{"id":573,"date":"2016-01-09T11:21:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T11:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/?p=573"},"modified":"2017-01-26T09:31:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T09:31:20","slug":"shining-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/shining-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"Shining Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/unnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-574\" title=\"unnamed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/unnamed-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/unnamed-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/unnamed-1024x972.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/3pxTsxM3mOJLKCHmTCG1VX\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>SHINING DUST<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Genere: Electropop<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Etichetta: Seahorse Recordings<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Distribuzione: The Orchard<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Editore: New Model Label<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Realizzato: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Registrato: September 2013 \u2013 January 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><a name=\"-488903121_15116892a5b74754__GoBack\"><\/a> \u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mirror\u201d \u00e8 l\u2019album di debutto di Shining Dust, un<\/span><\/p>\n<p>progetto musicale nato a Milano, fondato,<\/p>\n<p>sviluppato e curato da Alessandro Vitaloni (voce,<\/p>\n<p>testi, chitarre, bassi, tastiere, batterie<\/p>\n<p>elettroniche, sound engineering,<\/p>\n<p>programmazione computer e<\/p>\n<p>Ipad) in collaborazione con Marco Zanchet<\/p>\n<p>(chitarre, tastiere, sound engineering). Shining<\/p>\n<p>Dust proviene dalla scena new wave\/sinthpop.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Il principale desiderio ed obbiettivo \u00e8 di rivedere,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ampliare e sviluppare i concetti tradizionali di<\/p>\n<p>composizione e arrangiamento musicale. Grazie<\/p>\n<p>al grande eclettismo del duo, alla grande<\/p>\n<p>passione di Alessandro Vitaloni per il mix di vari<\/p>\n<p>generi musicali, al suo grande interesse per la<\/p>\n<p>musica etnica unita all\u2019elettronica e alla sua<\/p>\n<p>costante ricerca di nuove sonorit\u00e0, ritmiche e<\/p>\n<p>linguaggi differenti, Shining Dust inizia un lavoro<\/p>\n<p>di programmazione sul computer e sull\u2019ipad per<\/p>\n<p>creare originali preset di drum machines, virtual<\/p>\n<p>effects, keyboards e strumenti etnici che vanno<\/p>\n<p>perfettamente a sposarsi con tracce di strumenti<\/p>\n<p>analogici pi\u00f9 tradizionali come chitarre, bassi e<\/p>\n<p>percussioni sia in fase di realizzazione dei brani<\/p>\n<p>sia in fase di performance dal vivo.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Il risultato di tutto questo \u00e8 \u201cMirror\u201d: un album<\/span><\/p>\n<p>che mixa electropop, trip hop e EDM. Sebbene il<\/p>\n<p>background di riferimento \u00e8 principalmente la<\/p>\n<p>musica contemporanea inglese, sono evidenti<\/p>\n<p>elementi di new wave e sinthpop anni \u201980 oltre<\/p>\n<p>ad alcuni inserti di musica etnica come la samba.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019ecclettismo e l\u2019etnicit\u00e0 musicale di \u201cMirror\u201d \u00e8<\/p>\n<p>evidente anche nei suoi testi scritti in 4 lingue<\/p>\n<p>diverse (inglese, italiano, spagnolo e<\/p>\n<p>portoghese)<\/p>\n<p>per rendere il messaggio di Shining Dust<\/p>\n<p>universale ed ottimizzare la fusione tra metrica<\/p>\n<p>linguistica e ritmica.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Il processo di realizzazione del disco ha inizio<\/span><\/p>\n<p>nel settembre 2013 con la registrazione ed il<\/p>\n<p>mixaggio dei primi brani pi\u00f9 di stampo new wave<\/p>\n<p>fino ad arrivare alla registrazione dei brani pi\u00f9<\/p>\n<p>elettronici negli ultimi mesi del 2014 quando<\/p>\n<p>Alessandro Vitaloni sta ultimando i suoi studi<\/p>\n<p>sull\u2019universo musicale MIDI. Mirror \u00e8 stato<\/p>\n<p>registrato, mixato e masterizzato interamente da<\/p>\n<p>Seahorse Recordings nella persona di Paolo<\/p>\n<p>Messere.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ligereza\u201d (\u00e8 senza dubbio la lingua ideale per<\/span><\/p>\n<p>comunicare il concetto) \u00e8 il primo singolo del duo<\/p>\n<p>milanese.