The Italian Chronicles Vol. 5

My partner and I took a lengthy vacation to Italy in April. We stayed in the Abruzzo, Tuscana and Umbria regions. The scenery, food and people were wonderful and exceeded all expectations. I literally did not want to come home. ❤️ As usual, I took my portable digital recorder along to document the journey. I ended up with a 5-hour audio diary of nature and small-town life in Italy. On the musical side and as usual, I have added modular synth and various synthesizers to the field recordings. The result is a kind of musical documentary for our trip. There will be five volumes of The Italian Chronicles. A few of the volumes will be label released and others by me. So, they won’t be released in order or complete for a while. This is nice in the instant gratification world we live in. 😎 The field recording for Church of Saint Francis 4.18.25 was recorded in one of the churches in Foligno on Good Friday. The sound in the small church with the open front door was amazing but unfortunately, I didn’t have my digital recorder with me, so I had to use my phone. The resulting recording is a bit odd sounding. The music for this track is the only dark ambient piece in the entire series and fits the mood of the evening. The Casa de' Trinci, Pt. 2 recording is from the wonderful B&B we stayed at in Foligno. We had the place virtually to ourselves with a nice area to sit outside in front of our room. There were two days of afternoon rain and thunderstorms. This is the second field recording of this wonderful time spent soaking in the local atmosphere. Again, I hope these tracks convey the peace and tranquility I experienced in Italy. And as always, thank you for listening and your support.