AIR - BARRICO

AIR - BARRICO
CITY READING:
THE STORIE WESTERN (2003)
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On City Reading, Italian author Alessandro Baricco (of the acclaimed 1998 novel Silk) employs the ambient electronics of Air in what amounts to an artfully done book-on-tape, read in Baricco’s thick Italian brogue. Narrating a few especially poetic and lyrical passages from his 2002 novel City, Baricco tells three offbeat stories of the Old West (broken out over 19 tracks) that could’ve been stolen from Sergio Leone’s dream journal. Meanwhile, Air shows off the knack for theme music they brought to the Virgin Suicides soundtrack, laying down accompaniment that provides a proper theatrical background for Baricco’s playful yet melancholy yarns. An intriguing mix of story and song, City Reading continues Air’s baroque touch with synthesized moods and spacious atmosphere.

BIRD
1. Bird
LA PUTTANA DI CLOSINGTOWN
2. Prologo per la puttana di closingtown
3. Se vuoi capire la loro storia
4. Pat Cobhan hide
5. Fanny scivola con le labbra
6. Pat cobhan alza gli occhi
7. Young
8. Affanculo
9. Quell'uomo bara, dice
10. Finale
CACCIA ALL'UOMO
11. Prologo
12. Il primo giorno
13. Il secondo giorno
14. Il terzo giorno
15. L'urlo
16. Mondo sparito
17. Il quarto giorno
18. Macchie di sangue
19. Musica