Rob Mazurek

Here is one more example of a musical project inspired in literature. Star Splitter, the duo by the multi-instrumentalists Gabriele Mitelli and Rob Mazurek, makes reference to a poem by Robert Frost, in which this author tells the story of Brad McLaughlin, a farmer who failed to produce agricultural income and decided to burn his house to get the insurance money necessary to buy a telescope and spend the rest of his life contemplating the stars and the planets above – of course, getting a dayjob as a ticket seller to eat and pay his expenses.

PERSONNEL:

• GABRIELE MITELLI, cornet, soprano sax, alto flugelhorn, electronics, voice
• ROB MAZUREK, piccolo trumpet, electronics, objects, voice

Recorded at Leopolda Station, Florence, Italy

TRACKS:

• 01. Venus
• 02. Mercury
• 03. Mars
• 04. Uranus