’s emotional state.
A certain transference goes on between the
piano and the tonalities,
flavoring each other with their personal
character.
The piano adopts a discrete intangibility,
while the wafting ambience
picks up a touch of regal eloquence. This
trade-off serves to further unify
the music into an undulant presence of
pacifying mien.
Yet there are instances where the textural
atmospherics move beyond their fragility and
attain a notable substantiality, sometimes
rivaling the piano’s lilting occupancy.
The compositions are tranquil and stately,
crafted for appreciation by an intellectual
audience. The application of ephemeral
atmospheric electronics only increases the
music’s introspective demeanor. There are no surging tempos here,
no surprise crescendos, just steadfast structures of soothing
influence. by Matt Howarth -Soniccuriosity.com - USA .2008