M-16 | ALESSANDRO BOCCI

abstractism / ambient music / electroacoustic / experimental / noise

Alessandro Bocci started singing in some local punk bands. His first experience with creating music was playing the turntables. Between 1990 and 1995 he worked as a dj in the early important electronic events in Italy. In 1991 he became a regular member of Starfuckers. He recorded his first cd in 1994 with Starfuckers. During 1993/1994 formed the M16, a free techno improvisation project together with Manuel Giannini and Roberto Bertacchini. In 2004 M-16 became a solo electronic project. He also worked as producer : Punkina, Sinestesia, Ricca ect. He is a sound engineer as well. He has carried out some eletronic and experimental performances, some of these are: Chants thermiques with Michael Moglia (Torino 1999), Sewing Machine System - Fabrizio Usberti (Bologna - Distorsonie 2002), Live for Sinaspi with Mike Dred (UK) – William Chelou (FR) – Strek Atzmo (IT) (Bologna - Distorsonie 2004). Alessandro Bocci's electronic techniques: Alessandro starts to use turntables in 1990. In the same year he introduces some standard electronic machines, such as analog synths and samplers, and unusual instruments like the wavemeter. Around 1995 he develops the resource of the mixer, so to use it as a proper instrument. He has been influenced by the writer William Burroughs' cut-up technique. He uses this technique to play the mixer and he uses sound and silence to create a primitive and percussive music. in 1998 he starts to use computer for electronic recording and electronic treatment.

MACABRE
Alias: SG / K11 | PIETRO RIPARBELLI

black metal / abstract symbolism

Macabre was the first band formed (during 1986 as Necrophagy) by two sound artists, today better knows as SG and K11 (in the years with SC guitar / PP guitar / AP vocals)

MARCELLO BACCI - GRUPPO PSICOFONICO DI GOSSETO

psychophonia / esoteric

Marcello Bacci inizia le sue ricerche nel mondo del paranormale all'inizio degli anni '60 passando attraverso una vasta gamma di metodologie. Dopo alcuni anni di sperimentazione con il magnetofono la ricerca si è andata focalizzando nella ricezione di Voci paranormali tramite un apparecchio radio-ricevente a valvole. L'uso di un apparecchio radio come strumento idoneo alla ricezione delle Voci paranormali fu suggerito dalle Voci stesse che Bacci registrava su magnetofono. I contatti radio avvengono oggi con particolari e ben precise modalità subordinate alla presenza di Marcello Bacci, elemento medianico catalizzatore di energie misteriose "che non sono di ordine scientifico, ma di altro ordine", come hanno precisato le Voci stesse. Tentativi di stabilire il contatto in assenza di Bacci hanno dato sempre esito negativo, confermando il ruolo medianico dello sperimentatore.

PUBBLICAZIONI

IL MISTERO DELLE VOCI DALL'ALDILA' - Marcello Bacci - Edizioni Mediterranee,1985

TERRE TUTTORA INVIOLATE - Luciano Capitani - Silvana Pagnotta - Edizioni Mediterranee,1990

RISVEGLIO ALLA VITA a cura di Silvana Pagnotta - Edizioni Mediterranee,1992

CONVEGNI

L'UOMO E IL MISTERO A.A.V.V.-Le transcomunicazioni di Grosseto modalità e significato - di Silvana Pagnotta - Mediterranee,1993

LUCE E OMBRA anno 94 N'2 -Le risultanze dei dialoghi medianici di Grosseto - di Luciano Capitani- Luce e Ombra redazione piazza Azzarita,5 -Bologna

LUCE E OMBRA anno 94 N'4 -Le esperienze del Centro di ricerca di Grosseto: Non c'è morte, possiamo credere all'impossibile - di Silvana Pagnotta

LA CRESCITA INTERIORE A.A.V.V. -Sinergia emotiva e transcomunicazione- di Silvana Pagnotta- Mediterranee,1995

LA CRESCITA INTERIORE/3 A.A.V.V. -A Grosseto un trentennio di voci paranormali - di Silvana Pagnotta - Mediterranee,1997

" Per quanto riguarda la ricerca e i risultati ottenuti da Marcello Bacci, vorrei particolarmente sottolineare e sostenere che sono di un'importanza eccezionale, in quanto le sue registrazioni di "voci" sono limpide ed estremamente chiare da interpretare. Devo aggiungere che tutto ciò è realizzato da un uomo di grande purezza d'animo, che, per sentita partecipazione verso la sofferenza di chi ha perduto una persona amata, mette a disposizione il suo tempo, la sua esperienza, e tutto il suo impegno gratuitamente ed altruisticamente. Auguro al caro Bacci un buon lavoro." - Friedrich Jurgenson

MASONIC YOUTH

doom / performative art / abstract symbolism / electroacoustic / avant-garde / experimental / drone music

M.Y. founder members are Johnny van de Koolwijk, Marc Van Elburg. Image courtesy WOT4 RECORDS.

