Hailing from Rio de Janeiro, Domenico Lancellotti, known simply as Domenico, has been part of many Brazilian musical and visual constellations for several years.
The prolific multi-instrumentalist and composer released his first solo album, Cine Privé, last year via Coqueiro Verde Records. The album, co-produced by Moreno Veloso and mixed by Mário Caldato Jr., has just been re-released via Plug Research.
Domenico composes music based on cinematic images of films that are yet to be made. Cine Privé, which translates to Private Cinema, is a vehicle for visual exploration, as the press release describes.
“I like music that was conceived to support a certain image or scene. In these cases, the music interacts directly with the nervous system.” said Domenico. ”When I’m going to record an album, I look for a “photo” that’s in line with the image [in my mind] I have for the album.”.
Cine Privé opens with its excellent title track and Domenico has recently unleashed a video to accompany it. Clara Cavour e Felipe Rocha directed it. Watch it below.