Damāvand
Damāvand is a musical project by Italian artists and musicians Gianluca Ceccarini (electronics, electroacoustic objects, tar) and Alessandro Ciccarelli (electronics, electroacoustic objects, trombone, cornet).
Gianluca Ceccarini is a guitarist, electroacoustic experimentalist, and luthier who specializes in the restoration and construction of stringed early music instruments. He also works in photographic research, video-art, graphics and independent publishing with the Sarab collective.
Alessandro Ciccarelli is an author and artist working with different languages: photography, video, and sound. He is involved in several collective research projects in the musical and theatrical fields. His solo records are released under the moniker Elnath.
2023
Die Schachtel / Blume Editions
The debut of the duo Damāvand (Gianluca Ceccarini and Alessandro Ciccarelli), a tribute to the 18th Century Armenian poet and musician Sayat Nova, weaves a sprawling sense of rhythmic abstraction from ancient poetic touchstone, offering further proof that the future of ambient music is now.
