Amusia, by Asofy

Amusia

by Asofy

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spawnofchaos An odd, eclectic, doom album with a sprinkle. death/black influences. Low tempo and very enjoyable. Favorite track: Distonia.

Obstacle of Affliction One track in and already my mind has been blown away, fluttering high amongst the angry gray clouds.
Superb! Favorite track: Allucinazione.

Jono Schneider I just love Asofy. The music is simultaneously lovely and terrifying, beautiful and evil. Always sounds like spirits are in there too.

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	1.	Agnosia 07:46
	2.	Palinodia 05:40
	3.	Amusia 12:24
	4.	Residuo 02:58
	5.	Alterazione 06:28
	6.	Distonia 04:34
	7.	Allucinazione 12:52
	8.	Ricordo 03:44

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Asofy is the solo-project of Italian multi-instrumentalist Tryfar, a professional graphic designer based in Milan. Deeply tied to Avantgarde Music, Asofy has been part of our roster since sophomore album Percezione (2013), and Amusia is their fourth full-length studio record to date.

Amusia finds its roots in the pages of Oliver Sacks’s Musicophilia, a book where the late neurologist descants several disorders and their connections to music. Asofy expands such concept exploring the implications on a social scale, questioning relationships and sensorial perceptions.

As a result, Amusia is a free broadening of the concept of amusicality in today’s society, even touching the acceptation of lack of empathy. Lyrics are mostly borrowed from Joris-Karl Huysmans’s À Rebours, as Tryfar says “Huysmans uses way more effective and peculiar words to express such feelings”.

With the whole booklet crafted by Tryfar himself from scratch, from pictures to layout, Amusia is a complete and full immersion into Asofy’s world, where music is paramount and its absence means darkness.

Amusia will be out on May 15th, 2020, on a limited CD pressing only.

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released April 21, 2020

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