maurizio ravalico
percussion
A THOUSAND RAWHIDE DIAPHRAGMS
is Maurizio Ravalico's latest album
released on October 25th 2024
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"Maurizio has taken the art of ‘music for congas’ to the next level (…) Such an adventurous album and far more than you’d expect (…) this is one to investigate." (youandthemusic.com)
Available on limited edition three-fold digisleeve packaged cd, and download
Streaming is easy, Spotify is cheap, But listening to an album while savouring a good looking package with hands and eye, taking in the pictures that were created to accompany it while reading long and insightful liner notes has no match.
And, think of the majority of the money you've spent for such experience going to the artist, instead of up the arse of some CEO who hasn't written a good melody in his entire life.
Be a good girl; Be a good boy. Don't be a shallow swimmer. Buy physical.
Maurizio Ravalico is a percussionist, composer, educator and explorer of the sound of all things. Based in London since 1991, he is also frequently collaborating with productions in France, Germany and Italy. His lifelong penchant for cross-pollinating ideas, musical styles and art forms has led him to navigate successfully in realms as divergent as funk, pop, salsa, theatre, contemporary dance, experimental composition, poetry, free-form improvisation, jazz and electronic music.
Maurizio's list of collaborations include Paul McCartney, Jamiroquai, the James Taylor Quartet, Paul Young, Snowboy, Alex Wilson, Steve Beresford, Pat Thomas, Eska Mtungwazi, Dele Sosimi, Orphy Robinson, Rotary Connection 222 and many others. These days Maurizio is playing percussion with Tamar Osborn's Collocutor, Phil Dawson's quintet, the extended string quartet Phaedra Ensemble, and singer/songwriters Noga Ritter and Attawalpa. He has toured Europe with his solo percussion act between 2017 and 2019, and released his solo repertoire on the album Nobody's Husband, Nobody's Dad. His most recent project is The New Conga Lab, an online platform of new studies for conga drums, which was followed in 2024 by the release of A Thousand Rawhide Diaphragms, an album of new music for congas.