Alio Die

Stefano Musso studied art and electronics in his home town of Milan, Italy, and began performing ambient-electronic music under the name Alio Die in 1989. Characterized by evocative acoustic sounds manipulated and tendered electronically, Alio Die's work builds intimate soundscapes tied to the mystery and majesty of life and nature. His CD "Under an Holy Ritual", released on Projekt in 1992, was received with international acclaim. He subsequently released more than 20 CDs, and collaborated with many well-known artists such as Robert Rich, Vidna Obmana, Mathias Grassow, Nick Parkin, Yannick Dauby, Amelia Cuni, Raffaele Serra, Ora, Antonio Testa.

Since the late '80s, Stefano Musso has recorded deep, evocative experimental ambient and electro-acoustic soundscapes under the name Alio Die. Combining sweeping electronics with found sound and acoustical treatments which have echoed through the recent works of composers such as Robert Rich, Tetsu Inoue, and Brian Williams, Musso has assembled a rich and varied collection of recordings for such labels as Projekt, Timebase, Fathom, and his own Hic Sunt Leones label. Based in Milan, Musso studied art and electronic composition there, founding Alio Die in 1989 as a live performance act, and eventually self-releasing a debut, Under an Holy Ritual, in 1992. Enthusiastically received in his home country, Holy Ritual expanded Musso's international presence significantly in 1993 when it was licensed by the popular U.S.-based gothic/darkwave label Projekt. The connection brought a crossover audience to Musso's music, and — together with artists such as Asmus Tietchens, Vidna Obmana, Coil, and A Produce — helped ready ears for such mid-'90s dark ambient/isolationist outfits as Lull, Final, Download, and Lustmørd. Musso subsequently released three additional solo albums, including the first full-length — Suspended Feathers — issued by the celebrated, limited-run Amplexus label. A shadowy, cavernous, intensely detailed fusion of acoustical elements, step-and-repeat sample treatments, sparse, echoing percussion, and deep, atmospheric sound design, Suspended Feathers presented Musso at his very best, playing ambient's static tendencies off of shifting melodic and textural passages that suggest movement without sacrificing the music's vague, entropic formlessness. In addition to full-length and compilation appearances, Musso has contributed to releases by Vidna Obmana and Steve Roach, and teamed up with Robert Rich in 1996 to record the full-length work Fissures for Stephen Hill's Fathom label. More collaborative efforts appeared during the new millennium, including Echo Passage with Vidna Obmana in 2000, Apsaras one year later with Amelia Cuni, and Mei-Jyu in 2005 with Jack or Die.

• 1992 - Under An Holy Ritual - 320 Kbps
• 1993 - Sit Tibi Terra Levis - Inrospective - 320 Kbps
• 1994 - The Door Of Possibilities [with Ora] - 320 Kbps
• 1996 - Suspended Feathers - 320 Kbps
• 1997 - Fissures [with Robert Rich] - 320 Kbps
• 1998 - The Hidden Spring - 320 Kbps
• 1998 - Password for Entheogenic Experience - 320 Kbps
• 1998 - Descendre Cinq Lacs Au Travers D'Une Voile [with Yannick Dauby] - 320 Kbps
• 1999 - The Way Of Fire - 256 Kbps
• 1999 - Le Stanze Della Trascendenza - 320 Kbps
• 1999 - Healing Herb's Spirit [with Antonio Testa] - 320 Kbps
• 2000 - Echo Passage [with Vidna Obmana] - 320 Kbps
• 2000 - Aquam Metallicam [with Nick Parkin] - 320 Kbps
• 2001 - Incantamento - 320 Kbps
• 2001 - Apsaras [with Amelia Cuni] - 320 Kbps
• 2001 - Leaves Net - 320 Kbps
• 2002 - Prayer For The Forest [with Antonio Testa] - 320 Kbp
• 2002 - Expanding Horizon [with Mathias Grassow] Vinyl Rip - 192 Kbps
• 2003 - Expanding Horizon [with Mathias Grassow] CD Version - 320 Kbps
• 2003 - The Sleep Of Seeds [with Saffron Wood] - 320 Kbps
• 2003 - Khen Introduce Silence - 320 Kbps
• 2003 - Sunja [with Zeit] - 320 Kbps
• 2003 - Il Tempo Magico di Saturnia Pavonia - 320 Kbps
• 2004 - Angel's Fly Souvenir [with Francesco Paladino] - 320 Kbps
• 2004 - Sol Niger - 320 Kbps
• 2005 - Il Sogno Di Un Piano Veneziano A Parigi [with Festina Lente] - 320 Kbps
• 2005 - Aqua Planing [with Werner Durand] - 320 Kbps
• 2005 - Mei-Jyu [with Jack Or Jive] - 320 Kbps
• 2006 - The Flight of Real Image - 256 Kbps
• 2006 - Corteggiando le Messi [with Saffron Wood] - 320 Kbps
• 2007 - Cube 7 - Sospensione D'Estate [with James Johnson] - 320 Kbps
• 2007 - End of an Era [with Luciano Daini] - 320 Kbps
• 2007 - Raag Drone Theory [with Zeit] - 320 Kbps
• 2008 - Tempus Rei - 320 Kbps
• 2008 - Aura Seminalis - 320 Kbps
• 2008 - Eleusian Lullaby [with Martina Galvagni] - 173-188 Kbps
• 2009 - Music Infinity Meets Virtues (Live in Prague) - 192 Kbps
• 2009 - Private History of the Clouds [with Aglaia] - 320 Kbps
• 2010 - Circo Divino [with Parallel Worlds] - 192 Kbps
• 2010 - Il Giardino Ermeneutico [with Zeit] - 320 Kbps
• 2010 - Tripudium Naturae - 256 Kbps
• 2011 - Vayu Rouah [with Aglaia] - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - Honeysuckle - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - Deconsecrated And Pure - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - Otter Songs [with Lingua Fungi] - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - Rêverie [with Antonio Testa] - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - Live At Dadà Theater (17 Aprile 2007) [with Zeit] - 320 Kbps
• 2013 - A Circular Quest [with Zeit] - 320 Kbps
• 2014 - Amidst the Circling Spires [with Sylvi Alli] - 320 Kbps
• 2014 - Elusive Metaphor [with Parallel Worlds] - 320 Kbps
• 2014 - Sitar Meditations - 320 Kbps
• 2015 - Holographic Codex [with Lorenzo Montanà] - 320 Kbps
• 2015 - Standing in a Place - 320 Kbps
• 2016 - Seamlessly Bliss - 320 Kbps

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