APONTOKATION somos una banda de Death/Thrash Metal, pero el grupo se alimenta de muchas más influencias, las cuales dan como resultado el sonido APONTOKATION, un sonido compacto y agresivo, que sin complejos coje los ingredientes necesarios para crear una musica difícil de catalogar, pero fácilmente reconocible como sonido propio de la banda. 
APONTOKATION is a Death/Thrash Metal band from the south of Spain!!!!

Listen to "LOVE. BILLIE'S LAW" EP now!
Produced by Alma Flua
Mixed by Armando Fiorenza
Additional Mixing by Alessio Antoni
Mastered by Alessio Antoni
Artwork and graphic concepts by Bird's Peak Films

New EP "Inner Jungle" is out now!

Wicked Expectation are a mix between electronic/downtempo and IDM.

Band was formed in 2012 and published its debut album 'Visions' in 2015 that was played live across Italy and Switzerland.

‘Visions’ concept is about the relationship between human, nature and technology: a restless and schizophrenic coexistence that might generates great innovations and catastrophes at the same time.
'Visions' was launched together with 'News' videoclip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JvG6jxjCFw).
'Visions' was self-produced by the band and recorded at 'Manifatture Musicali' studio (https://manifatturemusicali.com/).

The sound research and new instrumental set-up pushed the band to create new songs included into the new album 'Folding Parasite'.

The new songs have a massive use of synthesizers and samples, with less guitars and acoustic drums compared to the previous album. Groove is often a combination of Bass, Synth Bass and Drum Machines.
The album tour let the band play across Italy, Switzerland, France and Belgium.
'Folding Parasite' was launched by 'Seriously Laughing' single (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQHhSEQ1NqA) and was recorded, produced and mixed by the band. The album was published on March, 10th 2017.

On April 2019 the band released 'Echoes' which represent a step further into Wicked Expectation production process. The sound is even more electronic and abstract with downtempo rhythms, allowing the band to play also dj sets. 
'Echoes' is a four tracks EP, self-produced by the band and mixed/mastered by Jo Ferliga at 'Tapewave Mastering' studio (https://soundcloud.com/tapewavemastering). It was published under 'Doubledoubleu' independent label (http://www.doubledoubleu.net/).

On June 2020 Wicked Expectation's new EP "Emotional Control" came out. It’s a two tracks EP which combines IDM and Broken-beat genres, surrounded by atmospheric grooves that create an immersive sound for the listener. Inspired by clubbing culture, the essence of Emotional Control is reflected by the two tracks that differs a lot from each other. The EP has been recorded during COVID-19 lockdown: it expresses the need of escapism with a melancholic feeling that embraces the two tracks. The EP has been published by "Sideshape Recordings" (https://soundcloud.com/sideshape).

On March 2021 Wicked Expectation released a new single: “Beat Around The Bush” which represents a step further into Wicked Expectation’s journey, alongside with Sideshape Recordings label (https://soundcloud.com/sideshape). An UK Garage beat combined with layers of synths and percussive bass line. Upon all this, melodic vocals which embrace the whole track. This new track comes out after a dark winter, hitting like a punch on your face, redefining concepts right on time before they break apart. Put your headphones, press play, dance and sing it out loud. It might be hard to realize, but there’s no need to tell a lie in this story. Just hold on and beat around the bush.

On September 2022 Wicked Expectation released new track "Moving Clockwise".

New track "By The Air" was released on December 2022.

On May 30th 2023, "Inner Jungle" EP has been released by Wicked Expectation under Sideshape Recordings Label.

