Extended version of the track "Catedral", composed for the original soundtrack of the film "La Nevada", directed by Anna Tyurina and Juan Matías Musa.

Composed and performed by Matteo Mariano (2020) 

MAGNETIC SERIES – Album – Format: CD, Digital – Releases September 20, 2024

“I’ve always had a deep connection with magnetic tape. Since the end of the ’80s, when I was just a kid, musical experimentation was inextricably linked to that medium, to the tapes that filled my days. Every recording, every edit, every sound etched onto those tapes represented my first naive steps into the world of music. It was a way to explore, to get to know myself and the sounds I could create.

Then, in the late ’90s, the introduction to Minidiscs and, later, HD recording changed everything. Daily interaction with tape seemed like a thing of the past, forgotten in favor of newer, more immediate, and versatile technologies. But that magic, that physicality, was hard to replace.

Over the years, I’ve watched with curiosity as magnetic tape made its return to the tables of ambient and experimental music creators. I realized that many had already rediscovered and embraced this medium, while for others, it had never really gone away. I, on the other hand, was much slower to return. But it was precisely through the works of other artists that I found the drive to immerse myself once again in this dimension, more convinced than ever.

Since 2020, after some attempts to incorporate tape elements into my compositions, I began to explore this path more seriously. I started creating tracks where the use of magnetic tape wasn’t just an accessory, but an expressive end in itself. “Magnetic Series” is not a concept album in the traditional sense, but rather a collection of tracks created between 2020 and 2024, united by a common thread: the manipulation of tape in various forms, from cassette loops to reel-to-reel, from slowed-down/speed-up tracks to entire mix passed through tape.

Beyond the allure of nostalgia and the fun that this medium provides, magnetic tape offers something unique: an intransigence that digital lacks. While digital allows you infinite possibilities, tape forces you to make definitive choices, pushing you into a creative process that permits no compromises. And perhaps it’s this very unyielding nature that makes it so fascinating and valuable.“

Music by: Matteo Mariano (macrogramma.com)
Mastereing: Andrea Porcu
Photo & Desig: Moreno Pirovano
Record label: Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series
Publisher: ROHS! RECORDS

Cat.#: LONTANO-S-CD47
Release date: 20/9/2024
Format: CD, Digital

Copyright © 2024 ROHS! RECORDS, All Rights Reserved

Magnetic Series

Catedral (extended Version)

Catedral

New album "In Darkness Let Me Dwell" released by Owl Totem Recordings is available here: https://owltotem.bandcamp.com/album/in-darkness-let-me-dwell

Some reviews/interviews:

In Darkness Let Me Dwell [2025]:

- Dronarivm (interview) 
https://dronarivm.com/2025/03/14/interview-with-alessandro-barbanera/

- SoWhat
https://sowhatmusica.wordpress.com/2025/03/26/alessandro-barbanera-in-darkness-let-me-dwell

- Rockerilla n°536 (review by Mirco Salvadori)
https://lostinit.substack.com/p/rockerilla-n-536-aprile-2025

- Lux Atenea
https://luxatenea.com/2025/06/15/alessandro-barbanera-in-darkness-let-me-dwell-owl-totem-recordings-fonodroom-marzo-2025-resena-review/

- Igloo Magazine
https://igloomag.com/features/alessandro-barbanera-in-darkness-let-me-dwell-owl-totem

- Vital Weekly
https://www.vitalweekly.net/number-1474/

- Chain D.L.K.
https://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/12739

Oblio [2022]:

- collettivoinconscio
collettivoinconscio.blogspot.com/2023/09/alessandro-barbanera-viaggio-al-termine.html

- SoWhat
sowhatmusica.wordpress.com/2023/01/05/alessandro-barbanera-oblio/

Haunted Houses [2020]:

- a closer listen
https://acloserlisten.com/2020/10/16/acl-2020-music-for-haunted-houses/

- SoWhat
https://sowhatmusica.wordpress.com/2020/09/30/alessandro-barbanera-haunted-houses/

