The opener ‘Summwhere’ starts like something from a 1920s dance hall before morphing into a more jazz rock orientated groove. The Italian Nahum (now based in Spain) has a background in film and TV music composition and is a Berklee graduate whilst Deferrari is a fellow Italian now domiciled in Belgium who tours a solo show using live loops. The album is topped by another romantic paean ‘The Blind, The Deaf’, a real tour-de-force with references to the everyday and the hum-drum ‘Don’t Give Up – all the strength you need is to dip another sugar spoon in the mug/and turn till the coffee is sweet the way I like it.” The use of winds and brass gives some tracks a chamber music feel such as ‘ The Shortest Story’ and ‘Devil’s Lighter’ with it’s ‘Day In The Life’ aleatoric effects. The core influence has to be latter day Beatles with ‘Daybreak’ for example evoking ‘Blackbird’ albeit with added cello and a more upbeat end section. The lyrics might be quirky, poetic, but they resonate. The main protagonists Emiliano Deferrari (vocals) and Matteo Nahum (guitar) have weaved a rather engaging tapestry of songs that whilst referencing classic pop/rock retain a certain individuality. Evidently one of those internet phenomenons with recording bounced across Italy, Spain and Belgium. Rattsburg Records Based on the liner note, it seems this project has been some 11 years in the making. SOLUTIONS INCLUDE ACOUSTIC TILE ON CEILINGS AND WALL SURFACES, REPLACEMENT OF METAL TABLES WITH WOOD, CARPETING FLOORS, WOODEN OR TREATED METAL TABLES, AND MODIFICATIONS OF THE AUDIO SYSTEM.Share the post "Album review: NANAUE – 281F" TO MAKE THE TOMBS MORE HABITABLE, NOISE PROBLEMS OF AUDIO SYSTEMS (TELEVISIONS AND RADIOS COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER FROM SINGLE SOURCE SPEAKERS) AND JAIL CONSTRUCTION (ACOUSTICALLY HARD SURFACES AND NOISY CELL DOOR MECHANISMS) AND MEAL SERVICE EQUIPMENT (ALL METALLIC) WERE CONSIDERED. MOREOVER, A FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE FOUND THE LEVELS TO BE A GROSS TAX ON INMATES' MENTAL HEALTH AND ORDERED THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO CLOSE THE PRISON UNTIL REMEDIAL PROVISIONS WERE TAKEN. THE MEASURED SOUND LEVELS IN THE TOMBS VALIDATED THE PREVALENT FEELINGS OF DISRUPTIVE NOISINESS. NOISE MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS AT THE MANHATTAN HOUSE OF DETENTION (THE TOMBS) IN NEW YORK CITY, A TYPICAL MAXIMUM-SECURITY PRISON CONSISTING OF ACOUSTICALLY HARD, NONABSORBENT MATERIALS. AFTER DEFINING NOISE AND DESCRIBING ITS ILL EFFECTS (SLEEP INTERFERENCE, SPEECH INTERFERENCE, AND HEARING LOSS) THE PAPER CITES A CASE EXAMPLE OF JAIL NOISE. EXCESSIVE NOISINESS IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES HAS BEEN LARGELY OVERLOOKED AS A CONTRIBUTORY FACT TO INMATE AND STAFF DISCOMFORT IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
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