this is a selection of tracks from my new album "Clouds under the table", more info at the Acustronica label website,  http://www.acustronica.com/clouds-under-the-table.html

"I just think this entire album is beautiful" All About Jazz (U.S.A.)

selected as a "Top 10 album of 2011" by NetMusic Life

selected as a "Top 10 album of 2011" by Doujin-music

"[...]piani sonori che si sovrappongono con calma e leggerezza[...]" All About Jazz (Italy)

"Paesaggi sonori mutevoli" Musica Jazz

"Textures of the best post rock, free of gender clichés. [...]All the work is inspired and inspiring, moved by a research of technique and sound not indifferent" RockIt

"One of the best electronica album i heard this autumn." Yamanote Dreams

""Clouds under the table" is an excellent and eclectic work, with countless influences[...]a never boring instrumental album that offers surprises after many listening" NetMusic Life

"Wonderfully consistent and cohesive, yet accessible and inventive" AmbientExotica

"A charming album of musical carvings[...] For fans of intense and complex listening experiences or for those searching for music to help them concentrate on their own works of art, Clouds Under The Table by Nheap is a must-hear album." Space Giraffe

"Nheap proves to be an artist at 360 degrees thanks to the skill of knowing how to juggle very well both in harmonic and in discontinuous phases, and often managing to combine the two souls." Sonofmarketing

""Ambient" might begin to describe this music, but the presence of Discepoli's relatively straightforward drumming gives the compositions more of a rootedness and energy than that to which most typical electronic ambient music lays claim" All About Jazz

"A vibrant and rich sonic color palette combined with soul shaking melodies and a live drum set move this music to a post rock/jazz fusion line where it music rests comfortably while creating an ambient pulse.[...]Clouds Under The Table is a well thought out and impeccably performed sonic food for the visceral as well as the cerebral" @Critical Jazz

"[...]you will encounter the mellifluous minimalism of Steve Reich hand-in-hand with the idm of Boards Of Canada and moments that bring to mind a classic jazz Miles or Coltrane with post rock bands such as Tortoise and Do Make Say Think. Nheap presents a deep sound, which do you disguise gradually after several hearings, continually discovering details and elements that make it all more interesting. But, since the first listening, the music relaxes, calms and travels. Intricate rhythms meet simple and beautiful melodies, experimentation and relaxed, cool ideas. In this helps amazing drums and percussion that stimulates the more abstract and ambient compositions. Thus, the "heavy" avant-garde atmosphere somehow unload through the filter of a warm mood.[...]"Music on air

"[...]an impressive consolidation of Discepoli’s distinctive sound." Leonard's Lair

"I can only agree with the statement that creative music can also be warm, for instance, if to regard Massimo Discepoli`s 8-piece brand new one" Recent music heroes

"Relaxing, but very thoughtful at the same time, recommended" Hidden Vibes Community

"Rides" featured as "Download of the day" on AllAboutJazz

On air on SomaFM

On air on Aural Moon

Featured on Syndae

Recommended by ClongClongMoo.org

Clouds under the table

this is a track from the Nheap release, "Clouds under the table", available for FREE download at http://www.acustronica.com/albums/94-cloudsunderthetable.html

Nearly 2 years in the making, and following the critically acclaimed Skymotion (selected as one of the best albums of 2009 by various blogs), "Clouds under the table" marks a new cornerstone in Nheap career. Featuring haunting melodies, quirky rhythms, organic electronics, postrock and jazz suggestions, dynamic live drums playing and a biggest sound, this album will find its place among listeners who think creative music can also be warm. 

5 March

Crossings

Daily Improvisation

this is a track from the Nheap release, "Clouds under the table", available at http://www.acustronica.com/albums/94-cloudsunderthetable.html

"I just think this entire album is beautiful" All About Jazz (U.S.A.)

featured in "2011 - A Year in Music" by Burning Dervish

selected as a "Top 10 album of 2011" by NetMusic Life

selected as a "Top 10 album of 2011" by Doujin-music

"[...]piani sonori che si sovrappongono con calma e leggerezza[...]" All About Jazz (Italy)

"Paesaggi sonori mutevoli[...]I riferimenti sono in certa ambient music degli anni Ottanta e Novanta, da Brian Eno a Harold Budd, con qualche suggestione post-rock" Musica Jazz

"Textures of the best post rock, free of genre clichés. [...]All the work is inspired and inspiring, moved by a research of technique and sound not indifferent" RockIt

"Nheap creates amazing instrumental music" Because I have mind

"One of the best electronica album i heard this autumn." Yamanote Dreams

""Clouds under the table" is an excellent and eclectic work, with countless influences[...]a never boring instrumental album that offers surprises after many listening" NetMusic Life

