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ARTIST
HOFFMAN, KAY
TITLE
Floret Silva
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
SOMMOR RECORDS
CATALOG #
SOMM 029LP
SOMM 029LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
4/15/2016
Sounding at times like
Vashti Bunyan
fronting
Sunforest
,
Floret Silva
is a haunting mix of medieval music and progressive psych folk with Latin lyrics straight from the 13th-century
Carmina Burana
manuscript. The
Floret Silva
project was born when minimalist composer
Kay Hoffman
went to Italy in the mid-'70s. Once there, she met Welsh soprano
Jacqueline Darby
, who had recently been working with the Italian avant-prog band
Pierrot Lunaire
. Darby was working on new compositions with RCA producer
Vincenzo Micocci
in Rome and she asked Hoffman if she was interested in getting involved in a new project. Hoffman agreed and
Gaio Chiocchio
and
Arturo Stalteri
of Pierrot Lunaire also joined them on this new venture. Chiocchio travelled from Rome to play the guitar and other friends of Darby's also offered their collaboration. In a short time, Hoffman wrote all the material, inspired by the
Carmina Burana
and her love of Medieval and Renaissance music. Hoffman also contributed vocals, clavinet, and piano and, with Darby's haunting vocals and an impressive cast of jazz/rock/prog musicians, recorded
Floret Silva
during 1977 and 1978, under Micocci's guidance. Sadly, RCA backed off and the album went unreleased until a copy of the masters found their way to Japan, where the great Belle Antique label put out the first vinyl edition of
Floret Silva
in 1985. In 2006, US label Robot Records resurrected it again for its first CD release (ROBOT 034CD). After many years out of print on vinyl, Sommor presents a 2016 edition of this lost piece from the '70s Italian underground scene. A visionary album that anticipated the sound practiced by many neo-folk bands some decades later. RIYL:
Jan Dukes de Grey
, Vashti Bunyan, Sunforest,
The Wicker Man
, Pierrot Lunaire,
Opus Avantra
,
Current 93
,
Nico
,
Gal Costa
,
The Wooden O
,
Giles Farnaby's Dream Band
. . . . Master tape sound. Includes four-page insert with detailed liner notes by
Richard Allen
and photos.
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