Earthly Paradise by Anandammide

Anandammide is a psychedelic folk project lead by Michele Moschini, featuring musicians from Italy, France, England and Sweden.

"Getting his inspiration from the most poetic British folk, Italian singer and multi-instrumentalist Michele Moschini imagined an album of a rare orchestral richness" (Sophie Rosemont - Rolling Stone France - Feb 2021)

"Anandamide (in italian Anandammide ntr), as told by the multi-instrumentalist and main architect of this project Michele Moschini, is an endocannabinoid that has been discovered in 1992 by Raphael Mechoulam at the Jerusalem University.
But Ananda also means "bliss" in Sanskrit, and bliss permeates this 11 tracks of a psychedelic folk we haven't heard since the acid weird folk hangover of the early 2000. The references go to those happy days and bands like Fit&Limo, Espers, Village of Space come to my mind, then the golden years of British Psych Folk, the one of less known bands like Forestt, Mellow Candle, Synasthesia, though here and there we can also hear something of the early King Crimson and Caravan of "in the land of grey and pink". And in Electric Troubadour, Pilgrims of Hope, Satori in Paris, Iktsuarpok, it feels like living those pastoral days again, with sweet melodies sometimes medieval, sometimes just dreamy, with sparkles of guitars, flutes, cello, violin and also an old Gem Jumbo 49 organ and synth in plain sight. While the spoken part in the intro "Singer of an Empty Day", punctuated by tin whistles, acoustic guitars and percussions, is an excerpt from the poem "The Earthly Paradise" by William Morris.
With Michele Moschini playing several instruments, there's Adrien Legendre on the cello, Audrey Moreau on the flute, Stella Ramsden on the violin and Pascal Vernin on the bass guitar.
You may say that we're out of time with these kind of things, but who cares, this is a little gem, indeed. (Gino dal Soler - Blow Up Magazine, Feb 2021 - Italy)

Tracklist

1.	Singer of an empty day	2:18

2.	Earthly Paradise	3:54

3.	Lady of the Canyon	4:35

4.	Þórsmörk	5:13

5.	Anandi	2:18

6.	Electric Troubadour	4:45

7.	Pilgrims of Hope	3:13

8.	Satori in Paris	5:47

9.	Syd	3:27

10.	Iktsuarpok	4:16

11.	Colette the Witch	3:59

Credits

released November 23, 2020

Adrien Legendre Cello
Audrey Moreau Flute
Michele Moschini Vocals, Guitars, Synth, Organ, Recorder, Tin Whistle, Drums and Percussions
Stella Ramsden Violin and Vocals on "Singer of an Empty Day"
Pascal Vernin Bass Guitar
Recorded and produced by Michele Moschini at the Orange House, Paris, France.
Postproduction, mixing and mastering by Oscar Larizza at Retroguardie, Apulia, Italy.
Released on Lizard Records lizardrecords.it

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