ALESSANDRO BATAZZI & ROB OGILVIE
A creative partnership forged on stage
A-Lex
Late 2011
Rob auditions for a Tina Turner tribute show produced by Alessandro. Immediate professional chemistry.
2013/14
Cast together in The Rocky Horror Show. Shared lifts to the Fugard Theatre turn into deep conversations about music, influences, and life.
Mid 2016
A shared love of progressive music leads them into Alessandro's studio to start recording.
Nov 2016
Five tracks and four soundscapes recorded. The concept album is complete.
A SHARED LOVE OF PROGRESSIVE MUSIC
Both Rob and Alessandro discovered a mutual passion for progressive music - a genre that rewards complexity, emotional depth, and artistic ambition. Conversations turned into plans, and plans turned into studio sessions.Their process was instinctive and collaborative from the start, with each musician bringing their own raw material for the other to build upon.
FIVE TRACKS. FOUR SOUNDSCAPES. ONE CONCEPT ALBUM
5
Original Tracks Recorded
4
Instrumental Soundscapes
1
Fully realised concept album
The album explores a theme strikingly relevant to modern life: the emotional disconnect that technology creates — the irony of feeling more isolated in an increasingly connected world.
A GLOBAL COLLABORATION
Unable to gather everyone in one place, Rob and Alessandro embraced modern recording. Contributors recorded and sent in their parts remotely, with the finished pieces woven together across continents.
Cape Town
Rob & Alessandro - Core Production
London
Remote contributors
Los Angeles
Remote contributors