about the record
Hilja is the debut album by Glasgow-based musician Maria Rossi aka Cucina Povera. Her moniker is named after a style of southern Italian traditional cooking associated with making-do and a philosophy of simplicity. It applies perfectly to the spare but beautiful music Rossi experiments with.
Originally from Finland, Rossi brings an acute sense of space, surroundings, and practicality to her working practice, with each composition often relying on a limited sound palette to create deeply affecting messages which transcend language.
Hilja’s marriage of minimal synth, field recordings and the hymnal dexterity of Rossi’s vocal performances creates a new language, sometimes literally, to be spoken in some mythological Fourth World that has yet to be created.
- Demetra 5:21
- Kuparirumpu 4:58
- Avainsana 6:41
- Elektra 5:33
- Mesikämmenen 4:55
- Kehoitus 4:36
- Huhuilu 4:09
- Totean 7:05
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- Demetra 5:21
- Kuparirumpu 4:58
- Avainsana 6:41
- Elektra 5:33
- Mesikämmenen 4:55
- Kehoitus 4:36
- Huhuilu 4:09
- Totean 7:05
about the record
Hilja is the debut album by Glasgow-based musician Maria Rossi aka Cucina Povera. Her moniker is named after a style of southern Italian traditional cooking associated with making-do and a philosophy of simplicity. It applies perfectly to the spare but beautiful music Rossi experiments with.
Originally from Finland, Rossi brings an acute sense of space, surroundings, and practicality to her working practice, with each composition often relying on a limited sound palette to create deeply affecting messages which transcend language.
Hilja’s marriage of minimal synth, field recordings and the hymnal dexterity of Rossi’s vocal performances creates a new language, sometimes literally, to be spoken in some mythological Fourth World that has yet to be created.
