Dorian, the new album by Michele Viviani, has been released.
- Michele Viviani
- Jun 16
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 22
Available today for purchase on this website and all major platforms: Dorian, the new album by Michele Viviani! Below are the main links for digital purchase and streaming, along with a brief presentation.
The album is available:
For purchase on this website with the highest audio resolution (192 kHz, 64-bit);
For purchase/listening on Bandcamp (96 kHz, 24-bit audio resolution);
For purchase/listening on iTunes Store, Amazon Music (44.1 kHz, 16-bit resolution);
Dorian is the new album by Michele Viviani, a composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Bologna (Italy), who wrote, performed, and produced all the tracks himself.
It is a project that blends the language of minimalism with psychedelia and progressive rock, creating a hybrid sound whose precedents can be traced to Sulle Corde di Aries by Franco Battiato and Rainbow in a Curved Air by Terry Riley.
The album consists of five tracks: some evoke the traditional song form (Metamorfosi, La Caccia), while others are primarily instrumental and structured in a concertante style (Dorian Pray, Crying).
Dorian continues the work begun with the 2024 album Victimae: Victimae featured five short compositions for voices and percussion alone, all based on the Gregorian sequence “Victimae Paschali Laudes”, which was elaborated using various compositional techniques rooted in minimalist aesthetics. Similarly, the tracks on Dorian all incorporate the same Gregorian melody, but compared to the previous album, both the compositional forms applied to the melody and the instrumentation have been expanded, particularly in terms of variety.
The album’s sound is defined by the fusion of acoustic instruments (such as guitars, flutes, and percussion) with digital synthesizers, and its production makes extensive use of samples to create drones and loops intertwined with vocal melodies and instrumental solos.
Duration: 28 minutes
Tracks: Rainbow Mama, Dorian Pray, Metamorfosi, La Caccia, Crying
Release date: June 16, 2026
Composition, Performance, Production: Michele Viviani
Instruments: electrified classical guitar, 12-string guitar, bass, frame drum, bongos, glockenspiel, woodblocks, alto and tenor recorders, launedda, piano, keyboards, effects, voice.
Recorded and mixed at: In My Room Studio, 2025–2026
Cover art: Adaptation of Henri Rousseau’s painting “La Charmeuse de serpents” (1907).
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