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DARK COMPANION series

Keith Tippett
Mujician Solo IV - live in Piacenza
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2015
DC001
CD
999 hand-numbered
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Tracklist
01. Piacenza
Credits
Keith Tippett: Steinway Grand Piano

PAOLO TOFANI
Real Essence
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2015
DC002
CD
930 hand-numbered
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Tracklist
01. Deep Emotion
02. Sari Dance
03. Holy Mind
04. Journey Home
05. Ashram
06. Hari
07. Jhana
08. Sweet Love
09. Maya
Credits
Paolo Tofani: acoustic Tricanta Veena

JOHN GREAVES
Piacenza
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2015
DC003
CD
980 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. The Price We Pay
02. Summer On Ice
03. Earthly Powers
04. The Thunderthief
05. The Green Fuse
06. La Lune Blanche
07. Chanson d’Automne
08. Walking On Eggshells
09. The Same Thing
10. Dead Poets
11. The Trouble With Happiness
12. Bad Alchemy
13. Kew.Rhône
14. How Beautiful You Are
15. The Song
Rehearsals Bonus Track:
16. Sea Song
Credits
John Greaves: Steinway Grand Piano, vocals
Annie Barbazza: vocals and piano on “Sea Song”, background vocals on “The Song”
Paola Tagliaferro: background vocals on “The Song”

LINO CAPRA VACCINA
Arcaico Armonico
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2015
DC004 | DCLP001
CD | LP
980 | 500 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Echi e frequenze
02. Dialoghi tra suoni
03. Andante ancestrale
04. Arcaico armonico
05. Improvvisamente (bonus track)
Credits
Lino Capra Vaccina: gongs, cymbals, voices, vibraphone, tablas, sabar, bass drum, bells, Indian and African cattles, aeolustubulars, piano strings, African monostring
Juri Camisasca: voices on "03"
Paolo Tofani: Madhuria on "02"
Camillo Mozzoni: oboe, oboe d’amore and english horn on "04", oboe on "05"
Max Marchini: additional percussions and gong on "05"

LINO CAPRA VACCINA
Metafisiche del suono
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2017
DC005 | DCLP002
CD | LP
500 | 500 hand-numbered
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Tracklist
01. Metafisica del suono
02. Geometrie Astrali
03. Metafisica del silenzio
04. Il silenzio interiore
05. Lo spazio trascendente
06. Policromie sospese
Credits
Lino Capra Vaccina: vibrafono, pianoforte, metallofono, gongs, campane, percussioni assortite, tablas, strumenti ad arco, voci, campane a vento, piatti, timpani
Camillo Mozzoni: oboe, oboe d’amore, corno inglese
Michael Tanner: salterio, autoharp, dulcimer, chitarra elettrica e treatments
Alison Cotton: viola

KEITH & JULIE TIPPETT, LINO CAPRA VACCINA, PAOLO TOFANI
A Mid Autumn Night's Dream
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2019
DC006 | DCLP006
CD | LP
500 | 500 hand-numbered
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Tracklist
01. A Mid Autumn Night's Dream
Credits
Keith Tippett: piano, musical box, woodblocks, pebbles, maraca
Julie Tippetts: voice, small bells, struck thumb piano, swivel drum, miniature xylophone
Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, cymbals, percussions, gongs, tam-tam, timpani, chimes, bells
Paolo Tofani: madhura, santoor, electronics & devices

JEANETTE SOLLÉN
Ripe When Yields To Gentle Pressure
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2018
DC007 | DCLP004
CD | LP
300 | 300 hand-numbered
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Tracklist
01. The Trip
02. Rock Song
03. Echo & Narcissus
04. Ripe When Yields To Gentle Pressure
05. Waterfalls
06. Split
07. Isabels Song
08. Gloria
09. Loreley
10. Utro
Credits
Jeanette Sollén: vocals, zithers, percussion, city hall bells
Jonny Wartel: saxophones (1, 2, 3, 9), vacuum cleaners (3), percussion (5, 9)
Ray Adams: harps (1)
Helle Mørch: vocals (3, 5, 6, 9)
Isabel Sciutto: vocals (7)
Nicolas Ballet: vocals (8)
Margareta Granvik, Anette Lindwall, Therese Larsson, Kajsa Åström: choir (7)
The Dot Choir (Jeanette Fredenberg, Jenny Granvik, Karina Lernestål, Maja Lidén, Kristina Månsson, Ingrid Knutsson, Jennie Thulin, Kajsa Åström): vocals (10)
Other musicians (7): Ola Denward, Dick Heijkensköld, Göran Kunstbergs, Lotte Nilsson, Roine Sangenberg, Olle Skog, Peter Wildoer.

