DA VINCI PUBLISHINGPerdu dans un rêve

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Artist(s)	Enzo Lanzo, Livio Bartolo, Louis Sclavis
Composer(s)	Enzo Lanzo, Livio Bartolo, Louis Sclavis
EAN Code	633157380154
Edition	Da Vinci Jazz
Format	1 Cd
Genre	Chamber, Instrumental
Instrumentation	Bass Clarinet, Cymbals, Drums, Electric Guitar
Period	Contemporary
Publication year	2026

Description

“Perdu dans un rêve”

“Perdu dans un rêve” is the glorious result of a good seven years of… let’s call it ‘artistic toil.’ I tried to break free from all those clichés and from a way of playing that was so anchored to time it made me feel trapped. Picture the scene: me, the drummer, desperately trying to let my drumming “breathe” over music that wasn’t mine, or that was so… “idiomatic” it gave me a headache. Then, a flash of insight on the battlefield: if I played things closer to my… well… “inner self,” I could make the magic happen without overthinking it. The sounds started to breathe, and my drumming was happily free. What a discovery! To all this was added my passion for reading about people like Schoenberg and Kandinsky. They whispered to me, “Hey, man, write something new! Set yourself free!” And that is how “Perdu dans un rêve” was born. Why “Perdu dans un rêve” specifically? Well, it’s eloquent! But also because everything I have read, listened to, and written over these last few years attacked my poor “musical monolithism” and shook it up thoroughly, opening me up to new vibes. It was like an invitation to the unknown, a sound so free from form and time that… well, I let myself be seduced without putting up much of a fight.

So, the music you are about to hear is nothing other than pure “unreality”: an expression of the non-real, of the absence of being, an inner necessity, in short, abstract stuff. Nothing representational, let’s be clear. It is informal music. These are not the common forms your poor ears are accustomed to, many times over. Instead, they are the direct echo of that magnificent mess that is your interiority: a pure contraction and expansion, and your most hidden essence. Therefore, let’s get ready for an explosive mix of sounds united only by our psychic inspiration. The storyline? I didn’t get it! The real point is to listen to the sounds and the silences and fill them with whatever comes directly to you from the unconscious or the subconscious. Let’s not split hairs over which one it is!
Enzo Lanzo

Artist(s)

Enzo Lanzo
He began playing at a very early age as a self-taught musician. Later, he studied singing, piano, and percussion at a local music school. He went on to pursue advanced studies with masters such as Enrico Rava, Roberto Gatto, Jon Christensen, Pierre Favre, Paul Bley, and Gary Peacock. Initially influenced by Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, and Art Blakey, he later drew inspiration from Roy Haynes and Jack DeJohnette, as well as European drummers like Günter Sommer, Tony Oxley, and Paul Lovens. Through his sound research, he strives for a new fusion of improvised music. Lanzo debut took place in 1992 with Enrico Rava’s group, a pivotal experience that introduced him to the European scene. In 1996, he released his debut album, "Rondonella Project," under the British label Leo Records. This work highlights the core elements of his music: a constantly evolving melody that achieves a unique balance between folk and jazz traditions. He has collaborated with artists such as Dave Murray, Danilo Rea, Gianluigi Trovesi, Ernst Reijseger, Roberto Ottaviano, Stefano Bollani, Dado Moroni, Ira Coleman, Rita Marcotulli, Enzo Pietropaoli, and Gary Smulyan. His career has taken him across the globe, performing in Europe, Indonesia, India, the USA, Africa, China, Australia, Cuba, and Japan.

Livio Bartolo
Guitarist and composer active across multiple fronts of the jazz scene, with a particular focus on contemporary music. He graduated with honors in Jazz Guitar and Jazz Music from the "N. Rota" Conservatory in Monopoli, defending a thesis on the compositional techniques of Henry Threadgill. His guitar and compositional style is rooted in the jazz tradition, while venturing into radical improvisation, dodecaphony, and serialism. He trained under Gianni Lenoci, Giovanni Tommaso, Marc Ducret, and Steve Potts, and took part in the "Feral Choir" led by the British avant-garde vocalist Phil Minton. He has performed at the Blue Note in Milan and contributed to the soundtrack of the award-winning film "La strada verso casa" by Samuele Rossi. He has performed at the Casa del Jazz in Rome with Gianni Lenoci’s Hocus Pocus Explab alongside Eugenio Colombo, Tiziana Felle, and Angela Tursi. He continues to explore new sonic frontiers with Lenoci’s Hocus Pocus ensemble. His collaborations include Francesco Cusa’s “Naked Musicians,” and he has worked with Giancarlo Schiaffini, Roberto Ottaviano, and Silvia Bolognesi as part of the Rec collective (Conduction Festival). He is the leader of the Variable Unit, which boasts four record releases. His latest album, "Start From Scratch" (published by Dodicilune), was selected among the best albums of the year in the "Top Jazz" rankings by the specialized magazine Musica Jazz.

