There’s a touching story behind ‘Casa’, one that says as much about its sound as it does about the production setting and name. Ubaldo, whose ear for the minute-but-inescapable is more than evident across this record, has spent the last few years as something of a nomad, switching bases and never planting firm roots. This collection was recorded as he arrived in Brussels, where he helped a friend renovate a run down old house at the same time. The point being, sonically there’s an overriding sense of isolation, of remoteness and vulnerability, particularly in the earlier moments and movements. Sounds are left alone to linger, as though dwelling on choices or reliving memories. Aural interpretations of the kind of emotions you might experience after arriving in a big city, perhaps. But then there are times when comfort and new beginnings seem to ring out, ‘Des d’aqui, gracies per l’intercanvi’ for example. Evocative stuff.