Floret Silva, by Kay Hoffman

Floret Silva

by Kay Hoffman

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1.	Iste Mundus 02:14	buy track
2.	Floret Silva 03:06	buy track
3.	Exorcismus 01:03	buy track
4.	Intermezzo (Chume, Chume) 01:06	buy track
5.	Ich Will Truren 02:05	buy track
6.	Rondo 01:07	buy track
7.	Mai Tanz 02:51	buy track
8.	Quot Sunt Horae 04:19	buy track
9.	Tot 01:29	buy track
10.	Sonus Dulcis Lyrae 02:09	buy track
11.	Ouverture Zum Fest 04:57	buy track
12.	Intermezzo (Fagott Sommer Nacht Promenade) 01:26	buy track
13.	Tempus Instant 04:39	buy track
14.	Langueo (Vacillantis) 05:35	buy track
15.	Chume Chume 03:13	buy track
16.	Nummus 01:29	buy track
17.	Post Communio Sancti Cyrilli 01:14	buy track

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Sounding at times like Vashti Bunyan fronting Sunforest, “Floret Silva” is a haunting mix of medieval music and progressive / psych / folk with Latin lyrics straight from the Carmina Burana book.

The “Floret Silva” project was born when minimalist composer Kay Hoffman went to Italy in the mid-70s, where she met Jacqueline Darby, a welsh soprano who had recently been working with the Italian avant-prog band Pierrot Lunaire. Jaqueline was working on new compositions with RCA producer Vincento Miccocci in Rome and she asked Kay if she was interested in getting involved in a new project. Kay agreed and Gaio Chiochio and Arturo Stalteri of Pierrot Lunaire also joined them on this new venture. Gaio travelled from Rome to play the guitar and other friends of Jacqueline also offered their collaboration.

In a short time, Kay wrote all the material, inspired by the Carmina Burana book and her love of Medieval and Renaissance music. Kay also contributed vocals, clavinet and piano and together with Jacqueline Darby on haunting, magical vocals plus an impressive cast of jazz/rock/progressive musicians, they recorded “Floret Silva” in Rome during 1977-78, under the guidance of Vicento Micocci.

Sadly, RCA backed off and the album went unreleased until a copy of the masters found their way to Japan, where the great Belle Antique label put out a vinyl edition of “Floret Silva” in 1985. In 2006, US label Robot Records did the first CD release.

After many years out of print on vinyl, we present a new vinyl edition of this lost piece from the Italian 70s underground avant-folk scene.

RIYL: Jan Dukes de Grey, Vashti Bunyan, Sunforest, Wicker Man, Pierrot Lunaire, Opus Avantra, Current 93, Nico, Gal Costa, Wooden O, Giles Farnaby's Dream Band…

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4-page insert with detailed liner notes by Richard Allen and photos

“This album is like the prettier, more elegant companion piece to Nico's somber medieval explorations on The Marble Index” – Brainwashed.com

“This should appeal to experimental psych-folk fans for sure, even if this unique treasure is really something outside almost any genre designation you'd care to come up with!” – Aquarius Records

“…An almost perfect fusion of styles that when combined with the archaic language is both haunting and entrancing reminiscent perhaps of the otherworldly atmosphere created by Bo Hansson on his Lord of the Rings album.” – Richard Allen

You can purchase the LP at: www.guerssen.com
Out: March 2016

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