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Subversive Frailty

by Francesco Bosa

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1.
Scherzo 00:32
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"Je voudrais proclamer une vérité qui me chasserait à jamais des vivants" E. M. Cioran
2.
Dance of the Ages, part 1 02:40
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... You will find the Wolf from the fairy tales... well, it's almost him and he's even a good singer, so I hired him and you can hear him howling!...
3.
Virginia Clemm (instrumental) 01:23
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... The theme of Virginia is in the air, as frail as her figure...
4.
Andante con moto 02:01
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... and Orpheus is going to subvert the nature of things by taming the Furies...
5.
Song of the Inquisitor 04:36
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... Censors and inquisitors are doing their job with everyone around who knows "more than they do", as Dylan would probably sing, and you will see them putting up their nameplates, proud of their position, as respected now as they have always been...
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Lil' Amber 05:39
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... There is a triptych of female portraits, the amber-haired girl who shines in the artist's memory... Show me how to die... be born again in your grace... Show me how we cannot die tonight...
7.
Marie Antoinette (interlude) 02:37
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... The unknown queen from an ancient Sardinian town on the sea... Marie Antoinette, reine d'Alguer Et Liane, sa soeur, la belle princesse...
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Lolita 04:10
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... and the sad-eyed Lolita taking a ride on a merry-go-round... Lolita Vita mia Carne mia Giostra gira Per dimenticar Lolita Vieni nuda A dimenticar ...
9.
Niños de la Cruz 09:54
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... Litanies accompany the sentenced man to his Golgotha... Ni por gracia ni hermosura Yo nunca me perderé, Sino por un no sé qué Que se halla por ventura... Who is the crucified man?
10.
A Portrait of the Artist as an Exile 02:52
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... and far away - in time or space? - the artist is portrayed at the time of his exile...
11.
Eine Vogel-Coda 00:38
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... The woodpecker reveals the Nietzschean Tiktak of his fate to the poet... Böse wurd’ ich, zog Gesichter, Endlich aber gab ich nach, Bis ich gar, gleich einem Dichter, Selber mit im Tiktak sprach. Bis ich gar, gleich einem Dichter, Selber mit im Tiktak sprach ...
12.
Dance of the Ages, part 2 02:56
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... and suddenly the tick tock becomes percussion for the freaks...
13.
Dance of the Ages, part 3 04:39
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... and then the most bizarre choir of slaves will reveal the morals of a story without morals...
14.
Virginia Clemm 02:42
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... while Edgar Allan Poe will leave his home to finally reach the Hades... Neither the angels Nor the demons Can ever dissever my soul from her soul...
15.
Niños de la Cruz (revisited) 06:16
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about

I see the work of art as a sort of orphic experience and, in this sense, Subversive Frailty is about the descent of Orpheus (aka Edgar Allan Poe aka the Artist) to the underworld, in the hope of finding and bringing his Eurydice, Virginia Clemm, back to life.
However, the album is also a gallery of sketches and characters for a more complex musical and literary portrait, like in an Old Master's painting where everything "takes place while someone else is walking dully along", as W. H. Auden wrote.
You will find the Wolf from the fairy tales... well, it's almost him and he's even a good singer, so I hired him and you can hear him howling!
The theme of Virginia is in the air, as frail as her figure, and Orpheus is going to subvert the nature of things by taming the Furies.
Censors and inquisitors are doing their job with everyone around who knows "more than they do", as Dylan would probably sing, and you will see them putting up their nameplates, proud of their position, as respected now as they have always been.
There is a triptych of female portraits, the amber-haired girl who shines in the artist's memory; the unknown queen from an ancient Sardinian town on the sea; and the sad-eyed Lolita taking a ride on a merry-go-round.
Litanies accompany the sentenced man to his Golgotha and far away - in time or space? - the artist is portrayed at the time of his exile.
Who is the crucified man?
The woodpecker reveals the Nietzschean Tiktak of his fate to the poet and suddenly the tick tock becomes percussion for the freaks. And then the most bizarre choir will reveal the morals of a story without morals, while Edgar Allan Poe will leave his home to finally reach the Hades.

Recorded in 2007, completed in 2009.
While rough mixes of three songs appeared in 2008, the album has never officially been released before.

This album has been mastered preserving its full dynamic range. Bandcamp doesn't use normalization on audio, so this record could sounds quieter than some. For full enjoyment simply turn up the volume!

Don't forget to check out the official Cantet Music website to see the complete catalogue of releases: www.cantetmusic.com

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released March 21, 2014

Music & artwork by Francesco Bosa (open the tracks for more details)

Cantet Music 2009

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