MASSIMILIANO VIEL
Alias: SIMM-EL

musique concrete / sound installation / modern composition / abstractism / ambient music / acousmatic art / minimalism / electroacoustic / avant-garde / sound art / experimental / noise / constructivism / drone music

Massimiliano Viel attended studies in electronic music, orchestra conducting ethnomusicology and composition in Milano, Parigi, Salzburg, Odense with professor such as A. Corghi, M. Stroppa, K. Huber, B. Ferneyhough, K. Stockhausen, F.Donatoni and T.Murail. In 1989 he abandoned the performing activity with piano to pursue new sounds and performing techniques with the electronic keyboard.

As a keyboard player he collaborated with ensembles such as the Caput Ensemble 
from Rejkiavik, the Quartetto Arditti from London, MusikFrabrik from Düsseldorf and orchestras such as the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra from Milano, the WDR orchestra
from Cologne and the Orchestra of Paris, 
with whom he performed in all the most important theatres in Europe. In 1997 he performed K.Stockhausen’s "Klavierstuck XV" in Mercure Theatre of Montreal, Canada as a canadian premiere. He collaborated as interpreter and assistant with composers such as K. Stockhausen, L. Berio, L. Francesconi, A. Ingolffson, F. Romitelli and F. Guerrero.

At the same time he developed an aesthetic and technical research in musical composition, realising scores for acoustic and electronic instruments, from solo to full orchestra, performed in Europe, USA, Australia, Mexico, Indonesia and Egypt.
 As a result of his long time interest in the relationship between music and other expressive means, he realised a large number of performances in close contact with theatre, video and dance. In 2001 he started a collaboration with Otolab, one of the most worldwide known italian audiovisual team, with whom he created projects performed in the most important international festivals. I

n 2002 he founded Sincronie, an association devoted to explore the interactions between the western written music tradition and the manifold issues of contemporary culture. Sincronie produces events, an acoustic/electronic ensemble and research/didactic activities. As a natural and complementary activity to composition and production he never ceased to conduct a continuous practise of theoretical research and didactics. He holds the chair of “Composition for music didactics” at the "C.Monteverdi” Conservatory in Bolzano. He is PhD candidate at the Planetary Collegium M-Node, University of Plymouth, UK

MASSIMO BARTOLINI

musique concrete / sound installation / abstractism / minimalism / electroacoustic / avant-garde / sound art / experimental / contemporary art / conceptual art / drone music

"Ho cercato di rendere praticabile l'immaginazione. Sto cercando di rendere praticabile l'immaginazione. Per praticabile intendo poterci portare anche il corpo, nel piano dell'immaginazione intendo”

MASSIMO GIACON
Alias: TRAX 0982 / TRAX 0983

sound sculpture / visual art / sound installation / psychedelic / abstract symbolism / avant-garde / sound art / experimental / noise / contemporary art / networking / conceptual art

Massimi Giacon, born in Padova 1961, has been working as a comic strip maker, illustrator, designer, artist and musician since early 1980. He was also a founding member of Italian group Spirocheta Pergoli and founded TRAX label along with Vittore Baroni and Piermario Ciani. Massimo Giacon was born in Padua (Italy), in 1961. In 1979 he started publishing comics on a regular basis in the major specialized magazines (Frigidaire, Linus, Alter, Dolce Vita, Cyborg, Nova Express, Blue), soon becoming one of the points of reference for the “bizarre” comics. In 1980 he started a music activity that drove him to create several indie music bands. He has since concentrated on his musical activities as solo artist. In 1981, together with Vittore Baroni and Piermario Ciani he took part in the multimedia network projet TRAX, the forerunner of the future activities of subversive Luther Blisset. Then he began a constant artistic-performing activity which led him to a series of exhibition events in Italy, America, Greece, Portugual an Switzerland. In 1985 he took an interest in design and launched into a collaboration with some of the major architecture offices in Milan (Sottsass, Mendini, Thun). He also created designs for the well-known brands such as Memphis, Swatch, Artemide, Alessi. He designed carpets, laminated materials, illustrations for fashion magazines, web sites, fabrics, virtual carachters, TV theme songs, ceramics, and is now working for videogames, various editorial projects, new design objects and art exhibitions. giaconmaximus@gmail.com

