I’m very proud to announce that from tomorrow April 22  with my brother Dona aka Dj Plant Texture / A662 will be running a monthly show on Threads Radio: Explora.
It will be a full focus on what EXP Records - Vinyl & DJ Shop has been actually representing for our constantly growing community since the very first day of opening.
It means that every 4 weeks will be streaming a 2hours split show, presenting a 1hour guest mix by a different artist each time and a 1hour mix by me. 
For the premiere of the series out tomorrow we've been joined by an artist that actually needs no introduction: Katatonic Silentio, whose mix truly reveals the astonishing result of her sound research.

 South of Italy knows the deal.

Explora.01 w/ Franco Fonato + Katatonic Silentio - Apr '21 @Threads Radio

Second chapter of Explora show on Threads Radio.
Guest of this month is another excellence from Italy. 
Co-founder of the amazing Rete Neurale Milano E.S.T., Empty Signal Transmission curator, Red Bull Music Academy alumn in Montreal, amazing producer and performer, friend, pianist and composer, he lives his life in the music for the music. 
Marco Segato under his new moniker La Serpiente.

South of Italy knows the deal.

Explora.02 w/ Franco Fonato + Marco Segato as La Serpiente - May '21 @Threads Radio

Fourth chapter of Explora on Threads Radio with another amazing contribution from one of the artists whose sound has inspired me the most in the last years, Jeremy Rodriguez aka Chupacabras.
Great Dj and producer, born in San Antonio, Texas, is now based in London.
Check out his latest releases on LIES Records, Zement and Draconian Steps as Acid Freq.
Also, he is running a new project with Ron Morelli official called "Circus of Death" out this summer on Draconian Steps.

https://www.discogs.com/artist/3606479-Chupacabras-5
https://soundcloud.com/djchupacabras
https://draconiansteps.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/chupacabras_london/

South of Italy knows the deal.

Explora.04 w/ Franco Fonato + Dj Chupacabras - July '21 @Threads Radio

Fifth episode of Explora hosting, this time, Deviant Pleasures showcase featuring ATT Corp and Eduardo.
ATT Corp is short for A True Terror Corporation, comprised of Incendie and Templer. Heavily characterised by post-apocalyptic sounds with strong industrial tensions.
Eduardo is a paradox that insinuates itself between kink and chastity, in a magnitude where bass music, broken beats, industrial and massive UK influences, pull the strings. 
In groups as A.I.C and MOKEN but through this solo-project, Eduardo voices the boundary between oneiric and real: it becomes a fissure in which to settle the purest and grimmer self-expression.

South of Italy knows the deal.

Explora.05 Deviant Pleasures Showcase w/ ATT Corp & Eduardo - Aug '21 @Threads Radio

Sixth chapter of Explora show on Threads Radio hosting another very special guest: Lostsoundbytes.
Bén Leray aka Lostsoundbytes is a Brussels based producer, head of the amazing label Vastechoses.
In his live performances he develops an haptic sound swinging between industrial sequences, rusty 808 patterns and aggressive basslines, coming straight from a gloomy dark alley.
His contribution is a dark and introspective mix of monolithic industrial rhythms, future trap, dubstep, jungle, experimental beats featuring stunning music from AIR LQD, JK Flesh, Torn Relics, Trisicloplox & Sectra and more.

https://www.facebook.com/lostsoundbytes
https://www.facebook.com/vastechoses/
https://soundcloud.com/lostsoundbytes
https://vastechoses.bandcamp.com/

South of Italy knows the deal.

Explora.06 w/ Franco Fonato + Lostsoundbytes - Sep '21 @Threads Radio

Seventh Explora show on Threads Radio hosting our big man Mike Tansella Jr. 
Born in Bari, based in Berlin, Dj, selector, friend and infinite source of "realness" and musical knowledge, is half of the duo project Sons of Traders, with his cousin TANS, and boss at Sons of Traders records.
The duo has released material on the amazing The Black Lodge, LA and on his own imprint Sons of Traders Records as well. 
The duo is also on the latest The Black Lodge Vol. 3, out now.
Also, he runs a project with Dj Plant Texture called Experiment Zero out on The Black Lodge, LA, and is a regular contributor at Mutant Radio.
His mix is just a small taste of his “realness”. Someone we look up to.


https://www.facebook.com/sonsoftraders
https://soundcloud.com/mike-tansella-jr
https://sonsoftradersrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://sonsoftraders.bandcamp.com/releases

South of Italy knows the deal.

Explora.07 w/ Franco Fonato + Mike Tansella Jr. - Oct '21 @Threads Radio

Eighth episode of Explora on Threads Radio.
This month we are hosting another big friend, family member of the EXP crew and real Master of Breaks: Nothus.
Nothus, superb Dj and producer based in Milano, is the founder and boss of one of our fav labelz out there, XCPT .
Also he releases music as half of the "dubwise junglizm" injected project Sativa Club out on XCPT and as half of Late Night Approach, with his soulmate Ignazio Delikwe.
Check out his latest releases as Nothus on Midnight Shift and as LNA on Mechatronica.
Get ready for this 2 hours immersion in the low ends of the Meemo Zone. 
Always burnin' da quality.

Insta: @nothus__
https://www.facebook.com/nothusworld
https://soundcloud.com/nothusworld
https://www.facebook.com/xcptmusic
https://soundcloud.com/xcptmusic
https://xcptmusic.bandcamp.com/

South of Italy knows the deal.

Explora.08 w/ Franco Fonato + Nothus - Nov '21 @Threads Radio

Ninth episode of Explora show on Threads Radio after a 2 months break.
Guest for this month is another leading figure of the italian underground scene.
Asymmetrical is a first-class producer, dj and selector based in Rome;
Also is head, founder and handyman of Raw Culture recordings, which since 2016 has been releasing militant, industrial-fired dungeon music from influential and elusive artists around the globe, such as the legendary german duo Nostalgie Éternelle, and himself, of course.
Check out his latest album “Blind Faith” inspired by Ben Elton’s comic,post-apocalyptic novel.
His mix is an effective “compendium” of industrialized clanking drums, distorted frequencies, distant voices, grinding EBM and dark wave tunes with the usual Raw Culture poetry that always hits the mark.

https://www.facebook.com/asymmetrical808/
https://soundcloud.com/asymmetrical  
 https://www.facebook.com/raw.culture.recordings
https://soundcloud.com/raw-culture-recordings
 https://rawculture.bandcamp.com/

South of Italy knows the deal.

Explora.09 w/ Franco Fonato + Asymmetrical - Feb '22 @Threads Radio

Tenth chapter of Explora, guest of this month is Chris Mitchell, dj and producer from Tampa (FL).
Chris is the co-founder of Vanguard Sound and Anunnaki Cartel record labels. He has been releasing tons of subversive music and effective club tools on a number of quality labels such as Squirrels on Film, The Black Lodge , XCPT Music and Pildoras Tapes just to name a few.
Also on his own imprint Feral Colony he has recently put out the first release where he deals confidently with overdriven drum machines and oodles of distortions. No sweetness in it. 
FC 002 is on the way.
https://feralcolony.bandcamp.com/album/fc001
For the first hour I selected some obscure music around 100 bpm form friends and artists i do really like.
Dj Plant Texture , Donato Dozzy , Steve Moore , Electronome , 
Narvalos (Marco Segato and Alessio Costantino) and M Parent out on Sons of Traders Records, Timothy J Fairplay , Pessimist, Chris Mitchell , and TANS out on Dead Channel Records .

Franco Fonato

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