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Elettrosumma 22

by Maso Nero

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Lofi Sludge Experimental

Elettrosumma 22 è una raccolta di registrazioni casalinghe effettuate da Maso, bassista degli Isaak, durante le ormai famose giornate di Allerta 2 che hanno coinvolto la Liguria e in particolare la provincia di Genova (Ottobre - Novembre 2014).

"Nelle giornate (e soprattutto nottate) di pioggia ho registrato 50 minuti di musica che spaziano tra strumentali lofi sludge stoner rock a brani ambient più atmosferici, compreso un grezzo brano black metal. Sempre mantenendo una atmosfera psichedelica di sottofondo.

Chitarra, basso e synth sono interamente suonati da me mentre le batterie sono rubate qua e là, rimontate e remixate alla maniera hip hop prendendo in prestito le parti rimitche da alcuni dei miei batteristi preferiti.

Da grande appassionato di cinema di genere i titoli di alcuni brani sono la versione alla Carpenter (o alla Bava, alla Fulci) di fatti realmente accaduti in quei tragici giorni. Altri sono riferimenti personali o stupidi giochi di parole.

Elettrosumma 22 era una macchina della Olivetti per fare addizioni e sottrazioni, entrata in commercio nel 1957. Non faceva altro. E semplici addizioni e sottrazioni strumentali sono servite per assemblare queste registrazioni. Un approccio molto naturale, semplice ma efficace. I brani non sono equilibrati tra loro, non seguono un normale approccio di "buon ascolto"; un po' per necessità ma soprattutto per un mio gusto sbilenco maturato divorando album anni 90, in particolare Stag dei Melvins un disco che ancora oggi è capace di sorprendermi. Gli strumentali seguono però uno sviluppo narrativo ben preciso come fosse una colonna sonora di una storia "zombi horror cannibale".

I riferimenti più o meno palesi sono Melvins, Earth, Grouper, Sunn O))), Sarah Lipstate, Mastodon, Nirvana, Black Flag, High On Fire, Sleep, Alice In Chains, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, Witch, Kyuss, Soundgarden, Emma Ruth Rundle, John Carpenter, Fabio Frizzi, Isaak, Eremite, Isis, Harvestman, Morgengruss, Burzum, Vanessa Van Basten, Mope, Perseo Miranda, Magross, Wolves In The Throne Room."

Maso Nero è un nome fittizio dietro il quale si "nasconde" Massimo Perasso, conosciuto semplicemente come Maso. Bassista della stoner metal band Isaak (già conosciuti come Gandhi's Gunn) e coproprietario del negozio di dischi Taxi Driver e della label associata Taxi Driver Records.

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Elettrosumma 22 is a collection of home recordings by Maso (Isaak's bass player) who arranged them during the awful well known days when Liguria, and the city of Genova in particular, were on maximum flood alert (October-November 2014).

"During the stormy days (and especially at night) I recorded 50 minutes of music, from instrumental lofi sludge stoner rock to more atmospheric/ambient sonorities, including a rough black metal track. Always keeping a psychedelic music background.

I entirely played guitar, bass and synth but drums are stolen here and there, reassembled and remixed in a hip hop way, borrowing the rhythm sessions from some of my favorite drummers.

As a big fan of cult movies, some of the titles I chose are the Carpenter (or Bava, or Fulci) version of events that really happened in those tragic days. Other titles are personal references or stupid puns.

Elettrosumma 22 was a calculator produced by Olivetti in 1957 for addition and subtraction only. And with simple additions and subtractions I put together my recordings. A very natural approach, easy and effective. Tracks are not balanced within themselves following the typical rules of “good listening”: this because it was easier for me, but also especially because I have a lopsided music taste, due to my insatiable listening to albums of the 90's. Stag by Melvins in particular keeps surprising me every time. But my instrumental tracks follow a precise narrative structure, as a soundtrack of a zombie / horror / cannibal story.

I've been more or less clearly influenced by Melvins, Earth, Grouper, Sunn O))), Sarah Lipstate, Mastodon, Nirvana, Black Flag, High On Fire, Sleep, Alice In Chains, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, Witch, Kyuss, Soundgarden, Emma Ruth Rundle, John Carpenter, Fabio Frizzi, Isaak, Eremite, Isis, Harvestman, Morgengruss, Burzum, Vanessa Van Basten, Mope, Perseo Miranda, Magross, Wolves In The Throne Room."

Maso Nero is a pseudonym behind which hides Massimo Perasso, known as just “Maso”. He's the bass player of the stoner metal band Isaak (formerly Gandhi's Gunn) and co-owner of Taxi Driver Record Store and the associated independent label Taxi Driver Records.

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released December 14, 2014

Maso Nero: Guitar, Bass, Programming, MS-20, SoundsFX

Recorded at Home by Maso Nero except "Four Times That Night" recorded at Isaak's Studio

Sara Twinn: MS-20 in Biacca's Graveyards

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Taxi Driver Records Genova, Italy

Italian label focused on stoner, doom, sludge, noise rock, hardcore, post hardcore, experimental. Based in Genova.

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