MATARRATAS
Alias: JULIAN BONEQUI / JULIAN PERCY

doom / avant jazz / psychedelic / modern composition / abstractism / ambient music / electroacoustic / avant-garde / experimental / noise / harsh / drone music

MATARRATAS are: Julian Percy and Julian Bonequi

MAURIZIO BIANCHI / M.B.

death ambient / abstractism / ambient music / minimalism / electroacoustic / experimental / noise / nonmusic / harsh / industrial music

Maurizio Bianchi (December 4, 1955 in Pomponesco in the Province of Mantua) is an Italian pioneer of noise music, originating from Milan. Bianchi began to produce music in 1979, and since 1980 has used electronic equipment with the avowed goal "to produce technological sounds and in such a way to work on complete realising of the modern decadence". In the beginning, he published tapes under the alias Sacher-Pelz. In 1981, William Bennett, head of the band Whitehouse and the British Come Org. label, offered Bianchi a record contract, which Bianchi signed unchecked. It was based on a "joke contract" that Steven Stapleton of Nurse With Wound had sketched. The contract assumed all rights to Bianchi's work. After delivery of the tapes Bennett edited-in speeches by Nazi leaders, and instead of the relatively unsensational name MB, it was published under the alias Leibstandarte SS MB, named after the SS unit that worked as bodyguards to Adolf Hitler. Bianchi became religious and withdrew from the music business. Much of his work is sought today by collectors, especially as they appeared in extremely small editions. In 1998, encouraged by Alga Marghen label head Emanuele Carcano, who offered him a label of his own, Maurizio Bianchi started again to make music. The label is EEs'T Records, through which he released new editions of all old MB albums, as well as many new releases. Therefore, since 1997, he was back on the underground scene, working on several projects both in solo or in collaboration with other Italian artists (Giuseppe Verticchio/NIMH, Arnaldo Pontis and Corrado Altieri/TH26, Davide Femia/MDT, Saverio Evangelista, Matteo "Hue" Uggeri/Sparkle in Grey, Emanuela De Angelis and Eugenio Maggi/Crìa Cuervos) and international (Klaus e Danijela Jochim/Telepherique, Sandro Kaiser/Frequency In Cycles Per Second, Akifumi Nakajima/Aube, David van Ravesteijn/Land Use, Siegmar Fricke, Nobu Kasahara e Hitoshi Kojo, Maor Appelbaum, Jozef Van Wissem, Craig Hilton, Philip Julian/Cheapmachines).

MECONIUM
Alias: AA.VV. | STARING AT THE WALL III / POSEITRONE | LUCA DI DATO

avant jazz / musique concrete / performative art / psychedelic / abstractism / electroacoustic / experimental / noise / harsh

Meconium are: L. Nascitari and L. Poseitrone.

MELEK-THA

abstractism / experimental / dark ambient / harsh / martial noise / industrial music

Melek-Tha was formed during Summer '94 by Lord Evil who wanted to play music he really felt by using experimental material and special samplers. After a few months, one advance album was out and spread through mail to friends. Adipocere Records, the French Metal label, heard this Oppressant Dark Ritual Opus I and decided to release this CD. Astrum Argentinum is the title of this first opus... In the following years, Melek-Tha remained very silent and didn't release anything at all. In fact, Lord Evil had already two other albums ready but was looking for a new label. Indeed, being signed to a Metal label was not the best thing... It was revealed in 1998 that Cold Spring Records, home of such acts as Archon Satani, Sutcliffe Jugend, Merzbow and Psychic TV, was to release the next album. In April 1999, the second opus: De Magia Natvrali Daemoniaca, Diabolus Ritual Opus II, finally saw the light on Cold Spring Records. In 1999, Solipsism Records (US) put out Post Nuclear Race on CD-R. Limited to 100 copies, this release unveiled the very bleak side of Melek-Tha, quite different from the more "mainstream" releases. Lord Evil all instruments.

