YOU WERE AI HERE (Synthetic Trilogy Vol. III)

 Synthetic Trilogy – You Were AI Here (Vol. III)

Label / Code: Flavour Sperimentale FLV.SP/0003/24 – Bandcamp (September 21, 2024)

1. How Does It Make You Feel? – 03:19 (AI prompt)

2. Pills – 02:50 (AI prompt)

3. Trapped Child – 03:15 (AI prompt)

4. I Hate Photographs – 02:43 (AI prompt)

5. Something Left Unsaid – 03:34 (AI prompt)

6. You Were AI Here – 03:44 (AI prompt)

7. Lost And Found – 02:28 (AI prompt)

8. Fade – 03:18 (AI prompt)

9. Not To B Concise – 12:37 (AI prompt)

Line-up: Flavour Sperimentale – AI-generated compositions, programming

Total length: approx. 46 minutes 

Genre: Electro space rock, experimental ambient 

Recording: AI-generated prompts (home setup) 

Mixing/Mastering: Nicola Cruciani 

Formats available: Digital 

Artwork: Nicola Cruciani

Notes: Third and concluding chapter of the Synthetic Trilogy. This album expands the AI-driven experiment into more emotional and conceptual territories, juxtaposing short synthetic sketches with the extended piece Not To B Concise. It closes the trilogy’s exploration of depersonalization and automation in music creation.

THE ABSENT SYMMETRY (Synthetic Trilogy Vol. II)

 Synthetic Trilogy – The Absent Symmetry (Vol. II)

Label / Code: Flavour Sperimentale FLV.SP/0002/24 – Bandcamp (August 5, 2024)

1. Through The Black Mirror – 02:56 (AI prompt)

2. Sequence 1 – The Synthetic Whisper – 04:00 (AI prompt)

3. Sequence 2 – Oscillations in Code – 01:57 (AI prompt)

4. Sequence 3 – Fragmented Memories – 03:36 (AI prompt)

5. Sequence 4 – Artificial Dawn – 04:00 (AI prompt)

6. Sequence 5 – Echoes Of The Machine – 04:00 (AI prompt)

7. Reflections Beyond The Black Mirror – 04:00 (AI prompt)

Line-up: Flavour Sperimentale – AI-generated compositions, programming

Total length: approx. 25 minutes 

Genre: Electro space rock, experimental ambient 

Recording: AI-generated prompts (home setup) 

Mixing/Mastering: Nicola Cruciani 

Formats available: Digital 

Artwork: Nicola Cruciani

Notes: Second chapter of the Synthetic Trilogy, continuing the exploration of AI-generated music. The album emphasizes depersonalization and automation, presenting sequences and reflections that blur the line between human creativity and machine logic.

ROBOTA ( Synthetic Trilogy Vol.I )

 Synthetic Trilogy – Robota (Vol. I)

Label / Code: Flavour Sperimentale FLV.SP/0001/24 – Bandcamp (April 6, 2024)

1. Space Rock Part 1 – 02:45 (AI prompt)

2. Step by Step – 02:26 (AI prompt)

3. Space Rock Part 2 – 02:36 (AI prompt)

4. Shining Stars – 02:28 (AI prompt)

5. Deep Vibration – 04:00 (AI prompt)

6. Space Rock Part 3 – 03:59 (AI prompt)

7. Children of the Universe – 04:00 (AI prompt)

Line-up: Flavour Sperimentale – AI-generated compositions, programming

Total length: approx. 23 minutes 

Genre: Electro space rock, 1980s-inspired 

Recording: AI-generated prompts (home setup) 

Mixing/Mastering: Nicola Cruciani 

 Digital Artwork: Nicola Cruciani

Notes: First chapter of the Synthetic Trilogy, a series of three albums entirely generated through AI prompts. The project emphasizes depersonalization and automation replacing the traditional creative process.

LIVE AT WATER FEST

 

LIVE AT WATER FEST

 

Label / Code: Flavour Sperimentale FLV/0003/23 – Bandcamp (November 29, 2023)

 

1.      I Hate Photographs – 3:16 (Cruciani)

2.      How Does It Make You Feel? – 3:47 (Cruciani)

3.      Orange – 4:49 (Cruciani, Feliciotti, Francia)

4.      QCDF – 5:33 (Cruciani, Feliciotti, Francia)

5.      Dolce Assenza – 5:43 (Cruciani, Feliciotti, Francia)

 

Line-up:

Nicola Cruciani – vocals, guitars

Paolo Feliciotti – bass, vocals

Francesco Francia – drums, vocals

Peter Gabrielli – guitars

Vincenzo Lardo – programming, bass, keyboards

Alessandro Regno – keyboards

 

Total length: 23 minutes

Genre: Psychedelia, art rock, live performance

Recording: Live recording

Mixing/Mastering: Nicola Cruciani, Vincenzo Lardo

Formats available: Digital 

Artwork: Nicola Cruciani

 

Additional recording and release notes:

Recorded live at Water Fest II, Giardini di Palazzo Cesi, Acquasparta (Italy), on 26 August 2023.

