Nello Toscano
Founder
THE STORY
1996, Anaglyphos Records is born
Anaglyphos Records is a record label founded in 1996 by Nello Toscano, well-known musician and double-bass player from Sicily, aimed at fostering non «commercial» musical culture, paying particular attention to the promotion of Sicilian music.
The initial goal was to expand the space dedicated to music that aims to deepen the sound language: from pure research to free improvisation, all the way to styles that explore less conventional forms and contents · jazz, electronic music and new music rooted in the cultivated tradition.
The label was born out of the difficulties encountered in releasing Anaglifo, a research work created by Nello Toscano with Paolo Fresu and Rosalba Bentivoglio: a project that uses free improvisation, analog electronics and references avant-garde jazz.
THE MARK
Why Anaglyphos?
The name «anaglyphos», from ancient Greek «ἀνάγλυϕος», refers to a hard stone object chiseled or a precious gem finely carved in relief.
In modern language it also refers to a two-dimensional image which, when observed through special glasses with two colored filters (one green and one red), gives the illusion of three-dimensionality.
These two aspects of the term are the distinctive traits of the label: on one hand the preciousness of craftsmanship in musical creation, on the other the desire to discover unexplored contents and dimensions in the musical message.
NEW SAP
2022, new life to the music
Throughout the label's years, periods of intense productivity alternated with moments of pause, caused by the difficulties of the continuous evolution of digitalization and its processes, which transformed the old record industry. For this reason it had been decided to end Anaglyphos by transferring the music catalog to another record label.
The choice falls on Mhodì Music Company and it turns out to be a creation of Giuseppe Strazzeri, a former pupil from the years when Nello Toscano was a music teacher, to whom he had transferred a visceral love for music — enough to make him, besides a musician, one of the most skilled record producers in Sicily.
A beautiful unexpected meeting.
Giuseppe Strazzeri decides not to let Anaglyphos die, giving it new life. Together with his collaborators he reshapes and digitalizes the whole label catalog, presenting it to the audience with the new single Clouds by Nello Toscano, which reaches astonishing results on digital platforms.