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Clap
CLAP. An Anatomy of Applause is a compilation of original works by a group of musicians and composers brought together by Andrea Stillacci and Unsounds. The project goal is to highlight the radically different forms and meanings that the sound of applause can take according to its context. The principle was to work from original recordings of each artists choice, with sources ranging from the thunderous applause celebrating Maria Callas last public appearance to the crowds cheering at the fall of the Berlin Wall, and to transform them into musical compositions. Short notes by the artists contextualize the original sounds they have chosen as a departure point and motivation for their piece. The artists on this album represent a variety of styles and practices within the experimental fields, at the intersection of the curators and the labels artistic visions. The participants have delved into the dynamics, the grain, the pathos of the applause, in a reversed act of appreciation. The works are unified in the album as they wholeheartedly respond to the voice of the public. A dialogue that remains a vital force, that of the connection of the public with the artists, and vice-versa.