Registrato in un rifugio alpino alle pendici del monte Grona con una chitarra acustica e poco altro, Refugio è la ricerca dell’interstizio fra due catene montuose, la scoperta di un orizzonte sonoro antico, polveroso e bagnato dal mare in cui trovare asilo, radici e prezioso ricovero per la melanconia.

Grazie all’utilizzo di accordature aperte i brani partono da una concezione modale della musica, generatrice di una base circolare per la forma canzone e per l’improvvisazione.

La ricerca di spazi, pause e sospensioni del suono si alterna a piccole rivelazioni che parlano di supposizioni, di colori, dell’arte di arrangiarsi.

LABOULE TRAILER from paolonove on Vimeo.REFUGIO. This album was recorded under the mountain dew among the Alps, on the side of Mount Grona, with an acoustic guitar and a few other instruments.
Refugio is a quest in the intersection of two mountain chains, the disclosure of an ancient, dusty and seaside soundscape where it’s possible to discover the necessary asylum to grow and find a precious refuge for melancholy.

LABOULE is Paolo Novellino: he was born in Milan in 1984 and grew up in Valtellina, among the mountains and trees to be climbed.

Guitarist by birth and poly-instrumentalist by necessity, with the desire for adventure, he spent his time in the valley exploring the guitar and founding several bands as a poly-instrumentalist.
But after listening to “Rocky Mountain raga” by Robbie Basho, he got back to the guitar with the stage name LABOULE. As LABOULE, he has self-produced an EP with the same name, which has been promoted with several concerts as the opening act for Musica da Cucina.

LABOULE TRAILER from paolonove on Vimeo.