grigia scende la sera e si confonde
col rumore del forno a microonde
(Andrea Zanzotto)
I LARIX sono Giacomo Ancillotto, chitarrista e compositore noto nel giro nu-jazz (Sudoku Killer, Luz), Franz Rosati, sound e visual artist attivo in Italia e all'estero, ed Emanuele Tomasi, batterista conosciuto nel circuito jazz-core e avant-rock (Nohaybandatrio, Knup, Luca Aquino 4tet) nonché colonna vertebrale della formazione. Nato nel 2015 su iniziativa del produttore e deus ex machina Antøniø Serra e cresciuto in sordina nel sottobosco romano, il trio ha esordito il 15 novembre con un album eponimo edito in vinile e digitale da pseudomagica, neonata etichetta indipendente con base a Roma. I cinque movimenti che compongono il disco sono stati estratti da quattro ore di live session e rimaneggiati il meno possibile, evitando sovraincisioni e riducendo ai minimi termini la post-produzione; ne scaturisce una bizzarra creatura amorfa che si sviluppa intorno alla ripetizione di imponenti patterns poliritmici, sequenze di synth lacerati e momenti free noise. La batteria conduce la narrazione: istiga, trascina, invoca la mutazione fino a divampare in un baccanale fracassa-timpani. La chitarra, creatura mutante e irriconoscibile, procede afasica e sfigurata, trama pulviscoli di microsuoni, striscia fino allo sfinimento lungo le gelide astrazioni ambient post-industrial intessute da Rosati. L'assalto noise concrète del combo diventa così occasione di un happening tribal technoide dall’architettura evolutiva, tenuta insieme e trasfigurata dal battito ipertrofico dei tamburi. Ai banchi del mixer lo stesso Rosati, coadiuvato da Fabio “Reeks” Recchia dell’Hombre Lobo studio di Roma. James Plotkin ha firmato il mastering.
Larix is a band consisting of Giacomo Ancillotto, composer and guitarist, well known within the nu-jazz milieu (Sudoku Killer and Luz), Franz Rosati, sound and visual artist, active in Italy and abroad, and Emanuele Tomasi on drums, well known in the jazz-core and avant-rock scene (Nohaybandatrio, Knup, Luca Aquino 4tet) as well as backbone of Larix. Formed in 2015 thanks to Antøniø Serra, producer and deus ex machina, Larix project quietly grew up in the underground scene of Rome and on November 15th it will make its first appearance with an eponymous album both on vinyl and digital format released by pseudomagica, a new born independent label based in Rome. Five movements out of four live session recorded hours, with the least possible editing in order to avoid overdubbing and to reduce post-production as much as possible keeping the recordings natural as well as true. The result is a bizarre and amorphous creature that develops around repetitive polyrhythmic patterns, abrasive synth and free noise improvisations. Drumming leads here: it prompts, drags guitars and synth, in a constant state of mutation until to blaze into a deafening bacchanal. Mutant and unrecognizable creatures, the guitars proceed aphasic and mutilated, they plot motes of micro sounds that creep to death alongside ambient-post-industrial cold abstractions orchestrated by Rosati. Combo’s noise concrete assault often becomes a reason for a techno-tribal happening, whose constantly evolving architecture is held together and mutilated by the hypertrophic pulse of the drum. Behind the mixing desk Rosati himself, assisted by Fabio “Reeks” Recchia from Hombre Lobo Studios in Rome. The album was mastered by James Plotkin.
credits
released November 15, 2017
Giacomo Ancillotto - live guitar sampling
Franz Rosati - samplers, synthesizers
Emanuele Tomasi – drums
Recorded live by Fabio “Reeks” Recchia at Hombre Lobo Studio (Rome-Italy) in december 2015
Mixed by: Reeks (drums), Franz Rosati
Mastered by: James Plotkin
Music by: LARIX
Supervised by: Antøniø Serra
Artwork by: tøniø
Label: pseudomagica - PSEUDO1
Format: 12” LP, limited edition of 300 copies, pressed on 180g white vinyl and packaged in a silk screened PVC sleeve
pseudomagica è una casa di produzione indipendente fondata a Roma nel 2017 da Antøniø Serra. Il suo campo di indagine è puramente concettuale e tra le produzioni futuribili contempla: dischi nei formati più astrusi, libri senza parole, oggetti nonsense e artigianato grafico. I LARIX sono la sua prima creatura.
pseudomagica is a multidisciplinary publishing house founded in 2017 by Antøniø Serra and based in Rome. Our publishing program focuses on contemporary hybrid music, conceptual art and design, through records, freaky formats, graphic books and objects.
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