Memento was born in the far 2006 in the thick fog of the Pianura Padana area, between Mantua and Bologna which is worldwide famous not only for Tortellini and Parmesan but also for Techno Music and the deep style. 
A city that keeps always an eye on the first steps of the far Detroit. 
It was born as a creative outlet for Idriss D’s (an algerian dj who fell in love with Italy) musical vision. 
Berlin and the minimal style showed their power during those years and our cowboy decided to give his contribution to the scene creating partly for fun the label Memento.

Matteo, born in Bologna, grew up following in your father's footsteps, which, as a dj, influenced him wtih various sounds, ethnic and tribal, but the attraction for the electronic and underground sounds had the upper hand.When he took his first steps behind the decks and still very young, he began to play at Cassero, the historic club of Bologna where he won one of the first editions of the annual DJ competition. Soon he performed in other prestigious clubs of the peninsula like Amnesia (Milan) , Bizarro (Rome) , Club T(Mestre) and Il Muretto ( Jesolo).

After gaining the right experience, he felt the need to create something of his own , realizing Frame , a party that year after year is collecting countless consensus in the city of Bologna. Simultaneously he played every week, every sunday, at Rebus, a club that trough the years became a kind of institution in Bologna.

Every day he works hard in his studio, focusing on the research and development of new sounds, made exclusively by analog machines, keeping alive his dark and funky style.
His discography includes an extended collection of tracks, frequently addressed to the exclusive use of international artists and played by them. After his first release on Memento Records, also his first album titled "The Classmate", on the same label.

matteo@matteovanti.net

<a href='http://gigs.gigatools.com/u/DannyBenedettini' target='_new'>Danny Benedettini's Upcoming Gigs </a>Thursday 17 April, 2014 <a href='http://gigs.gigatools.com/u/DannyBenedettini' target='_new'>Arches Festival, The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland</a> Saturday 31 May, 2014 <a href='http://gigs.gigatools.com/u/DannyBenedettini' target='_new'>Correspondant Compilation 2 - Release Party, Stattbad, Berlin, Germany</a> <a href='http://www.gigatools.com' target='_new'>Powered by GigaTools</a> Danny Benedettini
Items & Things

One could say Danny Benedettini is inspired by punk-rock music and cult horror film icon, Lloyd Kaufman, but if you asked him what truly fuels his creative energy, his reply would be: ordinary life. While some try to decipher the real versus the unreal and the scary versus the funny, Benedettini sits back in the darkness and observes life quietly.

Raised in the tiny Italian seaside town of Cervia, Benedettini‚Äôs teenage years were spent kicking it at a local punk-rock concert venue that first whetted his appetite for music production and an acoustic drum-set. With a sleep-deprived father under the same roof however, the drum-set was short-lived but Benedettini‚Äôs musical aspirations lingered on.

His first introduction to minimal sound dates back to 2004 in New York City when a friend slipped him a Run Stop Restore CD. Benedettini‚Äôs fascination with the style grew bigger, his determination grew stronger and his connection grew closer as he sent demo after demo solely to Minus and later down the line, to Items & Things. In 2010 he released ‚ÄúScared of Boom‚Äù on buddy label, Memento Records and after Magda and Troy Pierce adopted the tracks in their club sets, Benedettini crossed over to the receiving end of Items & Things in 2011 with his first EP release, "Tell Me Quietly‚Äù.

As a newbie in the field, he has swiftly accelerated with a fine ear for music and a versatile style ranging from disco tech house and dark disco of the 80s, to new wave and minimal. Benedettini keeps his vintage beats fresh and current with Ableton and Logic software utilizing synthesizers, drums and electric bass as well as other instuments. 

With Miami Winter Music Conference, Fabric, Rex Club and Nuits Sonores pumping on the tour circuit plus upcoming releases steaming in the pot, Benedettini is charging the electronic music waters with grace and speed. 

Listen here: http://soundcloud.com/dannybenedettini/nds003-podcast-w-danny


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A label outlet for the weird, experimental & beautiful sounds by Marc Houle. 

Please only submit your demos via: demos@itemsandthings.com

This Soundcloud account is to be used exclusively for UNRELEASED ARTIST DEMOS (for Minus, and for Richie Hawtin to play in his sets). NO DJ/LIVE SETS PLEASE!!!
Please make sure to add your contact infos (at least your email address) to your demo. 
        
For LABEL PROMOS (label releases, which will be forwarded to Richie Hawtin to use in his sets) please use the Soundcloud account "rhawtin".
        
            IMPORTANT: To make sure we don't lose the contact details of the senders, WE'LL MARK ALL DOWNLOADED TRACKS AS "FAVOURITES", and delete them after a few months.
        
            PLEASE REMEMBER TO ENTER AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE INTO THE MP3 ID3 TAGS (including your email address)!!
        
            Also make sure the style of your music fits the label and avoid mass-share since we filter "Only show tracks shared to me, to a handful of people and to my Dropbox" !!! 

        
            Thank you!

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