Recorded in Naples historic recording studio Auditorium Novecento ‘notes from the air’ is the second Ciro Vitiello full-lenght album, that turns around the ambiguous figure of the seagull, a coastal apparition both ridiculous and divine, foolish and sacred, graceful in flight yet uneasy on land, something that knows more than it shows, carrying both wonder and threat in its gaze.
The album breathes through that tension, the desire to fly and the fear of falling, the suspicion of having already crashed somewhere unseen.
Wind, creaking ropes, invisible currents: these become signals from another uncoding state, reminders that air can be both home and haunting. The record lingers in suspension. Each track feels like a fragment carried by wind, a message blurred, a memory misplaced, something approaching meaning but never arriving.
The record drifts between orchestral gestures and dream-pop/post-rock shadows, guided by Ciro Vitiello’s fascination with shoegaze textures and cinematic atmospheres, and features contributions by Heith, Renato Grieco, Stefano Costanzo, Caraluce and Daniel Kinzelman. Vocal features include Martyna Basta, Heith and Antonina Nowacka, alongside Ciro’s own voice.
credits
Written and produced by Ciro Vitiello & Heith
Recorded at Auditorium Novecento, Napoli
Ciro Vitiello: synthesizers, Rhodes, piano, dulcimer, winds, spinetta, celesta, bells, electronics, field recordings
Heith: guitars, bass, electronics, spinetta
Renato Grieco: viola da gamba, bass
Stefano Costanzo: drums, bells, crotali, woodblock, bowl and objects
Caraluce: accordion - track 4, 9
Daniel Kinzelman: sax, clarinet - track 4
Vocals by Ciro Vitiello, Heith, Antonina Nowacka, Martyna Basta
Lyrics on track 2, 5 by Ciro Vitiello
Lyrics on track 3 by Heith
Lyrics on track 6 by Martyna Basta
Mixed by Eraclio Pagliuca & Francesco Sodano at The Vessel Recordings
Mastered by Mathieu Savenay
Art by Kenshiro Caravaggio Carena
Photo by Salvatore Pastore
Graphic design: Giovanni Difronzo