"Wonderfully consistent and cohesive, yet accessible and inventive" AmbientExotica

"A charming album of musical carvings[...] For fans of intense and complex listening experiences or for those searching for music to help them concentrate on their own works of art, Clouds Under The Table by Nheap is a must-hear album." Space Giraffe

"Nheap proves to be an artist at 360 degrees thanks to the skill of knowing how to juggle very well both in harmonic and in discontinuous phases, and often managing to combine the two souls." Sonofmarketing

""Ambient" might begin to describe this music, but the presence of Discepoli's relatively straightforward drumming gives the compositions more of a rootedness and energy than that to which most typical electronic ambient music lays claim" All About Jazz

"A vibrant and rich sonic color palette combined with soul shaking melodies and a live drum set move this music to a post rock/jazz fusion line where it music rests comfortably while creating an ambient pulse.[...]Clouds Under The Table is a well thought out and impeccably performed sonic food for the visceral as well as the cerebral" @Critical Jazz

"[...]you will encounter the mellifluous minimalism of Steve Reich hand-in-hand with the idm of Boards Of Canada and moments that bring to mind a classic jazz Miles or Coltrane with post rock bands such as Tortoise and Do Make Say Think. Nheap presents a deep sound, which do you disguise gradually after several hearings, continually discovering details and elements that make it all more interesting. But, since the first listening, the music relaxes, calms and travels. Intricate rhythms meet simple and beautiful melodies, experimentation and relaxed, cool ideas. In this helps amazing drums and percussion that stimulates the more abstract and ambient compositions. Thus, the "heavy" avant-garde atmosphere somehow unload through the filter of a warm mood.[...]"Music on air

"[...]an impressive consolidation of Discepoli’s distinctive sound." Leonard's Lair

"A well thought out musical maneuver" bahgheera's orbit

"I can only agree with the statement that creative music can also be warm, for instance, if to regard Massimo Discepoli`s 8-piece brand new one" Recent music heroes

"Relaxing, but very thoughtful at the same time, recommended" Hidden Vibes Community

"Rides" featured as "Download of the day" on AllAboutJazz

On air on SomaFM

On air on Aural Moon

Featured on Syndae

Recommended by ClongClongMoo.org


Nearly 2 years in the making, and following the critically acclaimed Skymotion (selected as one of the best albums of 2009 by various blogs), "Clouds under the table" marks a new cornerstone in Nheap career. Featuring haunting melodies, quirky rhythms, organic electronics, postrock and jazz suggestions, dynamic live drums playing and a biggest sound, this album will find its place among listeners who think creative music can also be warm. 

Gradients

The Snow That Never Falls Down

Drummer, percussionist, composer, producer and drum teacher based in Assisi, Massimo Discepoli over the years has participated in musical projects of all kinds, with which he recorded albums and performed live extensively: among them the Vibrham trio (with its fusion of jazz, funk and drum 'n' bass) the experimental duo Nunun, the trio LED (which creates improvised soundtracks for silent classics movies) as well as many other formations ranging from jazz to rock and electronic.
In addition to drums, he also studied piano, bass and guitar, also approaching electronics; in the late 2000s he started to make his own music, which initially materialized with the creation of the Nheap project. Under this pseudonym he composes and plays a particular mixture of ambient/easy listening, jazz, post-rock and electronica. To date there are five albums made with this project, all received positively by the public and critics; many tracks are licensed to various companies for short films, documentaries and commercials. (Samsung, MTV, CNN, ESA, Bill Clinton Foundation, Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Black Box, Picture Shack, Red Bull Media House, Gizmodo and many others). At the same time, he also created the Nheap XP project, especially aimed at club, techno and house music.
In 2014 he released the first album under his real name, titled "Parallax", more experimental than the other projects; other albums will follow, all of which receive positive critical acclaim.
In 2009 he founded the creative music label Acustronica, through which he distributes and promotes, in addition to his own works, those of artists from all over the world; another label is then created, DOF, specializing in electro-acoustic and experimental music.
He also collaborates on works released for other record labels, including Setola di Maiale and Floating Forest, and sees his music included in many compilations, including "Unexplained Sounds Group - the first annual report", with the presence of artists such as Steve Reich and Morton Subotnick.
In 2016 he released the album "An Eclipse Of Images", with the American double bass player Daniel Barbiero (Gino Robair, Andrea Centazzo, Greg Osby). 
Discepoli's works get reviews, interviews and radio airplay on important magazines, sites and radio broadcasts, including All About Jazz, Musica Jazz, Drum Club, 15 Questions, Battiti, Blow Up, The Sound Projector, Drum Set Mag, Avant Music News and many more.