New album by Renato Mello (member of the bands Kafka / Invisible Opera) in collaboration with Fabio Golfetti (Violeta de Outono / Gong), under the name FRAME OF LIFE.
The album, recorded between December 2022 and April 2023, features special participation from members of the bands Stratus Luna and Dr Fantástico, featuring instrumental tracks and songs, moving between space jazz, art rock and psychedelic music.
Following up on FOL 1, this album maintains and deepens the adventure of improvisations and brings even more psychological landscapes, with intimate songs sung and instrumental themes that are sometimes smoky, sometimes multicoloured. There is music about rain dripping into a lake, there is colonial rebellion and gusty riffs and manifestos for the liberation of useless objects and big brass and swing bands with curtains of sounds in the background. These songs sound like paintings and appear to be made of scribbles.
FRAME OF LIFE 2
Renato Mello | Fabio Golfetti
1. SONG OF TWO PLANETS
2. SOUNDS LIKE PAINTINGS
3. GET RID
4. SKY ABOVE US
5. EVENTS IN CALM WATER
6. DAYBREAK
7. NIGHT SKETCH
8. OFF WHITE SHADOWS
Renato Mello
vocal, alto sax, guitar, loops, piano (6)
Fabio Golfetti
guitar, glissando guitar (except on 5)
Fernando Alge
guitar (5,6,7,8)
Gabriel Golfetti
bass, acoustic guitar (3)
Giovanni Lenti
drums
All tracks composed and played by
Renato Mello & Fabio Golfetti
with collaboration from
Gabriel Golfetti, Giovanni Lenti & Fernando Alge.
Recorded & mixed at Seven Keys studios, São Paulo / London between Dec 2022-Apr 2023
Alto sax on Events in Calm Water, Daybreak and Night Sketch were originally recorded in 1994.
Artwork by Orb design
Paintings by Renato Mello
Produced by Fabio Golfetti
“This album is dedicated to the lovely memory of my brother Ju, who taught us the first and definitive chords as children”