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mirror\u201d tracklist<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Shining Dust<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Magic<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ti faccio<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Samba In The Dark<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ligereza<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Shining Hop<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Shining Stop<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Dusty Trip<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ligereza (Playtmotiv Remix)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>SHINING DUST PRESS KIT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mirror is the debut album of Shining Dust, a<\/span><\/p>\n<p>musical project born in Milan, founded,<\/p>\n<p>developed and edited by Alessandro Vitaloni<\/p>\n<p>(vocals, lyrics, guitars, basses, keyboards, drum<\/p>\n<p>machines, sound engineering, computer<\/p>\n<p>programming and iPad) in collaboration with<\/p>\n<p>Marco Zanchet (guitars, keyboards, sound<\/p>\n<p>engineering). Shining Dust derives from the new<\/p>\n<p>wave scene \/ sinthpop.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The main desire and goal is to revise, expand<\/span><\/p>\n<p>and develop the traditional concepts of<\/p>\n<p>composition and musical arrangements. Thanks<\/p>\n<p>to the great eclecticism of the duo, the strong<\/p>\n<p>passion of Alessandro for the mix of various<\/p>\n<p>musical origins, to his great interest for ethnic<\/p>\n<p>music combined with electronics and his<\/p>\n<p>constant search for new sounds, rhythms and<\/p>\n<p>languages, Shining Dust begins programming on<\/p>\n<p>computer and iPad to create original preset drum<\/p>\n<p>machines, virtual effects, keyboards and ethnic<\/p>\n<p>instruments that are perfectly matching traces of<\/p>\n<p>traditional instruments like guitars and basses both<\/p>\n<p>during production phase and live performances.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The result of all this is &#8220;Mirror&#8221;: an album<\/span><\/p>\n<p>that mixes electro-pop, trip hop and EDM.<\/p>\n<p>Although the reference background is mainly<\/p>\n<p>contemporary English music, there are obvious<\/p>\n<p>elements of new wave and sinthpop 80s together<\/p>\n<p>with some inserts of ethnic music such as<\/p>\n<p>samba.<\/p>\n<p>The eclecticism and ethnicity musical &#8220;Mirror&#8221; is<\/p>\n<p>also evident in his lyrics written in four different<\/p>\n<p>languages (English, Italian, Spanish and<\/p>\n<p>Portuguese) to create a<\/p>\n<p>universal Shining Dust message and to optimize<\/p>\n<p>the fusion between metric and rhythmic<\/p>\n<p>language.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The production process of Mirror began in<\/span><\/p>\n<p>September 2013 with the recording and mixing<\/p>\n<p>of the first songs with a new wave inspiration up<\/p>\n<p>to the recording of more electronic songs in the<\/p>\n<p>last months of 2014 when Alessandro finished<\/p>\n<p>studying the MIDI universe. Mirror was recorded,<\/p>\n<p>mixed and mastered entirely by Paolo Messere<\/p>\n<p>from Seahorse Recordings.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;Ligereza&#8221; (which is undoubtedly the ideal<\/span><\/p>\n<p>language to communicate the concept) is the first<\/p>\n<p>single from Shining Dust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mirror\u201d tracklist<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Shining Dust<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Magic<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ti Faccio<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Samba In The Dark<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ligereza<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Shining Hop<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Shining Stop<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Dusty Trip<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ligereza (Playtmotiv Remix)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/seahorserecordings.us11.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=0640d69e925f1b95be63eb927&amp;id=dfbf3f20e1&amp;e=43f8e6767e\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/<wbr \/>shiningdusty<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/seahorserecordings.us11.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=0640d69e925f1b95be63eb927&amp;id=7c26c8bc0d&amp;e=43f8e6767e\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/<wbr \/>shiningdust<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SHINING DUST Genere: Electropop Etichetta: Seahorse Recordings Distribuzione: The Orchard Editore: New Model Label Realizzato: Registrato: September 2013 \u2013 January 2015 &nbsp; \u201cMirror\u201d \u00e8 l\u2019album di debutto di Shining Dust, un progetto musicale nato a Milano, fondato, sviluppato e curato da Alessandro Vitaloni (voce, testi, chitarre, bassi, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seahorserecordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}