VINCENZO RAMAGLIA
Atomic City
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2019
DC008
CD
370 hand-numbered
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Tracklist
01. Atomic City 1 [8’27]
02. Atomic City 2 [9’17]
03. Atomic City 3 [8’45]
04. Atomic City 4 [8’55]
05. Atomic City 5 [9’34]
Credits
Renato Ciunfrini: clarinet
Vincenzo Ramaglia: electronics

MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN & ALIREZA MORTAZAVI
Hamdelaneh - Intimate Dialogues
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2019
DC009 | DCLP009
CD | LP
500 | 500 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Love without boundaries
02. Dance of life
03. Resonance
04. Ensoundment
Credits
Markus Stockhausen: trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, voice
Alireza Mortazavi: santoor

LINO CAPRA VACCINA & UNTITLED NOISE
Perpetual Possibility
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2019
DC011 | DCLP011
CD | LP
500 | 500 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Perpetual
02. Possibility
Credits
Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, piano, glockenspiel, gongs, wind chimes, percussion, bowed instruments, cymbals
/Untitled Noise
Michele Lombardelli: analog devices, oscillators, mixer
Luca Scarabelli: picrophones, springs, metals and marbles

north sea radio orchestra, john greaves, annie barbazza
Folly Bololey - Songs from Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2019
DC012 | DCLP012
CD | LP
999 | 500 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Sea Song
02. A Last Straw
03. Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road
04. Alifib
05. Alifie
06. Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road
bonus tracks:
07. The British Road
08. Maryan
09. Shipbuilding
10. O Caroline
Credits
Craig Fortnam: guitar, farfisa organ, vocal (track 7, 9)
Annie Barbazza: lead vocal, farfisa organ
John Greaves: bass guitar, vocal (track 4, 11), spoken word (track 3, 5, 6)
William D. Drake: piano, farfisa organ, vocal (track 2,3, 5)
Laurent Valero: violin, viola, recorder, rass recorder
Nicky Baigent: Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, spoken word (track 5)
Luke Crookes: bassoon
Harry Escott: cello
Tommaso Franguelli: vibes, percussion
Cheb Nettles: drums

ANNIE BARBAZZA
Vive
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2020
DC013 | DCLP013
CD | LP
500 | 300 hand-numbered
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Tracklist
01. Ys
02. June
03. From Too Much Love Of Living
04. Time
05. Nebulae
06. Wrote Myself A Letter
07. How Beautiful You Are
08. Lost At Sea
09. Phantoms
10. Tide
11. Les Ruines Du sommeil
12. Lotus Flower
13. Boîte À Tisanes
Credits
Annie Barbazza: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Indian Harmonium, Bass, Piano, Soundscapes, Autoharp
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guests
Camillo Mozzoni: oboe (track 4 and 10)
Daniel Lanois: pedal steel guitar (track 1 and 11)
Franz Soprani: tibetan bell (track 9)
Fred Frith: electric guitar (track 8 and 13)
Greg Lake: original track production (track 13)
John Greaves: bass (track 3), vocals (track 7)
Lino Capra Vaccina: percussion, (track 4, 6, 10 and 12), vibraphone (track 4, 10 and 12), vocals (track 6)
Max Marchini: bass (track 7 and 9)
Michael Tanner: autoharp (track 6)
Olivier Mellano: electric guitar (track 3 and 7)
Paolo Tofani: madhuria guitar (track 12)
Paul Roland: vocals (track 6)
William Xerra: cover design

LINO CAPRA VACCINA
Sincretico Modale
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2022
DC014 | DCLP014
CD | LP
300 | 300
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Tracklist
01. Armonie della mente
02. Arcana persistenza
03. Percezioni dell'essere
04. Persistenza della memoria
05. Sincretico Modale
Credits
Lino Capra Vaccina: grand piano, vibraphone, indian harmonium, mallets, gongs, bells, voice, tablas, percussione, cymbals
Camillo Mozzoni: oboe (track 3)

MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN, LINO CAPRA VACCINA with ALIREZA MORTAZAVI
Sincretico Modale
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2022
DC015
CD
500
Buy
Tracklist
01. Free Spirits
02. Face To Face
03. Rising Sun
04. Changing Worlds
05. Human Research
06. Inland Sea
07. Burning Cry
08. Venus In Scorpio
09. Divine Experiment
10. Thankfulness
11. Mystery
Credits
Markus Stockhausen: trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, gong, chimes, cymbals, timpani, drums
Alireza Mortazavi: santur

NARADA BURTON GREENE
A Music Cooperative in Isolation
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2022
DC016
CD
250
Buy
Tracklist
01. Cluster Fantasy
02. What’s Next
03. Interplay
04. A Lifelong Mystery Parts 1 & 2
05. Buddhist Garden
06. Back Into It Again!
Credits
The music was all recorded on Burton’s houseboat in Amsterdam between May 2020 and February 2021