Captures an unedited live performance, preserving the original concert atmosphere and arrangements.

Overdubs were added by Vincenzo Lardo in October 2023.

All tracks are sourced directly from the festival setlist performed on the day of the event.

YOU WERE ALL HERE

 

YOU WERE ALL HERE

 

Label / Code: Flavour Sperimentale FLV.SP/0008/21 – Bandcamp (September 21, 2021)

Co-releases: Attenuation Circuit (Germany) – Bandcamp (November 10, 2021)

Otcrah Records (Mexico) – (September 21, 2021)

Camembert Électrique (France) – (September 21, 2021)

Completely Gone Recordings (USA) CGR-461 – Bandcamp (September 12, 2022)

 

 

1.      How Does It Make You Feel? – 4:03 (Cruciani)

2.      Pills – 3:36 (Cruciani, Lardo)

3.      I Hate Photographs – 3:27 (Cruciani)

4.      Trapped Child – 5:44 (Cruciani, Lardo)

5.      Something Left Unsaid – 3:46 (Cruciani, Lardo)

6.      You Were All Here – 3:34 (Cruciani, Lardo)

7.      Lost and Found – 7:53 (Cruciani)

 

Line-up:

Nicola Cruciani – vocals, guitars, bass, programming, keyboards

Chiara Della Monica – vocals

Simona Della Monica – vocals

Giuseppe Esposito – saxophone

Vincenzo Lardo – vocals, guitars, bass, programming, keyboards

Rossella Lauriello – vocals

Francesca Longo – vocals

 

Total length: 32 minutes

Genre: Psychedelia, electronic, art rock

Recording: Home recording

Mixing/Mastering: Nicola Cruciani, Vincenzo Lardo

Formats available: Digital 

Artwork: Nicola Cruciani

 

Additional recording and release notes:

Recorded between August 2019 and June 2021.

Issued in multiple editions through various international co‑releases, including Attenuation Circuit (Germany), Otcrah Records (Mexico), Camembert Électrique (France), and Completely Gone Recordings (USA).

All versions preserve the original mixes from the recording sessions, with no overdubs or alterations introduced in later editions.

SMALL SONGS FOR A SMILE

 

SMALL SONGS FOR A SMILE

 

Label / Code: Flavour Sperimentale FLV.SP/0007/21 – Bandcamp  (July 6, 2021)

 

1.      Prelude – 1:29 (Armadoro)

2.    Studio n.1 – 2:50 (Armadoro)

3.    Studio n.2 – 1:33 (Armadoro)

4.    Studio n.3 – 1:52 (Armadoro)

5.    Studio n.4 – 2:07 (Armadoro)

6.    Studio n.5 – 1:58 (Armadoro)

7.    Studio n.6 – 1:35 (Armadoro)

8.    Studio n.7 – 1:42 (Armadoro)

9.    Studio n.8 – 1:23 (Armadoro)

10. Studio n.9 – 1:40 (Armadoro)

11. Studio n.10 – 2:16 (Armadoro)

12. Studio n.11 – 1:15 (Armadoro)

13. Studio n.12 – 2:06 (Armadoro)

14. Il Temporale – 1:45 (Armadoro)

 

Line-up:

Giovanni Armadoro – piano, programming

 

Total length: 26 minutes

Genre: Minimalism, piano music

Recording: Home recording

Mixing/Mastering: Nicola Cruciani

Formats available: Digital

Artwork: Nicola Cruciani

 

Additional recording and release notes:

Recorded in May and June 2021.

SAY GOODBYE TO WINTER

 

SAY GOODBYE TO WINTER

 

Label / Code: Flavour Sperimentale FLV/0002/19 – Bandcamp (June 21, 2019)

Reissue: Completely Gone Recordings (USA) – Bandcamp July 24, 2022)

 

1.      A Braccia Aperte, Part 1 – 2:11 (Armadoro)

2.    Orange (Studio Version) – 2:48 (Cruciani, Feliciotti)

3.    A Braccia Aperte, Part 2 – 3:08 (Armadoro)

4.    Dolce Assenza 23 – 3:59 (Cruciani, Francia, Feliciotti)

5.    Improvvisazione 1 – 7:44 (Armadoro, Cruciani, Feliciotti, Francia)

6.    Improvvisazione 5 – 14:29 (Armadoro, Cruciani, Feliciotti, Francia)

 

Line-up:

Giovanni Armadoro – keyboards

Nicola Cruciani – vocals, guitars, bass, programming, keyboards

Paolo Feliciotti – bass, vocals

Francesco Francia – vocals, drums

Giorgio Giuseppini – keyboards, programming

Vincenzo Lardo – programming

 

Total length: 34 minutes

Genre: Progressive rock, minimalism, psychedelia

Recording: Home recording

Mixing/Mastering: Nicola Cruciani, Vincenzo Lardo, Giorgio Giuseppini

Formats available: Digital 

Artwork: Nicola Cruciani

 

Additional recording and release notes:

Tracks 1–3 were recorded in studio between March and April 2019.

