
Pia, Zoe & Mats Gustafsson
Rite
Hailing from Sardinia, Pia brings a fresh sound, or in fact many fresh sounds, from the most traditional launeddas pipes to the enormous tone of her clarinet. Both have a feeling for dramatic arc, sometimes long-form, that evolves organically from the sounds at hand, or in mind. The noises of tradition, the southern European psyche meeting the chilly northern subconscious, together rocking and reeling with a combination of urgency and patience. Here they are, in three Rites, ushering the listener along, through the passage, the rite de passage. The cavernous sound of Sardinian and Swedish-Austrian soul. Not dark, but darkish.