BLAINE L. REININGER
Ocean Planet
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2023
DC017
CD
400
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Tracklist
01. Ocean Planet
02. Obscured
03. Shelley Hellas
04. Firefly
05. Bis Gems
06. Parc de la Villette (Another Fine Messiaen)
07. Pluie en Bas
08. Bones
09. Incantations
10. Slightly Rusty
11. Iris
12. Un Giro
Credits
Written, recorded and mixed by Blaine in Athens, Greece
Mastered by Alberto Callegari at Elfo Studio

JOHN GREAVES & ANNIE BARBAZZA
Earthly Powers
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2023
DC018
CD
500
Buy
Tracklist
01. God Song (Wyatt/Miller)
02. Bad Alchemy (Greaves/Blegvad)
03. Twenty-two Proverbs (Greaves/Blegvad)
04. Kew-Rhône (Greaves/Blegvad)
05. Swelling Valley (Greaves/Blegvad)
06. The Song (Greaves/Blegvad)
07. How Beautiful You Are (Greaves/Blegvad)
08. Walking On Eggshells (Greaves)
09. Dead Poets (Greaves)
10. The Price We Pay (Greaves)
11. Summer On Ice (Greaves)
12 The Green Fuse (Greaves/Thomas)
13. To Make You Feel My Love (Dylan)
14. In Hell’s Despite (Blegvad)
15. Avalanche (Cohen)
16. Earthly Powers (Greaves)
17. In Te (Greaves/Marchini/Barbazza)
18. Lotus Flower (Barbazza)
19. Time (Greaves)
Credits
John Greaves: vocals, piano
Annie Barbazza: vocals, acoustic guitar, piano on 18, indian harmonium on 19.

LINO CAPRA VACCINA
Syn•Thesis
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2024
DC019
CD
300
Buy
Tracklist
01. Sacred Essence:
/Alpha
/Holy Myrth
/Shiva, The Destroyer
/Ocean Of Dust
02. Ellipsis
03. From The Birth Of Time
Credits
Lino Capra Vaccina: analog synthesisers, percussion, vibraphone, piano

MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN & LUCA FORMENTINI
Rêverie
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2023
DC020
CD
300
Buy
Tracklist
01. Dream Talk
02. Spirits Everywhere
03. Walking in Dream Land
04. Night Birds
Credits
Markus Stockhausen: trumpet, flugelhorn and voice
Luca Formentini: electric guitar, synth, sampler and processing

KEITH TIPPETT, CLAUDIO GABBIANI, ROBERTO MUSCI
Music For Labyrinths
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2024
DC021
CD
300
Buy
Tracklist
01. Music For Labyrinths
Credits
Keith Tippett: piano
Claudio Gabbiani: acoustic & electric guitars
Roberto Musci: sampler, percussion, theremin, Vx7 (didgeridoo, bass clarinet), electronics

BOXHEAD ENSEMBLE
Armenia
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2024
DC022
CD
300
Buy
Tracklist
01. Museum (introduction)
02. String Duo (Planes)
03. Tatev Hotsprings/Devil's Bridge
04. Gadarine Dreams
05. Studio 6 (Kapan Station)
06. Morning In Ashtarak
07. Wandering/Alone
08. Karabakh
09. Studio 3 (Quarry)
10. String Duo 2 (Explorers)
11. Museum 3 (Uncharted)
Credits
all music by The Boxhead Ensemble
engineers: Shahzad Ismaily and Michael Krassner
mixed by Michael Krassner. Mastered by Alberto Callegari at Elfo Studio
cover graphics: Max Marchini
produced by Michael Krassner and Braden King
executive Production: Max Marchini

MICHAEL MANTLER w/ Annie Barbazza, John Greaves & The New Songs Ensemble
Sempre Notte - Live Songs
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2024
DC023
CD
500
Buy
Tracklist
01. Sempre Notte
02. Intolerance
03. War
04. Business
05. What Else To Say
06. PSS
07. Darker Than The Light
08. Speechless
09. Eterno / Stasera / Girovago
10. L'Illuminata Rugiada
11. Vanità
12. Senza Fiato
13. Non Gridate Più
14. For Instance
15. When I Run
16. What's Left To Say
17. Understanding
Credits
Michael Mantler: trumpet
Annie Barbazza, John Greaves: voice
The New Songs Ensemble
Gareth Davis: bass clarinet
Bjarne Roupé: guitar
David Helbock: piano
radio.string.quartet
Bernie Mallinger, Igmar Jenner: violin
Cynthia Liao: viola
Sophie Abraham: cello
recorded live September 26, 2023 at Porgy & Bess, Vienna (AT) - engineer: Josè Lopez
mixed and mastered April 16-18, 2024 at Elfo Studios, Tavernago (IT) - engineers: Alberto Callegari, Matteo Gagliano
produced by Michael Mantler in collaboration with Porgy & Bess
cover photo: © Tod Papageorge, courtesy Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne / Paris
booklet photos: © Wolfgang Gonaus, Franz Soprani (page 27)
album design, executive producer: Max Marchini