If you would rather watch a calm video, this has all the same music and sound effects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liGHJMLOX60

Fall

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

Dormant Fear

A song about looking vertically up into the sky when all the leaves are falling.  Improvised on a Korg Radias keyboard.

Another Leaf

Song for Fall relaxing.  Go outside with a warm cup of coffee.  This was improvised on a Korg Radias keyboard.

Fall Again

Improvised on a Korg Radias keyboard, for the purpose of extending my ambient video on Youtube.  It's pretty, but I forgot to correct the loudness normalization.

Bouncy Grass

It's a shame that some apples die on the branch.  A nice song for a calming walk in the Fall.  I improvised this on a Korg Radias keyboard.

Sweet Melancholy

A nice fall song with just a little bit of energy.  I recorded this using my Korg Radias onto my loop pedal, using the arpeggiator on the keyboard and improvising over that with the bass line.

Fall Chimes

Exhaustion

electronic improvvisation
with no editing

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Experimental instrumental album, filled with ambient and industrial vibes. Every song is a journey from beginning to end, and most of all I hope this is nothing like anything you have heard before!

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Midnight

idea as organism

New Sincerity rejects postmodern irony, detachment, and cynicism, instead pursuing direct expression, vulnerability, and emotional resonance. This concept embodies a return to seriously and openly exploring one's emotions and the fundamental nature of things, without unnecessary, contrived meanings.

Track 3 mastered by Philippe Deschamps
Track 6 mastered by Eric Allietta
All other tracks mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture and design by Dionis Afonichev

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Gymnopedie

For reasons unknown but time will tell...
Multi-instrumentalist, all types of music, all types of methods.
Occasional collaborations with other artists.
Sometimes I post the sheet music if it's piano.
Lately, my favorite instrument is a TE OP-1 Field keyboard.

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