Fiorini/ Farrugia/ Kropfitsch - In the Midst of Things AEC Music of freedom over all the

of freedom over all the forces of fate

whom he first met while a student at Yale in the mid-1980s

Although his roots were firmly in jazz

These two powerful warriors trade blows in a furious flurry of Dodon Rays and Kamehameha Waves

Fiorini/ Farrugia/ Kropfitsch - In the Midst of Things AEC Music of freedom over all theMaltese composer Karl Fiorini is a European without frontiers the compositions in this album reflect his early detachment from a Mediterranean identity towards a more varied and intense sound world. Trio Lamina features elements of Bartk's 'night music' in it's complex sub sections, whereas Fiorini's two piano studies, which predate his move to Paris, already exude a Gallic ambience. Influenced by North African folk music, the Piano Trio expands his