Tommaso Capellato

This is Italian percussionist-producer-composer Tommaso Cappellato’s seventh album as a bandleader. “Pioneered” was recorded during the artist’s month-long residency at the venerable Brooklyn contemporary arts space Pioneer Works, in 2018. It features contributions from a multicultural and sonically diverse cast of electronic, jazz, and experimental players whose own work and ideas about music communities naturally inform Cappellato’s.

The impressive list of contributors to “Pioneered” includes Shahzad Ismaily, Jaimie Branch, Val Jeanty, Afrikan Sciences, Michael Blake, Yusuke Yamamoto, Donato Dozzy, and others. Pioneered also marks the first release on Cappellato’s Domanda Music label, devoted to a global-minded eclecticism, rhythm, improvisation and joy.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. TO BE BORN AND FORGET
• Tommaso Cappellato - (drums, sensory percussion)

• A2. LEGEND OF THE BRINGER
• Shahzad Ismaily - (electric bass, moog)
• Yusuke Yamamoto - (electric vibes)
• Mariano Gil - (flute)
• Justine Cefalù - (violin)
• Michael Blake - (bansuri)
• Tommaso Cappellato - (drums, organ)

• A3. THE ELITE
• jaimie branch - (trumpet, synths)
• Val Jeanty - (turntables)
• Tommaso Cappellato - (drums)

• A4. SO HARD TO BE APART
• Afrikan Sciences - (synths, programming)
• Tommaso Cappellato - (drums)
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• SIDE B
• B1. GREEN IS THE COLOR OF TH HEART
• Tommaso Cappellato - (drums, synths, sensory percussion)

• B2. ANGELS IN SPACE
• Michael Blake - (tenor saxophone)
• Tommaso Cappellato - (drums, synths, percussion)

• B3. BIKES, RIDES & TIDES
• Shahzad Ismaily - (moog)
• Nico Soffiato - (guitar)
• Tommaso Cappellato - (drums, programming)

• B4. IN NEED TO SLOW DOWN
• Yusuke Yamamoto - (synths, vibes)
• Francesco Geminiani - (ewi)
• Tommaso Cappellato - (drums, synths, percussion)

Recorded in New York, September 2018