Track 2 was recorded in January 2019.

Tracks 5–6 were captured during rehearsal sessions in March 2019.

Track 4 was recorded in May 2023 and included in the definitive 2023 edition.

Several versions of the album exist, differing in both track selection and cover artwork.

 

Эхо Космоса

 

Эхо Космоса

 

Label / Code: Flavour Sperimentale FLV.SP/0006/18 – Bandcamp  (May 19, 2018)

Reissue: Completely Gone Recordings (USA) CGR-488 – Bandcamp (April 23, 2023)

 

1.      велосипедный аранжированный (Bicycle Arranged) – 7:31 (Cruciani)

2.    комната 15 (Room 15) – 20:50 (Cruciani)

3.    прибытие (Arrival) – 5:19 (Cruciani)

 

Line-up:

Nicola Cruciani – synthesizers, programming, loops

 

Total length: 33 minutes

Genre: Electronic ambient, cosmic music

Recording: Home recording

Mixing/Mastering: Nicola Cruciani

Formats available: Digital

Artwork: Nicola Cruciani

 

Additional recording and release notes:

Recorded between January and April 2018.

Also circulated under the alternative titles Kohmata 15 and mapc 3.

The 2023 Completely Gone Recordings reissue preserves the original 2018 mix without overdubs or alterations.

IN NO MAN’S LAND

 

IN NO MAN’S LAND

 

Label / Code: Flavour Sperimentale 240FLV/0001/17 – Bandcamp (October 31, 2017)

Co-release: 240bpm Sound & Visions – Bandcamp (October 31, 2017)

 

1.      Above The Clouds – 2:45 (Cruciani, Lardo)

2.    Aer – 4:30 (Lardo)

3.    Evolution – 2:10 (Lardo)

4.    Earth, Mother Earth – 3:51 (Cruciani, Lardo)

5.    In No Man’s Land – 3:54 (Cruciani, Lardo)

6.    Always Happens When It Rains – 4:48 (Lardo)

7.    Aphrodite Junction – 3:49 (Lardo)

8.    Waves – 2:23 (Feliciotti, Grieco, Lardo)

9.    Breathing – 3:15 (Cruciani)

10. Glare and Shine – 4:50 (Lardo)

11. King of Nothing – 5:04 (Lardo)

12. 5th Element – 5:16 (Cruciani, Lardo)

13. Breathing Reprise – 2:13 (Cruciani, Lardo)

14. Tighter The Threshold, Broad Is The Way – 1:12 (Cruciani, Lardo)

15. Re-Union – 3:39 (Cruciani, Lardo)

 

 

Line-up:

Regina Barone – backing vocals

Nicola Cruciani – vocals, guitars

Francesco Francia – spoken word

Marco Grieco – spoken word

Vincenzo Lardo – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, programming

Volkan Meydan – baglama

Massimiliano Sini – spoken word

 

Total length: 53 minutes

Genre: Psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop

Recording: Home recording

Mixing/Mastering: Vincenzo Lardo

Formats available: Digital  

Artwork: Vincenzo Lardo

 

Additional recording and release notes:

Recorded between February 2016 and August 2017 in Salerno and Acquasparta, Italy.

Conceived as a concept album, with a continuous thematic and narrative thread across its tracks.

The music from the album was adapted into a stage musical produced by the student collective of Liceo Scientifico Statale “Francesco Severi” in Salerno.

The theatrical performance took place on 18 May 2018 at the Liceo Scientifico Francesco Severi Auditorium in Salerno, directed by Vincenzo Lardo.

QUEEN MOO BREAKFAST ( A Pink Trilogy )

 

QUEEN MOO BREAKFAST

  ( A Pink Trilogy )

Label / Code: Flavour Sperimentale FLV.SP/0005/10 – Bandcamp (October 31, 2010)

Reissue: Camembert Électrique (2020)

 

1.      Moo Suite – 16:27 (Cruciani)

2.    Being There – 1:52 (Cruciani)

3.  Mild Lazy Land  - 4:07 (Cruciani)

4.    Cooking Breakfast for the Queen – 13:48 (Cruciani)

 

 

Line-up:

Nicola Cruciani – vocals, guitars, bass, programming, keyboards, loops, sound effects

Giorgio Giuseppini – keyboards, programming

 

Total length: 37 minutes

Genre: Psychedelic rock, experimental

Recording: Home recording

Mixing/Mastering: Nicola Cruciani

Formats available: Digital

Artwork: Nicola Cruciani

 

Additional recording and release notes:

Recorded between January and September 2010.

Multiple versions of the album exist, featuring variations in track selection, track titles, and cover artwork.

The definitive version was issued in January 2024.

This album is part of the so‑called Pink Trilogy (also referred to as the Experimental Trilogy).