Louis Sclavis
Highly active on the international scene, he has collaborated with key figures of French jazz, including Michel Portal, Henri Texier, and Didier Levallet. In 1980-81, he performed with Chris McGregor’s South African ensemble, Brotherhood of Breath. He formed his first group, “Tour de France,” featuring six musicians from various regions of France (Gérard Siracusa, Yves Robert, Beñat Achiary, Philippe Deschepper, Michel Doneda, and Alain Gibert). Furthermore, his growing penchant for collaboration has led him to work over the years with Tony Oxley, Evan Parker, John Lindberg, George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, and Cecil Taylor. He is renowned for the originality of his improvisations and the intensity of his sound. His quartet with Bruno Chevillon, Christian Ville, and François Raulin—later expanded with the addition of Dominique Pifarély—earned him public acclaim in 1988 with the album China (1987), leading the Jazz Academy to name him "Musician of the Year" and award him the Django Reinhardt Prize. Supported by the German label ECM, Sclavis constantly explores new paths marked by continuous encounters: Ernst Reijseger, Jim Black, Dino Saluzzi, Jean-Pierre Drouet, Fred Frith, Aki Takase, Dave Douglas, and his mentor, Michel Portal. These are "places," as he likes to call them, within a single territory whose exploration he pursues until he feels the need for change. His music thus takes on a strong chamber dimension, focusing on the combination of instrumental timbres and improvisational cues. On the clarinet, he distinguishes himself through the nuances of his tone and a wide range of techniques (open keys, slap, growl). Sclavis’s work is driven by a sense of urgency, oscillating between tension and power.

Composer(s)

Enzo Lanzo
Drums, Cymbals, Music, Arrangements

He began playing at a very early age as a self-taught musician. Later, he studied singing, piano, and percussion at a local music school. He went on to pursue advanced studies with masters such as Enrico Rava, Roberto Gatto, Jon Christensen, Pierre Favre, Paul Bley, and Gary Peacock. Initially influenced by Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, and Art Blakey, he later drew inspiration from Roy Haynes and Jack DeJohnette, as well as European drummers like Günter Sommer, Tony Oxley, and Paul Lovens. Through his sound research, he strives for a new fusion of improvised music. Lanzo debut took place in 1992 with Enrico Rava’s group, a pivotal experience that introduced him to the European scene. In 1996, he released his debut album, "Rondonella Project," under the British label Leo Records. This work highlights the core elements of his music: a constantly evolving melody that achieves a unique balance between folk and jazz traditions. He has collaborated with artists such as Dave Murray, Danilo Rea, Gianluigi Trovesi, Ernst Reijseger, Roberto Ottaviano, Stefano Bollani, Dado Moroni, Ira Coleman, Rita Marcotulli, Enzo Pietropaoli, and Gary Smulyan. His career has taken him across the globe, performing in Europe, Indonesia, India, the USA, Africa, China, Australia, Cuba, and Japan.

Livio Bartolo
Electric Guitar

Guitarist and composer active across multiple fronts of the jazz scene, with a particular focus on contemporary music. He graduated with honors in Jazz Guitar and Jazz Music from the "N. Rota" Conservatory in Monopoli, defending a thesis on the compositional techniques of Henry Threadgill. His guitar and compositional style is rooted in the jazz tradition, while venturing into radical improvisation, dodecaphony, and serialism. He trained under Gianni Lenoci, Giovanni Tommaso, Marc Ducret, and Steve Potts, and took part in the "Feral Choir" led by the British avant-garde vocalist Phil Minton. He has performed at the Blue Note in Milan and contributed to the soundtrack of the award-winning film "La strada verso casa" by Samuele Rossi. He has performed at the Casa del Jazz in Rome with Gianni Lenoci’s Hocus Pocus Explab alongside Eugenio Colombo, Tiziana Felle, and Angela Tursi. He continues to explore new sonic frontiers with Lenoci’s Hocus Pocus ensemble. His collaborations include Francesco Cusa’s “Naked Musicians,” and he has worked with Giancarlo Schiaffini, Roberto Ottaviano, and Silvia Bolognesi as part of the Rec collective (Conduction Festival). He is the leader of the Variable Unit, which boasts four record releases. His latest album, "Start From Scratch" (published by Dodicilune), was selected among the best albums of the year in the "Top Jazz" rankings by the specialized magazine Musica Jazz.

Louis Sclavis
Bass Clarinet

Highly active on the international scene, he has collaborated with key figures of French jazz, including Michel Portal, Henri Texier, and Didier Levallet. In 1980-81, he performed with Chris McGregor’s South African ensemble, Brotherhood of Breath. He formed his first group, “Tour de France,” featuring six musicians from various regions of France (Gérard Siracusa, Yves Robert, Beñat Achiary, Philippe Deschepper, Michel Doneda, and Alain Gibert). Furthermore, his growing penchant for collaboration has led him to work over the years with Tony Oxley, Evan Parker, John Lindberg, George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, and Cecil Taylor. He is renowned for the originality of his improvisations and the intensity of his sound. His quartet with Bruno Chevillon, Christian Ville, and François Raulin—later expanded with the addition of Dominique Pifarély—earned him public acclaim in 1988 with the album China (1987), leading the Jazz Academy to name him "Musician of the Year" and award him the Django Reinhardt Prize. Supported by the German label ECM, Sclavis constantly explores new paths marked by continuous encounters: Ernst Reijseger, Jim Black, Dino Saluzzi, Jean-Pierre Drouet, Fred Frith, Aki Takase, Dave Douglas, and his mentor, Michel Portal. These are "places," as he likes to call them, within a single territory whose exploration he pursues until he feels the need for change. His music thus takes on a strong chamber dimension, focusing on the combination of instrumental timbres and improvisational cues. On the clarinet, he distinguishes himself through the nuances of his tone and a wide range of techniques (open keys, slap, growl). Sclavis’s work is driven by a sense of urgency, oscillating between tension and power.