On 1 September, Olivia Belli announced her new album with XXIM Records entitled Intermundia. Belli’s second full length release for the label sees the acclaimed pianist go beyond her deep connection to the natural world to explore the spiritual side of nature, something beyond the physical – the world of thin places.
These locales, said to be where heaven and earth virtually meet, are places to soothe and sedate, or to beguile and enchant – places to catch glimpses of the transcendent. “Here, you become freed from everything non-essential, everything in the modern world,” explains Belli. “It is only you and your soul.” Such places have long been a part of her life and her own spiritual journey, and for Intermundia Belli chose eight locations, all in central Italy, very close to her home in Le Marche, and each represented by one track.