The Voluntary Butler Scheme collaborates with Italian musician Luigi Frassetto
Luigi Frassetto, a London-based composer from Sardinia, Italy, released his EP The R.J. Sessions on iTunes.
This is Frassetto’s first solo release, after a long and still ongoing stint with his homeland band Rodeo Clown.
The R.J. Sessions takes its title from the owner of the tiny studio where the EP was recorded: Dudley’s finest Rob Jones – aka The Voluntary Butler Scheme – best known for his singles Multiplayer and Tabasco Sole, who also co-produced the record.
Frassetto took advantage of Jones’ ability to create retro-flavoured soundscapes with a contemporary edge, relishing tight budget situations by adopting unorthodox solutions to obtain compelling results.
The two resorted to a variety of techniques, from the repeated layering of live takes of a small string section to sampling old library music tracks from vinyl records. The outcome is a quite varied yet organic sequence, which goes from the lounge-tinged melancholia of Barcelona and Farewell Bossanova to the burning funk of Super Tele and Cool Mash, with the ‘trait d’union’ of Frassetto’s Italian-style taste for melody.
The five tracks, three instrumentals and two songs – a derivation of Frassetto’s recent work in film music – feature a good number of guests, most notably Somerset-based singer/songwriter Nathan Ball, Manchester harmony-pop duo Ash Before Oak, and multivalent musician and videomaker Marco “Sfanto” Testoni.
The R.J. Sessions is available on iTunes through Awal, and is accompanied by a mini-documentary which can be viewed on Luigi Frassetto’s Youtube channel.
www.luigifrassetto.com
https://itunes.apple.com/album/the-r.j.-sessions-ep/id655006247?ls=1
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