“Vox Caprae, Acta Baphometi” is the debut mini-album from Vox Caprae. An open-ended journey through the beautiful chaos of creativity, the album is a genre-defying collection that showcases the collective’s refusal to be confined by expectations.
To be released during the Venetian Carnival on February 26th, 2025.
※Worldwide release on February 28th, 2025.
Behind the scenes, this work reflects a deeply collaborative process, with the involvement of talented collaborators of different tastes and backgrounds, adding richness to every track. The project’s diverse background is expressed with three songs in three different languages: Italian, Japanese, and English. This multilingual approach adds a personal touch, showcasing the intersections of leader Frank O.’s experiences as an Italian living abroad while working on music that transcends borders.
At the heart of this collection of songs lies the title track—a sprawling 20-minute experimental suite that blends ritualistic rhythms with hypnotic textures. This piece unfolds like a sonic ceremony, weaving disparate influences into a mesmerizing, unpredictable journey. From there, the mood shifts dramatically with “Thirst,” an electric pulse of restless, yet somehow detached, energy, capturing feverish obsession and the madness of unfulfilled desires. The album continues with “Estranei,” a dreamlike ballad that drifts through surreal, melancholic soundscapes, whispering unspoken truths and reflecting on years of failure and hesitation.
The experience is further expanded with a fully rearranged version of “Thirst” and the Japanese version of “Estranei”. The physical CD edition also includes instrumental versions for all songs, allowing the listeners to immerse themselves in the project’s fluidity and graps the details of the arrangement.
“Vox Caprae, Acta Baphometi” invites listeners to embrace the tension between illusion and reality, exploring themes of failure, delusion, nightmare, and self-reaffirmation through the lens of Vox Caprae’s distinctive quirks and idiosyncratic charm. Ultimately, it stands as a reflection of Frank O.T. Reilly’s passion, quirks, and human limits in Anno Domini 2024—his fullest expression of what it means to make music without compromise.
To be released during the Venetian Carnival on February 26th, 2025.
※Worldwide release on February 28th, 2025.
Written and Produced by Frank O.T. Reilly.
Arranged by Frank O.T. Reilly and Vox Caprae.
Recorded at various locations in 2024.
Frank O.T. Reilly:
Vocals, Keyboards, Programming, Guitar, Drones, Noise
Anathema – Guitars, Programming (I, III, IV, V, VII, VIII, IX)
MIME – Drums (I, III, V, VII, IX)
Inori – Bass (I, IX)
Aki – Bass, Noise (I, IX)
Sebastian Mayorquin – Guitars, Programming (II, VI)
Maya – Bass (III, V, VII)
Samantha Bounkeua – Violins (III, V, VII)
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