Reflections: Gigi Masin

**REFLECTIONS** presents an evening with Venice-based ambient composer **Gigi Masin**. Known for his magnificent releases on **Music From Memory** and **Sacred Bones**, Masin conjures a world as timeless as it is transcendent. Masin has been sampled by artists such as **Björk** and **Post Malone**, a testament to his universal, ethereal vision. Prepare yourself for a magical evening, shrouded in projection-mapped light at this historic church. ⟴ **GIGI MASIN** is a multi-instrumentalist whose sound has evolved through landscapes of ambient, jazz, and electronic dance music. His work takes the listener into a realm of contemplation, a spellbound mind state where time and space appear to dissolve. In 1986 Masin created *Wind*, an all-time ambient masterpiece. Self released and given away for free, Masin thought he’d made a jazz record; others called it ambient, but few really listened. He released *Les Nouvelles Musiques De Chambre Volume 2* in 1989 with **This Heat’s Charles Hayward**, which would go on to be sampled by **Björk** and **To Rococo Rot**, but at the time, it hardly registered. No matter. Masin had moved on, working as a postal manager, living with his wife and kids and making music at the edges of the day for theatre productions and poetry readings. In 2014, Masin was approached out of the blue by Amsterdam-based label **Music From Memory** to release *Talk To The Sea*. It was a compilation of his music, including material from *Wind* and the handful of recor