The album «alpha»
In the summer of 2020, The Stone Alphabet recorded an extensive series of pieces and released a selection of them on their first album, alpha. The sequence of 14 „takes,” with changing instrumentation (duos, trios, quartets, and quintets), is composed as a cycle. The focus is placed on many different stone instruments, which are brought to the forefront through various contexts. All compositions were written by the participating musicians, and the titles of the compositions refer to names of stones in alphabetical order.
The album is available for purchase both digitally and physically:
Digitally on Bandcamp, and physically in the form of a stone.
The „Alpha Stone”
The Stone Alphabet has decided not to release their music on CD or LP. Conceptually more sensible and fully committed to their extraordinary sound universe, they have chosen simply a stone as the sound recording medium.
Each stone is unique and carefully chiseled with an “alpha” sign, hand-carved by the artist Bertha Shortiss. An alpha stone fits on any CD shelf and also makes a very nice exhibition piece (size minimum approximately 9 cm x 8 cm / maximum approximately 14 cm x 12 cm). The stones are numbered and available in a limited edition of 100 copies. To purchase a stone, please send an email to: new.adesso@gmail.com.
Along with the alpha stone, a download link will be provided, allowing the music to be downloaded free of charge.
Costs:
Digital download: CHF 12.-
Original alpha stone & download link:
CHF 35.-, plus shipping costs:
Switzerland CHF 9.- / EU CHF 14.-
