A southern occultist juxtaposed in the middle of New York City, Breanna Barbara writes songs that make your soul dance, songs that make you question how many lives you’ve led, or if you ever lived at all.

Through her rambling of the earth, she's traced a map constellated with pins, strings, and patterns. Here’s one that charts St. Augustine to New Orleans, to New York City, knotting the places she has lived and gathered sonic inspiration. Another loops around the kingdoms of Scandinavia then, lower, ties the mountains of Switzerland, through the beaches of Italy, to the monuments of Paris where she sung her songs to foreign followers.

Over here, Nashville is tacked: a keepsake for her first album, ‘Mirage Dreams’, which she recorded with Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes), which gained praises from V Magazine (“her smoky quartz voice is one in a million”), Bandcamp (“fans of Chelsea Wolfe and King Dude will find plenty here to love”), and Action Bronson who invited her to perform on his VICE talk show.

The densest fragment of the tapestry, with strands criss-crossing throughout, covers North America, where she toured with trip-hop legend Tricky before recording songs for the his latest record and his label’s first compilation.

If you squint, these motifs might start making sense but don’t be fooled: the full picture is yet to come.

Dark Ambient Dub/Industrial/Minimal Musick. Mind of God is my vessel of transmission. Influences include Scorn, Coil, & SPK.

All music by Jason A Pizzolato ©
"Sonic Electronic Terrorism for the Mentally Disturbed" ™

My listeners are presented with heavy, beat-driven, dark ambient dub. I've been listening to heavy music in one form or another for as long as I can remember. My older brother turned me on to Kiss, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, etc. when I was about three years old. At the age of twelve, I got my first guitar & started the death metal band Apostasy a few years later. We recorded a well-received cassette & played several live shows with friends' bands like Soilent Green, Flesh Parade, Paralysis, & Mule Skinner. Apostasy eventually broke up, but my love of music has never faded. I still play & write on guitar, but I've always loved the darker side of electronic music, too. The heavy dub of acts such as Scorn & Coil persistently intrigued me, & I found the sounds & visuals of experimental industrial artists (SPK, Swans, Dissecting Table, Nocturnal Emissions, etc.) to be awe-inspiring. So, in late February of 2013, I decided to start something of my own: Mind of God. All of you are invited to come along on this ride with me; you just might enjoy it. I know I do. 
 -  Jason A. Pizzolato 

Some of the reception that I've gotten thus far:

"Nice stuff! Not often do you hear metal dudes with an electronic music sensibility.....I dig it." -  Tristan Shone (AUTHOR & PUNISHER)

"Mind of God has things working.....onto something VERY cool." - Josh Eustis (NINE INCH NAILS/PUSCIFER/TELEFON TEL AVIV)

"Sound is good!" - Kenji Siratori

"F*cking love it.....well done." - Paul Gillis (DRUG HONKEY/KLLU/MORGUE SUPPLIER)

"Nice sounds, very crunchy!" - John Everall (TACTILE)

"I think it's killer. Minimal, weird, & beat-heavy. What more do you need? And the Mind of God video stuff is great -- sick footage..!" - Mike IX Williams (EYEHATEGOD/CORRECTIONS HOUSE/ARSON ANTHEM/THE GUILT 0F...)

"I dig the Mind of God stuff.....looking forward to hearing more!" - Tannon Penland (LOINCLOTH/GAUCHISTE) 

Releases available:

Mind of God / Di-Noise split LP 
- Released by Renacer Records in CD format. Sold out. Named best split album of the year by the Danish webzine, Kalteldur. Download here:
https://renacerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rr03-mindnoise-split

Mind of God - 'Ominous' LP
- CD in DVD case was available through Altar of Waste Records. Sold out. Reviewed positively by members of Nine Inch Nails, Eyehategod, & Loincloth as well as Heathen Harvest Periodical, Tironas Magazine, & other notables. Download here:
https://mindofgod.bandcamp.com/album/ominous-lp

Mind of God - 'Frozen Children's Krypt' EP
- Cassette was available through Cruel Nature Records, but they've sold out. The album is available as a digital download on the MOG Bandcamp site:
http://mindofgod.bandcamp.com/album/frozen-childrens-krypt-ep

