Drawing us in with a subtle cerebral frequency, expanding into crowd noise, accompanied by a melancholic piano performance, Antonio Celotto opens L’Inclinazione Verso Di Te (Tilting Towards You) with a high emotional quotient.
The background evaporates, leaving the piano to guide us momentarily in peace before it re-emerges. This texture adds dimensionality and a raw sense of humanity to the tranquil and contemplative composition.
We are in awe of Antonio Celotto‘s visionary mind and the instrumental mastery of Turin-based pianist Fatjon Zefi who performs the piece. The astral ascent of the keys and the passion with which he plays is cinematic, like a scene from an Almodóvar film or the emotion that Yann Tiersen once embodied.
The background sounds hold a nocturnal energy with crickets chirping whilst humanity goes about its existence. In the grand scheme of things, this piano performance feels like a grounding motif, a reminder of the universe, of the cosmos, of love, loss and existentialism.
We learn that the ambient field recordings were captured in Morocco eleven years ago. What was originally a 19th-century composition exercise, L’Inclinazione Verso Di Te (Tilting Towards You) “drifted away” into a deeply personal meditation.
Antonio shares how the track is designed to explore the quiet gravity between two people. This absolutely does come through with the cohesive ebbs and flows of the composition. The track serves as the first single from the upcoming album The North Node (Studies), which is a project tethered to global memories from the Amazon to Gabon.
Antonio Celotto, based in Oxford, England, is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and filmmaker who approaches music through story and emotion. With roots in Italy, his sound is instinctive and shaped by melody and phrasing, and informed by years of live performance across jazz, rock, folk, and electronic projects. His background in filmmaking and editing gives his work a strong sense of narrative rhythm, allowing him to treat music as a cinematic journey.
Needless to say, we are in awe, and have added L’Inclinazione Verso Di Te (Tilting Towards You) to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and our TIMELESS playlist, whilst we continue to stream the wider discography of Antonio Celotto, including Pictures Of The Otherside which we previously featured, and the entirety of The North Node (Studies).