- Rockit 
https://www.rockit.it/recensione/49067/alessandrobarbanera-haunted-houses

-Music Won't Save You
https://musicwontsaveyou.com/2020/12/02/musictosave-009/

- Kathodik
https://www.kathodik.org/2021/02/14/alessandro-barbanera-haunted-houses/

In The Middle Of The Path [2019]:

- Chain D.L.K.
https://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=11424

- Music Won't Save You
musicwontsaveyou.com/2020/01/17/alessandro-barbanera-in-the-middle-of-the-path/

- SoWhat
sowhatmusica.wordpress.com/2019/11/18/alessandro-barbanera-in-the-middle-of-the-path/

- Rockit
www.rockit.it/recensione/45575/alessandrobarbanera-in-the-middle-of-the-path

- Blow Up [#262, 03/2020]
www.blowupmagazine.com/prod/blow-up-262-marzo-2020.asp

- Europa e cultura elettronica
europaeculturaelettronica.blogspot.com/2019/11/alessandro-barbanera-in-middle-of-path.html

- Music Map
www.musicmap.it/recdischi/ordinaperr.asp?id=7397

Bastard Under The Stars [2015]:

- Rockit
https://www.rockit.it/recensione/30766/alessandrobarbanera-bastard-under-the-stars

All here, in reality, are works in progress and are therefore apt to change at any time. All those except XIII Sisters and RAW which, as many of you may have done, I literally gave away in return for their placement in a library. Something I won't be doing again any time soon. If you have a use for something you hear here please just ask.

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ChatGTP said of AI Music...
'Creative AI tools can be seen as sophisticated plagiarism software, as they do not produce genuinely original content but rather emulate and modify existing works by artists subtly enough to circumvent copyright laws'

Sometimes it takes a dispassionate, independent view to actually see the truth of it ...

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There are links to XiiixxiQ below. Your mileage may vary as to whether it decides to work on your system or not. It only runs on a Mac because I really don't have time to do all the necessary work to make it compatible with anything other than my 2015 MacBook Pro :-(. It is still being developed (for my own use) and improved, and I may yet get round to doing another release if I can find the time to tidy it all up.

I've launched this account (and my YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/edwardcortesmusic ) to spread some of the music I've composed, so all the music that I upload to this page is original and I am the "guilty" of it. 
I've composed in different genres, starting with classical music and also pop, rock, jazz, electronic, electro-acoustic, etc. Sorry if some of my tracks are long for these days ears, I begg you to try to be patient.

I hope you can enjoy my music and your comments will be more than welcome,  and I hope to interact with your opinions. 

It's easy to like a track but it's much more valuable to me if you comment or share my music.

To all those who follow me, comment, share or like my works, know that I am very grateful.

it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

"more fun than i deserve" 
 stepping off the ledge with desire

Mooshzoom part of the Mooshmusic project. Ambient music for headphones. Based in Northumbria and next to the sea, which is very influential to me

"As the people here grow colder
I turn to my computer
And spend my evenings with it
Like a friend..."

(Kate Bush - Deeper Understanding)
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I'm open for colaborations.
Just contact me.

Sound Designer & Composer. Creates instrumental music and soundtracks for film/videos and for art exhibitions.

Glass and concrete are so intertwined with the neural network of their inhabitants that a kind of symbiosis is obtained, reaching parasitism of one above the other. A small person has a choice: to be free or to become a link in this system, having realized this choice, the choice as such ceases to exist.

Dolbania was founded in January 2008 by two friends and a cat - lovers of good heavy music. Then a gloomy Gothic composition was recorded on the poems of I.V. Goethe on an acoustic guitar and synthesizer.
In the first year of her existence, she was in a creative search, with an admixture of depression. We searched for inspiration at abandoned industrial facilities and in listening to a huge amount of music. We fucked for a long time and a year later we finally decided on the style that you can currently hear in our songs.

Catedral

Macrogramma