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Upupay​ā​ma

by Upupayāma

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  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    PLEASE MAKE YOUR DIGITAL PURCHASE DIRECTLY THROUGH THE ARTIST AT https://upupayama.bandcamp.com/
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1,000 USD

     

  • Upupayāma (Red Edition)
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    UK/Europe orders go through Cardinal Fuzz. This is the red vinyl edition of ‘Upupayāma’. Limited to 200 and split between Centripetal Force and Cardinal Fuzz.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Upupayāma via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Upupayāma (Black Edition)
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    UK/Europe orders go through Cardinal Fuzz. This is the standard black vinyl edition of ‘Upupayāma’. Limited to 150 and split between Centripetal Force and Cardinal Fuzz.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Upupayāma via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Upupayāma (Bone and Black Edition)
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    UK/Europe orders go through Cardinal Fuzz. This is the "bone and black" vinyl edition of ‘Upupayāma’. Limited to 150 and split between Centripetal Force and Cardinal Fuzz. THERE IS A TWO COPY LIMIT PER PERSON ON THIS ORDER. IF YOU ORDER MORE THAN TWO, YOUR ENTIRE ORDER WILL BE CANCELLED.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Upupayāma via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Upupayāma (Bundle Edition)
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    This bundle edition includes the oxbow & black version of 'Upupayāma' and the black edition of 'The Golden Pond'. The images are mock-ups. The actual records may look different.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Upupayāma via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Upupayāma (Oxblood & Black Edition)
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    UK/Europe orders go through Cardinal Fuzz or Upupayāma This is the oxblood & black swirl vinyl edition of ‘Upupayāma’. Please note that the image is simply a mock-up. The actual record may look quite different.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Upupayāma via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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about

Centripetal Force (North America) and Cardinal Fuzz (UK/Europe) are pleased to announce the upcoming vinyl release of Upupayāma’s self-titled debut. The album is being presented in a 350 copy vinyl pressing, 200 of which will be available on red and 150 of which will be on black. The record will be made available for preorder on June 11th, with a release date of July 13th. For Cardinal Fuzz, go to cful.bandcamp.com.

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released July 16, 2021

Informed by the wonders of nature that surround him high in the Northern Apennine mountains, Ferrari’s songwriting possesses a mystical quality, one that reflects the fantastical and surreal, yet simple, elements of the natural world. His use of imagery is strong and is communicated vividly through his music. This is especially clear in “The Blue Magician’s Fantasy” and “Hello Green Man, I am a Tiger,” both of which are songs in which he sings with his own invented language. True to the sense of magical realism his songs evoke, Ferrari is quick to point out that even the concept of Upupayāma, which means mountain hoopoe,“is surreal because the hoopoe is not a mountain bird.” As he puts it, “I like the fact that a mountain hoopoe and an invented language can live in an imaginative world.” That imaginative world is the five songs in front of you right now.

Initially made available on digital platforms in late 2020, this edition of the album has been remastered and includes a previously unreleased track, “Hopsa-japapé.”

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Upupayāma Parma, Italy

Upupayāma is the musical persona of Alessio Ferrari, an Italian multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who lives in a small mountain village above the city of Parma.

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