Mind of God- 'Electro-Battle Preparation Tactics'  EP
- Five tracks of twisted, noise-laden, dark ambient dub. Released as a CD in a DVD case by Altar of Waste Records. Sold out. Buy digital album here:
http://mindofgod.bandcamp.com/album/electro-battle-preparation-tactics-ep

Mind of God - 'Visually Mindwiped' DVD
- A collection of eight MOG videos created by Jason A. Pizzolato. Cover art & DVD assembly by Guns Zop. Sold out. 
https://gunszop.bandcamp.com/merch/mind-of-god-visually-mindwiped-dvd

For bookings please contact:

machinofm@gmail.com


https://machinomusic.bandcamp.com/



MACHINO
Originally from Mexico, the Los Angeles-based producer Machino is known for his electro-tinged EBM productions. He’s been perfecting his craft for over a decade now since his beginnings in punk bands before his excursion into electronic music—the gritty intensity of his musical beginnings have directly influenced the approach to the project’s sound. This inherent toughness collides with the sleek precision of dance music built for the club, which resonates through punching kicks and unbridled, distinct track arrangements. From eerie analog fuzz to distorted, ghostly samples, Machino’s tracks embrace an intense darkness that few can achieve: aggressive and haunting, there’s much to unlock if you dare to plunge in.

Machino’s live sets are jagged, angular dance experiences that are created off-the-cuff—it is about the moment and the intimacy of his surroundings. No two performances are alike: each set creates an aggressive tension that causes the dancefloor to erupt as he blends harsh beats with electro elements and ferocious, running basslines. His remarkable performances have landed him at several prestigious events such as Sonar, Mutek and Boiler Room, while his productions have been found on Tresor via Helena Hauff's Kern Compilation as well as other labels like X-IMG and 99cts Records. Most recently, he released the electro-industrial collaborative ‘‘Parafernales‘‘ EP alongside Andi via Mannequin Records.

AUTHOR & PUNISHER, named, “one of the most prolific acts in aggressive music,” by Noisey, has just released his first album on Relapse Records entitled “Beastland”.  His newest and most intense album recalls Ministry, channeling Godflesh, traversing through dark, uncompromising, and often disturbing soundscapes, with occasional detours into rich melodies and splinters of light. After leaving a career as mechanical engineer in Boston to focus on art and sculpture, Tristan Shone, the creator and sole artist behind AUTHOR & PUNISHER, moved west to pursue his MFA in Southern California. In the metal and machine shops of University of California, San Diego, Shone forged a relationship with design, sound and fabrication that ultimately yielded AUTHOR & PUNISHER‘s first music and mapped the journey away from traditional instrumentation towards custom made, precision machinery. Shone used his technical knowledge, along with his artistic background to create what Wired Magazine has hailed as his own “special brand of doom metal.” All aspects of the AUTHOR & PUNISHER sound begin with physical movement, limbs struggling in unison to coordinate a wall of electronic rhythm and oscillation, ultimately conditioned by an organic and loose quality absent of sequencing and plastic perfection. AUTHOR & PUNISHER performances are a real amalgamation between man and mechanisms. They are direct, physical, heavy experiences that have amassed praise and intrigue from a wide array of audiences. Pitchfork styled him “immediate but mysterious,” Stereogum described his “chilling, unrecognizable form,” and NPR hails him as “a thrill [who] fires on all cylinders.”
“ In the contiguous realms of metal nerds and gear nerds, Shone possesses semimythical status. He performs within a semicircle of frightening homemade machines that seem at once futuristic and medieval.“ – The New Yorker (2016).

Light catcher, nature lover, cuddle addict, noise producer and cat petter.

“Delay Tech” out now on limited edition 12”: https://chompchomprecords.bandcamp.com/album/delay-tech

Hailing from the vibrant musical landscape of Puerto Rico and now making waves in Brooklyn, Yurk is a dynamic DJ and producer with a wide range of inspirations expanding from latin to electronic music.

His production portfolio includes releases with local label Mechanical in Queens, NY, and an upcoming record in collaboration with Chomp Chomp! in NYC. Yurk also runs Organized Disorder, a label featuring a biweekly radio show, local events, and new music from emerging New York artists.

Yurk's sets are a journey through sonic landscapes that ignite the dance floor and stir the soul. A regular at various spaces in New York, including a monthly vinyl Saoco! Night at Good Bar and regular at other staples like Good Room and Jupiter Disco.

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