Glissandro 70 is the name behind which Craig Dunsmuir (Guitarkestra) and Sandro Perri (ex-Polmo Polpo) hide and among all the artistic expressions of Sandro Perri it is perhaps the most experimental: an avant-folk altered by oblique dance, tribal sounds, by electronic tribulations with a graceful tone and jazz-dub forms that take Arthur Russell and The Books as models, and then align themselves with that school of thought that crosses art-pop with electronica.
Glissandro 70's new album comes twenty years after the first intriguing chapter, but much of the material was conceived shortly after the 2006 debut or in the following months. Scheduled and postponed several times so that Graig Dunsmuir could make some changes, the album was shelved after the accidental cancellation of tape by Sandro Perri. The purely casual discovery of some tapes with rough tracks convinced the duo to take the project back.
Time changes perspectives and approaches and the two musicians have found the key to the creation of “G70 2: Bones Of Dundasa”. Located at the beginning of the album, the cover version of “Lucky Cloud” by the late Arthur Russell, with Peter Zummo on trombone, is the only track that revives the hypnotic and psychedelic atmosphere of the first album. The rest is musically fragmented and exploratory, with the exception of the elegant cover of a Moondog song (“You The Vandal”) and the remix of one of the tracks from the first album (“Bolan Muppets – Dan Bodan Remix”).
For those familiar with records like “Take Away/The Lure Of Savage” by Andy Partridge or “The Catherine Wheel” by David Byrne it will be easy to grasp the valuable rhythmic connections minimal-afro-dance-beat short tracks.
Evocative and tribal (“Pad Tide”), extravagant (“Vila Inerane”), minimal to the point of inconsistency (“Jackpot Porthole Eleven”), bold (“Tomber”) and raw (“Aquatint”), the compositions create a delightful combination that is perhaps less focused than the distant 2006 album, but at the same time captures a situationist ethic and aesthetic that is much more coherent with current times.
01/06/2026
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
