Alio Die
Real Name:
Stefano Musso
Profile:
Stefano Musso studied art and electronics in his home town of Milan, Italy, and began performing ambient-electronic music under the name Alio Die in 1989. Characterized by evocative acoustic sounds manipulated and tendered electronically, Alio Die's work builds intimate soundscapes tied to the mystery and majesty of life and nature. His CD "Under an Holy Ritual", released on Projekt in 1992, was received with international acclaim. He subsequently released more than 20 CDs, and collaborated with many well-known artists such as Robert Rich, Vidna Obmana, Mathias Grassow, Nick Parkin, Yannick Dauby, Amelia Cuni, Raffaele Serra, Ora, Antonio Testa.
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HSL 00 |
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Alio Die & Opus Vix Inchoatum | Alio Die & Opus Vix Inchoatum - Sit Tibi Terra Levis (Cass, Ltd, Num) | Hic Sunt Leones | HSL 00 | Italy | 1990 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HSL 01 |
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Alio Die | Introspective (Cass, Ltd, Num) | Hic Sunt Leones | HSL 01 | Italy | 1991 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alio Die | Under An Holy Ritual (Album) | Hic Sunt Leones | 002 | Italy | 1992 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HSL 006 |
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Alio Die • Ora | Alio Die • Ora - The Door Of Possibilities (Album) | Hic Sunt Leones | HSL 006 | Italy | 1994 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MR 01 |
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Mortar / Alio Die | Mortar / Alio Die - From The Depth (Cass, Ltd, C45) | Murder Release | MR 01 | Italy | 1995 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A9602 |
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Alio Die | Suspended Feathers (Album) | Aqua | A9602 | Italy | 1996 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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11076-2 |
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Robert Rich | Alio Die | Robert Rich | Alio Die - Fissures (Album) | Fathom | 11076-2 | US | 1997 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HSL 016 |
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Alio Die | Le Stanze Della Trascendenza (Album) | Hic Sunt Leones | HSL 016 | Italy | 1999 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Crowded13, CCA013 |
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Antonio Testa >< Alio Die | Antonio Testa >< Alio Die - Healing Herb's Spirit (CD, Album) | Crowd Control Activities, Crowd Control Activities | Crowded13, CCA013 | US | 1999 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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eee 41 |
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Vidna Obmana >< Alio Die | Vidna Obmana >< Alio Die - Echo Passage (Album) | Musica Maxima Magnetica | eee 41 | Italy | 2000 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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EEE 42 |
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Alio Die & Nick Parkin | Alio Die & Nick Parkin - Aquam Metallicam (CD, Album) | Musica Maxima Magnetica | EEE 42 | Italy | 2000 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HSL 019 |
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Alio Die | Leaves Net (Album) | Hic Sunt Leones | HSL 019 | Italy | 2001 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PROJEKT126 |
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Alio Die & Amelia Cuni | Alio Die & Amelia Cuni - Apsaras (Album) | Projekt | PROJEKT126 | US | 2001 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HSL 018 |
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Alio Die | Incantamento (CD, Album) | Hic Sunt Leones | HSL 018 | Italy | 2001 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WAX00V |
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Mathias Grassow & Alio Die | Mathias Grassow & Alio Die - Expanding Horizon (Album) | Weird Amplexus | WAX00V | Italy | 2002 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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GHM.02.01 |
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Antonio Testa > < Alio Die | Antonio Testa > < Alio Die - Prayer For The Forest (CD, Album) | GreenHouseMusic | GHM.02.01 | US | 2002 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HSL026 |
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Alio Die & Saffron Wood | Alio Die & Saffron Wood - The Sleep Of Seeds (Album) | Hic Sunt Leones | HSL026 | Italy | 2003 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HSL025 |
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Alio Die | Khen Introduce Silence (Album) | Hic Sunt Leones | HSL025 | Italy | 2003 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HSL023 |
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Alio Die | Il Tempo Magico Di Saturnia Pavonia (Album) | Hic Sunt Leones | HSL023 | Italy | 2003 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HSL 024 |
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Alio Die & Zeit | Alio Die & Zeit - Sunja (Album) | Hic Sunt Leones | HSL 024 | Italy | 2003 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HSL 027 |
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Alio Die & Francesco Paladino | Alio Die & Francesco Paladino - Angel's Fly Souvenir (CD, Album) | Hic Sunt Leones | HSL 027 | Italy | 2004 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HSL 021 |
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Alio Die | Sol Niger (CD, Album) | Hic Sunt Leones | HSL 021 | Italy | 2004 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HSL 030 |
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Alio Die & Festina Lente | Alio Die & Festina Lente - Il Sogno Di Un Piano Veneziano A Parigi (CD, Album) | Hic Sunt Leones | HSL 030 | Italy | 2005 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HSL 029 |
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Werner Durand & Alio Die | Werner Durand & Alio Die - Aqua Planing (CD, Album) | Hic Sunt Leones | HSL 029 | Italy | 2005 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PROJEKT167 |
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Alio Die & Jack Or Jive | Alio Die & Jack Or Jive - Mei-Jyu (CD, Album) | Projekt | PROJEKT167 | US | 2005 | Sell This Version |
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dalakouras
June 17, 2017
edited over 6 years ago
Together with Klaus Wiese, Stefano Musso is truly the most important organic ambient artist. Whereas Wiese focused more on the Eastern esoteric Traditions like Sufism, Advaita Vedanta and Tibetan Buddhism, Musso seems to embody the Western esoteric Traditions like Pythagoreanism, Platonism and Hermeticism. Listening to Klaus Wiese is deep meditation, a sound yoga reaching the immanent non dualism of Brahman, listening to Alio Die is a prayer, a methexis and ascension to the transcendental Platonic Forms.
