5/5 star review rating for Renzo Spiteri CD

Renzo Spiteri’s new concept album Silence Sounds And Spaces has earned a five (out of five) star rating in an international review.

“Hailing from Malta, Renzo Spiteri awakens the soul with ancient sounds using inventive musical instruments that defy traditional notions of musicality” is the opening line of the review written by Canada-based Matthew Forss, a music journalist and consultant whose reviews and essays have been published in Songlines, Ethnomusicology, African Music and various cultural encyclopaedias.

Mr Forss further states: “The improvisational and instrumental delights of Malta’s music master, Renzo Spiteri, are steeped in a creative and groundbreaking pool of talent rarely observed in instrumental world music.

“The lack of vocals do not deter from the musical messages of solitude, grace, spirit and meditation. The instrumental music created from relatively few instruments is most remarkable.

“Renzo serves up a chilling, mysterious, and forward-thinking musical journey that deserves to be a top spot on the world music/new age charts.

“Silence Sounds and Spaces echoes similarities with the musical inventions of Robert Rich or Steve Roach, but in the end, it is Renzo Spiteri that turns history into music.”

Mr Spiteri is an internationally respected musician renowned for developing fresh musical possibilities and unlimited modes of expression.

He has worked alongside top-flight names in the music and art scenes, and his name has become synonymous with innovative, inspiring and dynamic performances.

The concept album and live performance of Silence, Sounds And Spaces gives a modern and contemporary musical identity to the treasured Neolithic sites of the Maltese islands and is particularly suited to promote Maltese culture and history across the globe.