ATMAEN is a project created by Valentina Buroni. She's a singer, a songwriter, a reasearcher in the field of sacred and ritualistic chanting. 

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Her songs are prayers, invocations to the spirits of nature, sacred chants to connect with the spiritual dimension, medicine chants.

 

​She creates dreamlike, magical, otherworldly atmospheres in her songs. She is influenced by Celtic music, folk music from Western Europe, ritualistic chants of contemporary indigenous cultures, ambient music and movie soundtracks.

Vocals play a very important role and she uses a rich palette of vocal styles and colours, from fierce ethnic vocalizations to soothing vocal tones.

 

Internationally acclaimed violinst Hugh Marsh (Loreena McKennitt, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams) is featured on the song “Holy Mother”. Drums are played by Valentina and by Italian percussionist Emanuele Le Pera.

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The “coexistence of darkness and light”, the “sacred feminine” and the “spirits of nature” themes represent the main topics of her songs. Her music aims to be a transformative journey, thanks to the healing power of sound and voice. 

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The album Canto sagrado (sacred chant) has been released on 15th March 2024 and it's available on all streaming platforms.

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Produced by Francesco Altare and Valentina.

Recorded and mixed by Francesco Altare at Orion Recording Studios.

Mastered on analog equipment by Riccardo Parenti at Elephant Mastering.

Cover artwork and layout by Niklas Sundin.

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Artist short bio

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Valentina has been a singer, a songwriter and a voice researcher for more than 20 years.

She is trained in Early music singing, modern singing, Irish traditional singing, overtone singing, Gregorian chants singing and a bit of extreme vocals as well.

She also plays frame drums.

 

She is also a dance therapist and a professional holistic operator specialized in the use of voice and singing for personal growth and well-being.

 

She has released 6 full length albums (Dragonheart Records, Standing Stone Records) renging from heavy metal, to electro-acoustic ambient, to world folk music.  She has played some big festivals like Triskell Celtic Festival, Nomad Dance Fest and Wave Gotik Treffen.