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About “Urueña”…

English:

“…it sounds like she's taken the instrument to pieces and is using it to play assorted items of small percussion. It's a mysterious and thrilling set of pieces, and though Rombolá has been described out there on the www as "Italian new music's best kept secret" I doubt that'll be the case for much longer.” Dan Warburton - Paristransatlantic

“The resonant percussive clacking of the keys, the incredible tongue-knotting-air-pumping games that the author uses to generate sounds that we aren't accustomed to, an unbelievable ability in evidencing the harmonic content even in a single held tone (…) It's certainly an involving experience, a kind of music whose corporal character almost exceeds the technical details - which themselves are worthy of the maximum attention.” Massimo Ricci - Touching extremes

“Italian flautist Alessandra Rombolá amazes the listener with her debut solo CD "Urueńa" (…) Stretched out passages full of graceful, hyper-delicate blowing, along with utter concentration on the music at hand ensures this CD has many new musical facets to offer.” Tom Sekowsky - Gaz-eta

Italian:

Suoni urticanti, sarà anche vero, ma emozionanti come pochi, suoni velocissimi nel tempo e spaziosi nel volume: capaci di levarti il respiro, ogni qual volta emettono il loro ‘ruggito’. Non un flauto, ma un leone agguerrito che sbraita a squarcia gola nel silenzio più oscuro. Il silenzio è un altro punto magico di “Urueña”, veste anch’egli gli abiti dello strumento, amalgamandosi con saggezza alle differenti forme realizzate. Sergio Eletto - Sands-zine

Alessandra Rombolá (...) sorprende per maestria: un utilizzo quasi ritmico, 'oggettuale' dello strumento, riportato all'essenza delle sue frequenze primarie, minimale e tagliente negli esiti che rivelano d'una musicalità assai articolata e sapiente. Aurelio Cianciotta - Neural.it

French:

(…)Evitant les redites, Rombolá assemble ces ingrédients à des touches plus personnelles (interventions vocales proches de grognements d’animaux lourds, recours au subterfuge d’une flûte faite percussion) pour rendre compte enfin d’une densité troublante. Grisli - Infra Tunes

...un jeu de souffles très puissant La Masayoshi Urabe de la flûte me souffle-t-on dans le dos ! À noter également la précision et la qualité de l'enregistrement.metamkine