Hania Rani Ongiacometti Vinyl LP 2023
1. Allegra
2. Spring
3. Stampa
4. Struggle
5. Morning
6. In Between
7. Knots
8. Dreamy
9. Storm
10. Time
11. Mountains
12. Annette
13. Alberto
Hania Rani announces a second edition of ‘On Giacometti’, pressed on black vinyl with revised artwork and packaging. This new pressing follows the initial limited-edition pressing of On Giacometti that sold out on release.
Rani was invited to score a soundtrack for a documentary on the famous Swiss artist, opting to compose in blissful isolation in the Swiss mountains where she created this tender meditation on the life and art of Alberto Giacometti and family.
"On Giacometti" is a collection of beautiful recordings inspired by the renowned artist and family and features some of Rani’s most profoundly delicate compositions to date. Invited by film director Susanna Fanzun, to score her documentary on the legendary artist Alberto Giacometti, Hania Rani took herself to the Swiss mountains to compose in blissful isolation. As Rani explains eloquently below the compositions are based on improvised melodies, simple harmonies and structures and inspired by the silence of the mountains as Rani returns to her main instrument, the piano. The results are beguilingly reminiscent of her beloved debut album Esja, but with subtle extra layers of synthesiser, and on two tracks cello from friend and long-running collaborator Dobrawa Czocher.