SONOLOGYST
SHORTWAVE SPECTRUM (2CD)

Sonologyst is solo project of Italian sound artist Raffaele Pezzella. Based on perpetual experiments in sound, the project looks back to early experimentation of the 50's and 60's, forwarding to the future possibilities of electronic and electroacoustic instruments, with a special attention to the relationships between music and science, music and other art forms, including literature and modern mythologies. Sonologyst’s pieces are almost completely improvised, meaning that the result is unpredictable. His music oscillates between the scientific sonic documentary and the psychedelic abstraction. 

Raffaele Pezzella is also the curator of the Unexplained Sounds Group, a multimedia platform created to investigate the current underground experimental worldwide music scene.

The new Sonologyst "sonic documentary" delves into the secretive realm of shortwave transmissions; a chronicle of clandestine shortwave transmissions culled from a span of nearly four decades (1982-2021). These mysterious transmissions - repetitive voices, signals, sound pulses, short pieces of music - were collated and edited to compose the tracks of the main album.

Immersed in an isolating fog of dark ambient, deep drone music and cinematic sound art, it provides an auditory exploration of the ongoing Cold War. Originating from covert radio stations engaged in military and espionage endeavours, the tracks unveil a hidden sonic landscape of strategic communication.

The second disc, in its extensive presentation, provides a deeper immersion into these enigmatic broadcasts. Each recording remains unaltered, accompanied only by a ghostly drone. It offers an unfiltered glimpse into the world of clandestine communication, where words are transmitted beneath the radar and in the shadowy confines of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Double CD in a matt-finish gatefold ecopak with graphic design by Abby Helasdottir.