Out Of Phase

"A Trip Inside" is the first official release of ELECTRO / MAGNETIC, an Ambient solo project by Italian music artist Nicola Maggi.
After many years of beat making with a DAW, he decided to change direction and started experimenting with cassettes, tape loops, analog and digital synthesizers, samples and all kind of recordings to create soundscapes with organic textures and drones, without leaving aside musicality and harmony.

Searching for a lighter, direct and less calculated way to compose music, he started enjoying a tactile approach: his signature style is to mix his songs live with a cassette 4-track recorder.
The warmth of tape, the imperfections of analog, the unplanned decisions pour into the inspiration of the moment, crystalizing into a unique result with a precise coordinate in space and time.

He gets inspiration from the landscape he lives in, between the Como Lake and the Prealps. The depths of the dark waters and the peaks of the green and grey mountains are the impulse to explore the depths and peaks inside himself.

Videos of the recordings are available on Youtube: shorturl.at/oQTY9

GEAR USED:
-Yamaha CMX100 Cassette Multitrack Recorder
-Zoom MS70 CDR
-Korg Volca Keys
-Korg Volca FM
-Yamaha QY100
-An old Walkman
-An old crappy dictaphone
-Zoom Q2n
-Ableton Live (with some 3rd part plugins)

Piano Loops

Torment

Shifting Chords

Hymn

East

Metamorphosis

Holy

Window

My homage to the '90s Trip Hop, inspired by Moby and Massive Attack.

Master: Phaser Studios
(recorded on cassette and re-digitalized post master)
Cover photo: Francesco Ungaro

The Deepest Secret

ELECTRO / MAGNETIC is the Ambient solo project by the Italian music artist Nicola Maggi. He uses tape, synths and samples mixed with some amount of improvisation and spontaneity to create rich, lush textures and deeply emotional melodies.

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