Bureau by Giulio Aldinucci & Matteo Uggeri
In 2016 Matteo Uggeri took hundreds of pictures during his working days in a 70’s building aimed at training and desk work located in the surroundings of Milan.
Later that Winter the photographs taken served as inspiration for him
and Giulio Aldinucci for this album themed on the alienation of the working life inside the office (bureau, from where the term ‘bureaucracy’ comes).
The tracks are based on outdoor field recordings that have been looped, treated and re-shaped in order to be transformed into beats
or rhythmical textures (by Uggeri) and drones or melodies (by Aldinucci).
The complete work includes a video designed with such photos, two of the actual tracks mixed together and a shooting of Matteo’s home
during the packing of his belongings before a house moving, in Summer 2017.
Tracklist
| 1. | Dead Flag Beat | 5:48 |
| 2. | Chinese New Year | 5:38 |
| 3. | Fire Dome | 5:18 |
| 4. | Inceneritore | 5:01 |
| 5. | Ghiaccio | 5:51 |
| 6. | Zoo | 5:24 |
| 7. | Inside the Bureau | 7:31 |
Credits
Giulio Aldinucci - field recordings & drones
Matteo Uggeri - field recordings & beats
Sampled acoustic guitar on 7 by My Dear Killer.
Sampled acoustc drum on 7 by Mattia Costa.
Mixed by Matteo Uggeri in Winter 2017
Mastered by Marco Milanesio in Autumn 2019
Published by ADN in 2020
Photos and artwork by Matteo Uggeri
Video by Daniele Albricci and Matteo Uggeri
vimeo.com/matteouggeri/bureau
License
All rights reserved.
Matteo Uggeri is an Italian visual designer and composer from Milan.
He invests himself in sound poetry of everyday life, organized around a vast array of personal field recordings and melodic compositions meticulously arranged in a story-telling way.
He's part of the duo Starlight Assembly along with Dominic Appleton and he plays in Sparkle in Grey, Open to the Sea and The Last Five Minutes.