The PepiBand is a four piece band from Sicily, born in 2003 from the ashes of the indie-noise band Twig Infection. The band's sound is influenced by the most significant post-punk and alternative-rock bands of the last three decades, oscillating between minimal indie melodies and direct, powerful, guitar-driven songs. The PepiBand released its first instrumental EP in 2005 (Omonimo), and 5 years later the first album, Panic, recorded in 2010 and released for the netlabel Lophohpora Williams recordings. The last full-length, just released by a group of Italian and French indie-rock labels (Altipiani, Pied de Biche, Edwood records and Arsonica) was recorded live in 2014 in the countryside of southeast Sicily, and features two guests: Giovanna Cacciola of Uzeda (vocals on “A Blue Day”) and Dario Serra of Suzanne'Silver (vocals on “Summer Parade Arrived”).

Rock Band from Bologna. Listen and repeat!

Il progetto “I Carnival” nasce nell’ottobre del 2013 nella provincia di La Spezia.
Le sonorità del gruppo sono essenzialmente Rock (cantato in italiano). Grazie all’uscita dell'album di debutto 'SUPERSTELLAR' (‘La Clinica Dischi’, 16.02.2015) e alla vittoria di “Arezzo Wave Best Band Liguria 2014” la band riesce ad intraprendere un Tour di oltre 30 date, esibendosi in diversi locali del centro-nord Italia (Liguria, Toscana, Lombardia, Piemonte, Lazio, Emilia Romagna) e in alcuni dei maggiori festival nazionali, arrivando a condividere il palco con artisti del calibro di Raphael Gualazzi, Pierpaolo Capovilla (Il Teatro degli Orrori), EX-OTAGO, RN Replay e molti altri. Il singolo 'Primo non ti sai decidere' (estratto da ‘SUPERSTELLAR’) è stato definito dalla prestigiosa rivista 'Classic Rock' uno dei migliori brani rock italiani del 2015. Uscirà a novembre 2015, sempre per ‘La Clinica Dischi’, il nuovo disco ‘SE NON MI TENGO VOLO’, preceduto dal singolo ‘PORNOVISIONE CULT’.

Leonardo Lombardi: Voce, Chitarra
Roberto Benacci: Chitarra
Milo Manera: Basso
Leonardo Pierri: Batteria

Mister Peculiar – Guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. Writing songs to tell stories, in each and every way. For the heaviest limit of a man is the one he gives himself.

In a time where music is gradually becoming a lifeless saleable product, few artists still succeed in staying away from the tempting spotlights and living music as a true, sheer form of art. For Mister Peculiar it's even more: he has always used music as a vehicle to express and instill emotions and feelings to the listener, taking no care for what trends, critics and the music business were dictating.
For him, music is only about telling stories; combining the power of folk songwriters' straightforward, philosophical lyrics with haul-away, synesthesia-style music compositions and arrangements, he has always been focused on writing songs primarily to please himself rather than to make money.
The lack of a school-type music education tied himself to no particular form of music or style, and helped him keeping out the despised concept of 'music genre' from his writing, leaving him free from boundaries and rules of composition, thus able to explore a broader soundscape.

After few years spent collaborating as both composer and musician with various bands and artists, he began writing and producing music on his own. His first work, "I should follow Steve's thought", was released in 2011, and clearly mirrors his attitude. The record is a collection of raw, unworldly songs which explore and combine together a mixture of folk, blues, psychedelic and rock to tell stories about introspection, unrequited love and hope. The album was shortly followed by the EP "Informal session, pt. 1": an acoustic, more intimate rendition of 4 of those tracks.

In 2014 he released his second work "Changes", a concept-album based around the journey through a young man's mind. The album is a rock opera that narrates the story of a man who, tired of the dullness and frustration of his current life, decides to leave his country but soon realises that just changing place is not enough.
It will only be after an intimate and deep walk through his mind that he'll manage to overcome his demons, and finally enjoy the beauty of life.
The music uses a wide variety of styles as it follows the development of the story to help explore the character's psychology, highlighting the various moods that accompany his road to discovery. The record was followed a year later by the acoustic EP "Informal session, pt. 2", like its predecessor.

Following a few years of live and collaborations with other artists, in 2021 he has released "Things I'll never learn", the first single from his new album which will be out by the end of the same year.

For more information:
www.misterpeculiar.com

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