sethpremo
May 10, 2010
Alio Die is an amorphous amalgamation of aural badassery. Ambient music (and electronic-based music in general) gets a bad rap for being talentless; for letting the "machines" do the work. But then, what is music if not sound organized to effect the psyche? Playing notes on a classical guitar or piano is not enough to be convincing, in and of itself. What makes a great performer is one's attention to the dynamics: and that's what artists such as Tetsu Inoue, Robert Rich, or Alio Die, focus on. Consider them sculptors of sound.
What makes his works glow is his attention to detail. There is always something changing -- maybe something in the background that came to the foreground slowly and got toyed with... maybe a very slow addition of a bagpipe instrument or stringed instrument. Despite how "repetitive" some of the actual "notes" or "samples" are, they never SEEM that way due to constant modulation, addition of atmospheric noise, and re-contextualization.
Apsaras is a godsend of an album. Loving classical Indian music, I'd longed to hear an Indian vocalist sing in an ambient context -- where the drone wasn't upheld solely by harmoniums or tampura, and where the approach wasn't the pompousness & tawdry love affairs of Bollywood. Not only is the vocalist's voice wonderful, but 6 different contexts of her voice with Alio Die as the backdrop.
Tempus Rei & Aura Seminalis were the first two I found that got me hooked. The feel of both these albums is very trans-chronological. Both albums develop, without any specific direction. Aura Seminalis has a historical religious feel -- a basis in Gregorian-style chants, but not in an obvious or domineering way. Tempus Rei has a supernatural orchestral feel, with an odd sense of time -- as if two string trios are in a cave playing some piece of short music slowly; one trio playing it normally, the other playing it in reverse.
Eleusian Lullaby is another great album with a kind of polyphonic feel. There is much in the way of natural, organic instrumentation here, where much of the ambience is derived from delay, echo, sustain. Femme vocals are beautifully done; there are some gongs/bells, some strings (dulcimer & harp?), and mbira. Plenty of atmosphere here as well; sometimes the vocals are the vocals, sometimes just one aspect of the sonic tapestry.
Any of his works I can recommend to audiophiles. Even if you're new to this type of music, I think one can have an enjoyable experience with Alio Die's works. Give the sound your sole attention, and hold no expectations for it to go anywhere or do anything. Let it take you where it will.
What makes his works glow is his attention to detail. There is always something changing -- maybe something in the background that came to the foreground slowly and got toyed with... maybe a very slow addition of a bagpipe instrument or stringed instrument. Despite how "repetitive" some of the actual "notes" or "samples" are, they never SEEM that way due to constant modulation, addition of atmospheric noise, and re-contextualization.
Apsaras is a godsend of an album. Loving classical Indian music, I'd longed to hear an Indian vocalist sing in an ambient context -- where the drone wasn't upheld solely by harmoniums or tampura, and where the approach wasn't the pompousness & tawdry love affairs of Bollywood. Not only is the vocalist's voice wonderful, but 6 different contexts of her voice with Alio Die as the backdrop.
Tempus Rei & Aura Seminalis were the first two I found that got me hooked. The feel of both these albums is very trans-chronological. Both albums develop, without any specific direction. Aura Seminalis has a historical religious feel -- a basis in Gregorian-style chants, but not in an obvious or domineering way. Tempus Rei has a supernatural orchestral feel, with an odd sense of time -- as if two string trios are in a cave playing some piece of short music slowly; one trio playing it normally, the other playing it in reverse.
Eleusian Lullaby is another great album with a kind of polyphonic feel. There is much in the way of natural, organic instrumentation here, where much of the ambience is derived from delay, echo, sustain. Femme vocals are beautifully done; there are some gongs/bells, some strings (dulcimer & harp?), and mbira. Plenty of atmosphere here as well; sometimes the vocals are the vocals, sometimes just one aspect of the sonic tapestry.
Any of his works I can recommend to audiophiles. Even if you're new to this type of music, I think one can have an enjoyable experience with Alio Die's works. Give the sound your sole attention, and hold no expectations for it to go anywhere or do anything. Let it take you where it will.

asphalteden
December 2, 2005
edited over 18 years ago
One of the most unique and unparalled ambient musicians producing today. It's safe to say that Alio Die was so far ahead of his time, and yet so ancient-seeming in his sonic atmospheres, that he's only just inspiring imitators recently (Sostrah Tinnitus, Oöphoi).
Each of his albums is different and yet somehow part of a larger macro-world of ambient ritual sound. For the beginner, I recommend "Suspended Feathers," "Password for Entheogenic Experience," and "Leaves Net," for a good taster of the various moods of Alio Die.
I've got all of his material and I never tire of it, as prolific as he is.
Each of his albums is different and yet somehow part of a larger macro-world of ambient ritual sound. For the beginner, I recommend "Suspended Feathers," "Password for Entheogenic Experience," and "Leaves Net," for a good taster of the various moods of Alio Die.
I've got all of his material and I never tire of it, as prolific as he is.
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