Caterina Barbieri

Fantas Variations

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• 01 Fantas Variation for Voices (feat Evelyn Saylor Lyra Pramuk Annie Garlid Stine Janvin)
• 02 Fantas for Saxophone and Voice (feat Bendik Giske)
• 03 Fantas for Two Organs (feat Kali Malone)
• 04 Fantas for Electric Guitar (feat Walter Zanetti)
• 05 Singeli Fantas (feat Jay Mitta)
• 06 Fantas Hardcore (feat Baseck)
• 07 Fantas Resynthesized for 808 and 202 (feat Carlo Maria)
• 08 Fantas Morbida (feat Kara-Lis Coverdale)

Fantas is the epic opening track on Caterina Barbieri's acclaimed 2019 release Ecstatic Computation. The original Fantas laid out a magical path of patterns leading the listener on a journey into the sound itself. Fantas Variations maps out eight new potentials sprung from this initial path as constructed by a diverse mix of artists lending to a wide spectrum of new works extrapolated from the original work. For this project Barbieri invited friends and long time collaborators from a variety of musical backgrounds to create a more sustainable and inclusive landscape in terms of stylistic, geographical, gender and generational balance. The results are a diverse array of approaches and instrumentation which blur the boundaries between the acoustic and electronic. Fantas Variations embraces a platform for mutual exchange and support between like-minded artists, where active and collective re-imagination is prioritised over the traditional model of remixes, which is often strategic, functional and more passive.