1915 The Armenian Files is an album by

Roberto Paci Dalò Roberto Paci Dalò is an Italian author, composer and musician, film maker and theatre director, sound and visual artist, radio-maker. He is the co-founder and director of the performing arts ensemblGiardini Pensiliand he has been the artistic d ...

, released in 2015 by Marsèll Records in collaboration with Giardini Pensili, Arthub (Shanghai/Hong Kong) and the Embassy of Armenia in Italy. It was recorded live in

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at the digital studio of the

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(Austrian National Broadcasting Corporation) for the programme ''Kunstradio''.

Background

''1915 The Armenian Files'' is conceived about the

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was ...

. Among the sound of the music,

Daniel Varoujan Daniel Varoujan ( hy, Դանիէլ Վարուժան, 20 April 188426 August 1915) was an Armenian poet of the early 20th century. At the age of 31, when he was reaching international stature, he was deported and murdered by the Young Turk gov ...

's poems are narrated by Boghos Levon Zekiyan, also appearing the voice of the composer, religious and musicologist

Komitas Vardapet Soghomon Soghomonian, ordained and commonly known as Komitas, ( hy, Կոմիտաս; 22 October 1935) was an Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered the founder of the Armenian national scho ...

. The record comes together with a movie, an exhibition, a radio broadcast, a multimedia concert.

Reception

The magazine ''Artribune'' places the album among the 25 best records of 2015. According to the magazine ''Neural'', "in ''1915 The Armenian Files'' a passionate and involved narrative is modulated by multiple influences and linkages, in an ultra-vivid junction of acoustic-electronic dramaturgy and immersive sensory perception". -Fabrizio Zampighi, Sentireascoltare 10.01.2016 -Lello Voce, Il Fatto Quotidiano 28.06.2016.

Track listing

Personnel

*Roberto Paci Dalò – composition, clarinets, live electronics *Boghos Levon Zekiyan – narration (recorded in 2000) *Stefano Spada / Light Parade – beat design *Julia Kent – cello *Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo – electric guitar *Daniel Varoujan – texts

Credits

*Sound Engineers: Elmar Peinelt, Markus Radinger *ORF Kunstradio Producer: Elisabeth Zimmermann *Mastered at La Maestà studio by Giovanni Versari *Julia Kent and Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo recorded at O.F.F. Studio in Turin, sound engineer: Paul Beauchamp *Produced by Roberto Paci Dalò and Mirko Rizzi *Production Marsèll, Giardini Pensili, Arthub, Ambasciata della Repubblica d'Armenia in Italia

References

{{reflist 2015 live albums Roberto Paci Dalò albums