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A mysterious and étrange artist of Greek-American origins, who was born in Florida, lived in Detroit, moved to Brussels and performs under an Italian alias … His latest album – a double LP – carries the name of a French philosopher’s book. Four chapters of beautiful music which might unconsciously bring back here and there bits of riffs you may think you recognize from your experience as a music aficionado (Secret Chief 3, Mark Lanegan, Mike Patton …). But these prove to be just random neural connections; there is no place for confusion here: with such spatial background and artistic sensitivity, Georgio 'the Dove' Valentino is one of a kind. One should not be discouraged by the length of the record – Valentino’s style is pure invitation of diving into a world where the time stops.  Not the kind of music to put on your mp3 player either. Vinyl is the only choice as changing the records is the only temporal segmentation of the audition. There is probably at least one concept hidden beyond each song. Each new audition brings along new understandings, more nuances, richer, deeper and clearer than the previous. If you plan falling in love with a fine piece of art, here it’s your record. All you need to do is finding a Sunday afternoon. The rest has been exquisitely taken care of. 

Read more in our full  ALBUM REVIEW: Georgio 'the Dove' Valentino – Mille Plateaux

or on ALiveReports, Le Blog des critiques de concerts, also on Keys and Chords(plus a review in Dutch)

Performed by /

Georgio 'the Dove' Valentino Voice, 4-, 6- and 12-string guitars, organs, atmospherics
Patrizia F. Bass guitar
Benjamin Meunier Drums, percussion
with Blaine L. Reininger Violin, viola, backing vocals
Luc van Lieshout Trumpet, flugelhorn
and special guest contributions by Alexandre Alquier, Daan Arisz, Jeff F, Gilles Le Guen, Sissy Kotsoni, DC Shell, Todor Stefanov, Joost Verhagen, Lars and Niels van der Weiden, Zack Williams and Richie Wohlfeil.

Mostly written and realized by Georgio 'the Dove' Valentino
Recorded at various locations in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Scotland and the United States

More information and online audition: http://georgiothedovevalentino.com/