https://soundcloud.com/missing_ear aka Matteo Gualeni, drummer and sound designer based in Milan, he is also part of the AV duo https://soundcloud.com/baransuofficial. " Missing Ear", a key concept in this project, and interpreted by the artist as the awareness of the listener to actively understand the music in its genuine and purest form. In this way, the act of listening becomes an act of protest against the overstimulation displayed in the digital world. Following this principle, our sound perception is at the core of the creative process, working as a processing tool, and turning itself into the very same instrument.
Matteo’s sonic quest straddles futuristic landscapes enclosed in a post-natural aesthetic, where ambient sounds meet noises and break-glitch rhythms. His main influences span from the harsh experimentations of artists like Objekt, Atom, Autechre to the fine drum work of Steve Gadd and the abstract and fluid sounds of Lee Gamble and Boards of Canada.

“What was a crucial sound experience in your life?”
The crucial experience that I'm still hearing every day has an exact name: Tinnitus (in Italiano it's called "Acufene")
I can definitely say that this situation changed my mind... not because I struggle against that (or so and so) but because that begins me really next to some problems that we every day live.
First of all the noise pollution, the inability to listen, and thus also the way listening has changed. I'll speak about this very soon in a paper that I'll release with Mille Plateaux. I hope this has piqued your curiosity.

Links:
https://linktr.ee/makethesoundtouchable

Tracklist:
Baransu - depths I
Baransu - cygnus X-1
Kangding Ray - nn/peaks
Alva Noto, William Basinski, Martin Gore, David Bowie - Subterraneans  
Albert Van Abbe - Cellar closet
Second Woman - ////\
Klara Lewis · Peder Mannerfelt - Sell Art 
Missing Ear - Heavy Cuts
Bienoise - LCL Open is Porn - Closed is Fetish 
Huerco S. - Plonk II  
Grand River - Mr. Speaker
Surgeon Girls - Clouded Temper  Small Steps

MNEMOSYNE #045 - MISSING EAR

"Here we celebrate memory, the most precious gift of life, the only root of dreams, inspiration and knowledge"

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MNEMOSYNE is a series of archival sonic mixes that wants to celebrate Memory, as it covers the most important role in creativity, progress and life itself.
By presenting a different vision of it on each episode, participants will distill memories and ideas that formed their projects, using a variety of audio materials to create a sonic self portrait.

Contact: myalomusic[at]gmail.com

MNEMOSYNE #045 - MISSING EAR

Myalo // MNEMOSYNE