Aisha Duo
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Aisha Duo is the name of a jazz musical duo. The members are Andrea Dulbecco (Vibraphone
) and Luca Gusella (Marimba
), Italian musicians who began working together after being in the same percussion class at the Conservatory of Milan.
The term "aisha" is an Arabic female name meaning "alive".
Marco Decimo (Cello) and Glen Velez (Frame Drums) appeared on Aisha Duo's first (live) recording, Quiet Songs.
The duo is currently beginning to arrange its second recording, pairing the two members with a chamber choir. The album will be released on the ObliqSound label sometime in 2010.
Two of the band's songs, Amanda and Despertar, are loaded by default onto any computer with an installation of Microsoft's Windows Vista
operating system.
Amanda featured on Sims 2 the PC game - 2006
Vibraphone
The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
) and Luca Gusella (Marimba
Marimba
The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden keys or bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys ...
), Italian musicians who began working together after being in the same percussion class at the Conservatory of Milan.
The term "aisha" is an Arabic female name meaning "alive".
Marco Decimo (Cello) and Glen Velez (Frame Drums) appeared on Aisha Duo's first (live) recording, Quiet Songs.
The duo is currently beginning to arrange its second recording, pairing the two members with a chamber choir. The album will be released on the ObliqSound label sometime in 2010.
Two of the band's songs, Amanda and Despertar, are loaded by default onto any computer with an installation of Microsoft's Windows Vista
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
operating system.
Amanda featured on Sims 2 the PC game - 2006
Albums
- 2005 - Quiet Songs (ObliqSoundObliqSoundObliqSound is an independent record label based in New York City, Paris and Hamburg.It provides a home for artists around the globe interested in creating music that crosses the boundaries of traditional music labeling. Dedicated to both an instrumental and vocal series, ObliqSound endeavors to...
)- All written by Aisha Duo except where noted.
- Beneath an Evening Sky (Ralph TownerRalph TownerRalph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...
) - Children’s Song N.1 (Chick CoreaChick CoreaArmando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
) - Children’s Song N.2 (Chick Corea)
- Children’s Song N.8 (Chick Corea)
- Children’s Song N.9 (Chick Corea)
- Children’s Song N.3 (Chick Corea)
- Children’s Song N.20 (Chick Corea)
- Children’s Song N.10 (Chick Corea)
- Children’s Song N.14 (Chick Corea)
- Prelude
- Despertar
- Sea, Subsurface
- Ninna Nanna for Beppe Sciuto
- Wind
- Blanca
- Tale
- Amanda