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Fallen Camellias

by Painting Petals On Planet Ghost

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Second full-lenght album from Italy's Painting Petals On Planet Ghost, 'Fallen Camellias' is a tribute to one of the greatest poetess ever, Japanese Yosano Akiko, whose work in literature in the early 1900's is considered as manifesto of the Japanese Romanticism. Imagine a Vashti Bunyan or a early Marianne Faithful singing sweet melodies in Japanese language, and you can have an idea of the musical and poetical universe of Painting Petals On Planet Ghost. Here Ramona Ponzini's singing comes from the use of Akiko's selected original poems in Japanese along with Ponzini's own typical soft and enchanting wordless vocals style, a out of time muse-like chant hypnotizing the ears and the minds of the listeners. The songs of 'Fallen Camellias' are built on acoustic guitar melodies composed by Maurizio Opalio, and are made of the same pure, melancholic essentiality of the legendary Nick Drake; while, after contributing arrangements of the most ecstatic nature, the other brother Roberto Opalio has played the role of producer of the whole album, searching for not only an aesthetic, but especially an emotional ideal of perfection. In the heart of winter covered by snow, let 'Fallen Camellias' be your warm blanket, as well as the promise of a new future spring. Here's a special Painting Petals On Planet Ghost's dedication: 'For those who drink the wine of love springtime is forever'.

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released April 1, 2008

Ramona Ponzini - vocals, Japanese bells & wind chimes
Maurizio Opalio - acoustic & electric guitars, glockenspiel, antique accordion
Roberto Opalio - mini-keyboard, mouth harmonica, field recordings, vocals on 5

Recorded Fall 2006 in mystic locations of the Western Alps
Mixed in Winter 2007 by Maurizio & Roberto Opalio (My Cat Is An Alien)
at Space Studio, Torino, Italy
Produced by Roberto Opalio
Lyrics taken from Yosano Akiko’s poems

Cover - polaroid photo by Ramona Ponzini
Artwork by My Cat Is An Alien

© 2007 Painting Petals On Planet Ghost. All rights reserved.
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Painting Petals On Planet Ghost formed in 2004 by Maurizio & Roberto Opalio (My Cat Is An Alien) with Ramona Ponzini.

The project sees Ramona Ponzini developing a peculiar research concerning the use of Japanese ancient poetry as privileged source of texts which are set to music by My Cat Is An Alien in sweet organic and melodic songs. Every album produced by Roberto Opalio.
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