Latency

For this third chapter, Latency deepens its sonic dialogue with the lush grounds of Villa Medici, inviting four singular artists to reimagine the French Academy in Rome as a site of resonance, reflection, and transformation.

Laraaji, the legendary Afro-American pioneer of ambient and spiritual music, opens the record with a radiant soundscape woven from zither, strings and cosmic frequencies. His composition invites deep listening—where the line between external landscape and inner perception dissolves into vibration and light.

Italian violinist and singer Silvia Tarozzi contributes a luminous song in Italian that drifts gently through the Villa’s landscape. Her voice evoke intimacy, memory, and longing—inviting the listener to linger in spaces where language, melody, and place blur.

Lamin Fofana follows with field recordings, archival material, and sculpted frequencies, conjuring an atmosphere haunted by absence and shaped by histories of movement and becoming.

Megabasse closes the chapter with a raw, elemental composition drawn from ritual bells, acoustic resonance, and electronic textures. Their contribution moves like a subterranean current—dense, tactile, and immersive.

Each artist engages the Villa’s grounds as both echo chamber and instrument, shaping listening spaces that invite wandering and contemplation. These works continue Latency’s commitment to listening as a situated and transformative practice—one rooted in place, history, and poetic interference.