SOLARE

This is the first album In the solo career of Ciro Perrino after all experiences the years before.
Since his childhood Ciro has been interested in the solar system.
As a child he reads a book in the bookcase of his parents with images of the solar system with the different planets. These images are frightening and attractive at the same time because of the distances and the dimension of the system. is.
Later his interest in the cosmos gets new impulses. At the age of 42 he is looking through the telescope of a girlfriend. He observes Saturn with his rings. This evokes a sense of abandonment in the universe like it did in his childhood.

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        Solare describes the journey within the solar system with visits to every our known planet. In the first weeks of the winter of 1978 Ciro writes the contours of the song, that later will be Uranus. He write, rewrites about a year and a half, then record it and then..... His first contract as soloist. 

        Ciro is recording the album in the autumn and winter of 1979 in the RCA studios in Rome. The album has been released in November 1980.

        The recording of his first solo album is a difficult process. There are no computers to record and to produce music. He has to record track by track and to keep the corresponding time perfectly. The recordings are analog. So he has to keep time synchronously. In case of errors Ciro has to repeat the process again.  

        He wants to show the atmosphere of space, that he carries with him since his childhood. In his mind he is looking at the planets from above, with the knowledge that he can’t go there.

        Ciro uses following instruments: ARP 2600, ARP Sequenzer, ARP Omni-2, Eminent strings Ensemble, EMS AKS, Yamaha CS-80, Mellotron 400, Moog synthesizers, Steinway Grand Piano, EKO Rythmcomputer, drums.

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