MERZBOW

avant jazz / musique concrete / psychedelic / modern composition / abstractism / ambient music / electroacoustic / avant-garde / sound art / noise / contemporary art / harsh / conceptual art / industrial music / drone music

Merzbow is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician Masami Akita

MICHAEL ESPOSITO | PHANTOM PLASTICS [MICHAEL ESPOSITO AND PATRICK ESPOSITO]

documentary / musique concrete / psychophonia / electronic voice phenomena (evp) / transcommunication / esoteric / abstractism / ambient music / acousmatic art / avant-garde / electroacoustic / field recordings / sound art / experimental / noise / contemporary art / nonmusic / site specific / conceptual art / drone music

Michael Andrew Esposito
Experimental Artist, Paraphycology researcher, Paranormal sound art.


In this video: "Auditory Thresholds" with: Michael Esposito & Carl Michael von Hausswolff

Michael Esposito was born 1964 in Gary, Indiana. He is an experimental artist and researcher in Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP). An ancestor of Alfred Vail, who invented the Morse Code and several early telegraph devices with his partner Samuel Morse. Another ancestor, Jonathan Harned Vail was office manager and assistant to Thomas Edison in his later years when Edison was attempting to develop a device to communicate with the dead. Michael studied communication theory at Purdue University, University of Notre Dame, American University in Cairo, Egypt and Governor's State University. Over the years, under the Phantom Airwaves institution, Michael has participated in hundreds of paranormal investigations all over the world. He has conducted extensive research at many active locations and has developed a great deal of unique theory and devised many unique experiments within the field of EVP. Focusing primarily on EVP research, he has collected tens of thousands EVPs and video. He is featured in the films:

Dead Whisper, Paranormal Labs: Ghosts - Dead Whisper, Ghost Asylum, The Sallie House - Gateway to the Paranormal, Dead Whisper: In Search of Ghosts and the Supernatural, Paranormal Labs Presents: Ghost Asylum, The Sallie House - Gateway to the Paranormal, 2011 Ash 8.3 #3 presented to Michael Esposito by Ash International.

Michael has appeared in numerous television, radio and newspaper features.
Working extensively with EVP's relationship to experimental music, Michael combines EVP with field recording and related frequency tones of research sites to provide an audio-archeological picture of both sides of the veil.
Michael is currently published by Touch Music [MCPS] UK.

MICHAEL W. FORD
Alias: ORDO TYRANNIS

musique concrete / performative art / esoteric / abstract symbolism / werid black metal / electroacoustic / sound art / experimental / dark ambient / nonmusic / ritual dark ambient / conceptual art

Michael Ford is an American musician and occult author who began his career in 1991 with the black metal band Abaddon (renamed Sorath a year later). Whilst in Sorath, Ford made his first attempts at more experimental music with Darkness Enshroud, first aided by Rahu (Dan Ferguson) and later by Shanna LeJeune. Another experimental avenue was explored with the death industrial project Valefor, whilst black metal would never leave his attention for long and has been pursued under the guise of Black Funeral which Ford originally formed in 1993. Michael W. Ford is the author of BIBLE OF THE ADVERSARY, SATANIC MAGICK, THE VAMPIRE GATE - The Vampyre Magickian, The First Book of Luciferian Tarot and THE LUCIFERIAN TAROT, LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT, LIBER HVHI, BOOK OF THE WITCH MOON, ADAMU, Founder of BLACK FUNERAL, VALEFOR, PSYCHONAUT 75 and a member of ORDO TYRANNIS and HEXENTANZ.

