EN: LICHTIES (“lick this” not “licis” nor “leeches” – exotism is unfashionable) was born in 2008, as a live support band for the solo project of Ash Mundo (Marco Cacciati). Thinking about Lichties, you have to image yourself rolling on a persian carpet watered by a bucket of ice water. Try to translate it in music and you’re done. Violence, avant-garde. We hope for a return of musical nobility, in spite of a rough and vulgar bourgeoisie. Sometimes this thought takes shape through more danceable and easier rhythms, but if you listen carefully to our lyrics you’ll understand our genuine and deep intentions. Anyway, in other cases we play with harsh sounding devices, hard loops and experimental distorsions. From Biella with love, we weave an apparently soft and silky wool, but truly uncomfortable and useless because can't provide heat noway. The industrial triangle led us to live between Milan and Turin, escaping from the boring province. Azza (Gabriele Azzalin) and Voveve (Francesco Rovere) also play in a hardcore-punk band called “La Grande Industria del Vuoto” (formerly knew as “Anti-Patici”). Some of us love Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, audacious industrial experimentation as Whitehouse, the ATR’s punch. And a bit of dubstep which always sounds good. Someone else listen to 80’s pop music, darkwave, Berlin techno, trash and 60’s classic rock. We are just a little bit of everything and nothing of that at the same time.

Lichties - Ogni Animale

BIO// 
IT: Nato come collaborazione live per il progetto solista di Ash Mundo (Marco Cacciati), LICHTIES (“lick this” e non licis o leeches - l’esotismo è passato di moda) dal 2008 è assimilabile ad un secchio d’acqua gelida sul tappeto persiano di un salotto borghese. Crudezza dei testi, distorsione nel suono. Violenza, avanguardia. Noi inneggiamo al ritorno della Nobiltà musicale, contro il dominio di una volgare e rozza borghesia. A volte, nel perseguire questa filosofia, finiamo in parte per assecondare i gusti del vulgus: basta ascoltare i testi per rendersi conto delle nostre reali intenzioni. In altri momenti, invece, sono proprio i suoni anzitutto a profanare il campo. Da Biella, con amore, filando una lana apparentemente morbida e setosa ma pungente al suo interno; inutile perchè non in grado di scaldare alcunchè, anzi al tatto è quasi metallica. Fastidiosa. Il triangolo industriale delle nostre vite porta a ritrovarci, proprio a metà strada tra la grigia Torino e la borghese Milano, ove transitano le nostre esistenze, in precario esilio dalla noia. Azza (Gabriele Azzalin) e Voveve (Francesco Rovere) hanno anche un gruppo hardcore-punk, “La Grande Industria del Vuoto” (ben più noti con il vecchio nome di “Anti-Patici”). A qualcuno piacciono i Velvet Underground, i Sonic Youth, la sperimentazione industriale più ardita di Whitehouse, l’incisiva algidità degli Atari Teenage Riot. Qualcun altro preferisce il pop 80’s, trash inaudito, techno berlinese, coldwave, rockettino fricchettone 60-70’s... Decidete voi a chi piace cosa, non importa poi molto. Noi siamo un pò tutto ciò, e allo stesso tempo completamente un’altra cosa.

EN: LICHTIES (“lick this” not “licis” nor “leeches” – exotism is unfashionable) was born in 2008, as a live support band for the solo project of Ash Mundo (Marco Cacciati). Thinking about Lichties, you have to image yourself rolling on a persian carpet watered by a bucket of ice water. Try to translate it in music and you’re done. Violence, avant-garde. We hope for a return of musical nobility, in spite of a rough and vulgar bourgeoisie. Sometimes this thought takes shape through more danceable and easier rhythms, but if you listen carefully to our lyrics you’ll understand our genuine and deep intentions. Anyway, in other cases we play with harsh sounding devices, hard loops and experimental distorsions. From Biella with love, we weave an apparently soft and silky wool, but truly uncomfortable and useless because can't provide heat noway. The industrial triangle led us to live between Milan and Turin, escaping from the boring province. Azza (Gabriele Azzalin) and Voveve (Francesco Rovere) also play in a hardcore-punk band called “La Grande Industria del Vuoto” (formerly knew as “Anti-Patici”). Some of us love Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, audacious industrial experimentation as Whitehouse, the ATR’s punch. And a bit of dubstep which always sounds good. Someone else listen to 80’s pop music, darkwave, Berlin techno, trash and 60’s classic rock. We are just a little bit of everything and nothing of that at the same time.

WEB:
www.lichties.com
www.myspace.com/acidlichties

CONTACTS:
info@lichties.com
lichties@hotmail.com

BOOKING:
booking@lichties.com