“Though this album may appear to deviate from the main themes and styles of my work, in reality it complements and enriches them. A familiar statement comes to mind: “Music first!”. It may sound simplistic, but it is not: music, specifically the composition of music, involves implementing a wealth of knowledge and skills including technique, craftsmanship, mathematics, auditory analysis and representation, historical awareness, abstraction from the present and intuition about the future… and much more.” (Carlo Forlivesi)