MOVIMENTO AVANGUARDIA ERMETICO

esoteric / black metal / abstract symbolism / werid black metal / avant-garde

Movimento d'Avanguardia Ermetico are: Yog : Vocals & Drums Ans : Guitars Formed in 2005 "Movimento d'Avanguardia Ermetico" is a raw and introspective black metal band. The current line-up is composed by Yog (vocals, bass and drums) and Ans (guitars). [ESORDI] Correva l'anno 2005 quando grazie all'esperienza maturata a partire dalla fine degli anni '90 - prevalentemente nel progetto "Sarghnagel" - un gruppo di appassionati di musica estrema si trovava per fondare il "Movimento d'Avanguardia Ermetico". Le finalità di tale progetto erano chiare sin dall'inizio: dar vita ad una forma di Black Metal che sappesse coniugare Tradizione, Avanguardia e spirito underground. Inizialmente la band si forma grazie a Yog (batteria), Ans (chitarra), Jemzo (voce), Onz (basso), ma ben presto quest'ultimo lascia la band per varie motivazioni. Con una formazione a tre viene registrato nel febbraio/marzo del 2006 il contributo di due pezzi ("Ermetico Signal d'antica Schiera" e "Guerriero" )confluiti successivamente nella ristampa di "Alle frontiere.." e sul secondo demo "IGNIS" nonché sullo split 2010 "Visionaries of Valiant Vagaries". [ALLE FRONTIERE DELL'ANIMA] Proseguono le attività del MDAE che nell'estate del 2007, dopo la dipartita del vocalist Jemzo e l'arrivo di R. I. al basso, pubblica "Alle frontiere dell'Anima", mini cd contenente quattro brani. Sorto in un momento di particolare travaglio e nonostante numerosi contrattempi "Alle frontiere..." rappresenta la vena più riflessiva e filosofica del Movimento, in cui solitudine ed introspezione si uniscono con la ricerca delle radici culturali e tradizionali a noi più affini. Tale demo, in occasione del solstizio d'estate 2008, è stata ristampata in versione tape con due bonus track ad opera della bulgara AMF prod. [IGNIS] Terminato anch'esso in occasione del solstizio d'estate, e dopo alcuni ritardi causati dalle poste italiane, nell'agosto 2008 è uscito il primo demo album della band, in versione demo, grazie alla WAR Kommand Prod, etichetta underground italiana che ci ha fornito un gradito e notevole supporto. La demo porta il titolo di "IGNIS", dove all'introspezione che contraddistingue il concept si unisce la ricerca del significato iniziatico del fuoco e del sole nero. [I SENTIERI DELLA TRADIZIONE] Inoltre il MDAE si è accordato con la band "Corvus Invictus" per la realizzazione di uno split, "Sentieri della Tradizione", registrato in occasione del solstizio d'inverno 2008 e pubblicato nel novembre del 2009 da WK. Prod. e da Alzig Art. Nel dicembre del 2009 sono state terminate le registrazioni di "Stelle Senza Luce", 45 minuti di inediti pubblicati dall'etichetta Russa Kunsthauch nel giugno del 2010. [ANNO 2010] Sempre nel 2010 è prevista l'uscita dello split Movimento d'Avanguardia Ermetico/Adrarakh/Triumphus Mortis/Gorrenje. Tale split intitolato "Visionaries of Valiant Vagaries" vede la partecipazione di band italiane e tedesche dedite ad una forma di black metal atmosferico e pagano. Per ulteriori informazioni o per ricevere copia delle demo, contattateci via messaggio personale.

MUDBOY

musique concrete / abstractism / avant-garde / sound art / experimental / noise / folk

Raphael Lyon.

MZ.412
Alias: FOLKSTORM / NORDVARGR / HENRIK NORDVARGR BJORKK / TOROIDH

doom / black metal / abstract symbolism / suprematism / acousmatic art / werid black metal / electroacoustic / experimental / noise / dark ambient / ritual dark ambient / drone music

Maschinenzimmer 412 (currently known as Mz.412) are the inventors of the so called "black industrial", a dark and haunting music which mixes industrial noise, ritual ambient and black metal atmospheres. The mastermind behind the project is Henrik "Nordvargr" Björkk (often credited as Kremator), aided by different people with each release. Original releases from 1989-1990 came under the name Maschinenzimmer 412, eventually Björkk founded the Swedish EBM band Pouppée Fabrikk (see relative Discogs entry). The project came back in 1995 with the shortened moniker Mz.412 and a typical black metal look (painted faces, long hair, black leather), which was later abandoned. Here is one of the truly classic CMI acts, that already in 1989 released the "Malfeitor" LP. After a four year hiatus the band formerly known as Maschinenzimmer 412 were once again blowing the battle horns in 1995, and returned with a timelessly blasphemous musical statement, the "In Nomine Dei Nostri Satanas Luciferi Excelsi" album. By that time the restructured and revitalized MZ. 412 had chosen to cruise down the left handed path, a fact that has ever permeated their output: in album titles, cover art, and not least in the songs themselves, recorded as they are during rituals. By pushing the influences from satanic rites and black metal music to the limit, it resulted in "Burning the temple of god", the ultimate crossover between dark ambience and the metal genre. This is True Swedish Black Industrial, and these guys aren´t kidding; this is music to either conjure or exorcise your demons to. - Mårten Sahlén -