the Mind series are dedicated to ambient with a sniff of angst

Mind 8

Blink Twice/Ark Dambient (open collab)
Original idea and project:
https://soundcloud.com/blink-twice-archival
Project result:
https://soundcloud.com/blink-twice-archival/ch-4-120-bpm-4-1

Blink Twice/Ark Dambient (open collab)

Grimoire

Joshua M Norton's Album

Among the Missing III

P a b l o presented me this ambient drone titled "lost souls" for me to experiment on. In Belgium we're facing our third covid lockdown in one year. Help organizations worldwide are reporting alarming numbers of domestic violence and abuse due to lockdown. Lost Souls immediately became Trapped Souls in my head. I tried to evoke such disturbing situations through sound. It was an emotional rollercoaster. Anyhow, this is the result.

Gruppo Infernal + P a b l o _ Trapped Souls

From the new Blink Twice Ep “ Hauntology” and the Darksiders Halloween playlist -
https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/album/blink-twice-hauntology
https://soundcloud.com/fornicata/sets/darksiders-ghost-tales

Blink Twice - A Storm of Restless Souls Echo From Beyond

NEMIGA - DUSINA

Early Shift

dac insomniac + r.s.stropharia - darkspeaker I - impro-set live (15.12.2019)

Collaboration between Chase Rockwell and Electric Supply Station, mixing genres, beats and methods

Similarity Of Uniqueness

Getting Nowhere

Turn

Performed & Recorded by Matteo Mariano (2019/2020) http://macrogramma.com
Original cover art by Dario Panzeri (2020) http://dariopanzeri.org

AN ELECTRONIC VOICES ALBUM

"Metafonia" is the Italian word that identifies the phenomenon known in parapsychology as "electronic voices".

- Metafonia II, IV and V are the less edited tracks, in order to leave the spirit of improvisation unchanged. Ideally these three represent a second volume within the first volume.

Each piece was made starting from vocal samples recorded and processed in real time with a laptop (and with the addition of some synths). The only voice behind these pieces is mine (at least I think, and above all I hope, even if I can never be completely sure), recorded while I was improvising random phrases, as if I were my own medium.

I waited a long time before deciding to finish and release this series of songs, the gloomy atmosphere of this end of October 2020 made me realize that it was time to let them go.

This is the first collection of songs made with this technique of editing random vocal recordings. Others to come.
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"Metafonia" è la parola italiana che identifica il fenomeno noto in parapsicologia come "voci elettroniche".

- Metafonia II, IV e V sono le tracce meno editate, in modo da lasciare invariato lo spirito dell'improvvisazione. Idealmente queste tre rappresentano un secondo volume dentro il primo volume.

Ogni brano stato è realizzato a partire da campioni vocali registrati ed elaborati in tempo reale con un laptop (e con l'aggiunta di un po' di synth). L'unica voce alla base di questi brani è la mia (almeno credo, e soprattutto spero, anche se non potrò mai esserne del tutto certo), registrata mentre improvvisavo frasi casuali, come fossi il medium di me stesso.

Ho aspettato diverso tempo prima di decidere di terminare e pubblicare questa serie di brani, l'atmosfera cupa di questo fine di ottobre 2020 mi ha fatto capire che era arrivato il momento di lasciarli andare.

Questa è la prima raccolta di brani realizzati con questa tecnica si editing di registrazioni vocali casuali. Altre a venire. 

Released October 31, 2020

all rights reserved

Metafonie

Metafonia IV

Thanks to Blink Twice for great sounds in the open collab "Ark Dambient"

https://soundcloud.com/blink-twice-archival/ch-4-120-bpm-4-1

downloadable - use for more mixes if you like, referring to the Blink Twice open collab

The Intertubes

The Intertubes - muterial | Blink Twice

Pantoclast + R.S.Stropharia - Flesh Wrapped In Pain -  Live Impro-Set (15.01.2020)

A place for sound freaks lashing out from the dark. 

So there's all kinds of stuff on this page, but after months of schizophrenic debates about who was playing with who and who took the lead while doing it, finally, the decision was made: all my alter egos got together and decided to form a band. From 2020 on new tracks are created under the moniker Gruppo Infernal. Only pure MMTJ tracks will still be named as such. 

Gruppo Infernal still relies on my work as Me, my Thumb and Jack, an ongoing quest for a liberating approach to sound creation where the human body acts as an oscillator amplifying the natural 50hz hum. Direct live recording, improvisations and delay loops only using analog filters and effects. No editing, no overdubs. Gruppo Infernal adds digital treatment to this original sound material. 

UnterPitch was an alter ego using samples & synths.
Bleached Coffins was a one-off project using guitars.

earliest work when I was still a pup:
https://blindsightrecords.bandcamp.com/album/throbbing-flip-out