VOLUMELLA | 29 Aprile - 8 Maggio MMXXV
- Véronique Gloria
- 29 apr
- Tempo di lettura: 8 min
Vai direttamente all'evento: Mar 29/4 - Sum Of R, Ural Umbo, Necronauta | Mer 30/4 - Human Impact | Ven 2/5 e Sab 3/5 - HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FEST @ TPO | Sab 3/5 - Sacrobosco, knarzy, Vertex, Gilles Barberis | Dom 4/5 - AMENRA, GNAW THEIR TONGUES @ TPO | Gio 8/5 - Qael / Luzee, Kelevra & Carlo Corallo ||
MARTEDI 29/04
Ingresso: Up to You!/// Riservato ai soci AICS
SUM OF R (FIN/SUI)
[Avant-garde metal, Drone rock, Psychedelic kraut doom. Ranked #1 in CVLT Nation's Top 10 sludge Albums of 2022]
Every story has a beginning, no matter how unlikely. And the story of the new incarnation of Sum Of R, the project that Reto Mäder formed in 2007 and has led as the only fixed member ever since, began with some really good news, and then some really bad news, because you never know where magic is going to come from. 2020, remember that? Before the world went weird, Sum Of R were supposed to tour (remember that, too?), a trek which included a much distinguished Roadburn appearance. The line-up for the tour was already set to be a duo, with Reto joining forces with drummer Jukka Rämänen, known for his presence in such luminaries of the groundbreaking Finnish psych scene as Dark Buddha Rising, Atomikylä or the supergroup Waste Of Space Orchestra (Oranssi Pazuzu & Dark Buddha Rising), not to mention Hexvessel and Dust Mountain. A power duo, in the true sense of the word. Because Roadburn is special, Reto thought about having a guest singer for that particular performance, and once you already have a connection established with the mighty Dark Buddha Rising – a connection first established on the joint Dark Buddha Rising / Sum Of R tour of 2018, by the way –, why look further? Enter vocalist Marko Neuman (also of Convocation and, naturally, the all-consuming Waste Of Space Orchestra), who would make them a remarkable and unlikely trio just for that evening.
Then, as we know, the world changed, and both the tour and Roadburn itself didn’t happen. In one of the best examples of there being a silver lining to almost every bad situation, Reto tried to make something positive of the situation and booked the first possible flight after the first lockdown in his native Switzerland to travel to Finland for three weeks of studio recording with the line-up that never was, Jukka and Marko. And boom: magic happened. As Reto puts it, “we had such a good and intense as wellas grateful and creative time together that it could not be more natural that Marko alsobecame a part of Sum Of R through these common experiences. For Jukka and me, Marko's voice is like a transmitter to another dimension."
URAL UMBO (FIN/SUI)
[Avant-garde, Horror soundtrack, Dark ambient, Doom Jazz, Drone Rock]
Every now and then, music should feel like a swim in a cold lake after a hot and sweaty day or opening the windows in a stuffy room: cleansing, refreshing, different. But be careful, you never know what can enter through an open window! Swiss-Finnish trio Ural Umbo with Reto Mäder (Sum Of R, JeGong, RM74), Marko Neuman (Sum Of R, Dark Buddha Rising, Waste Of Space Orchestra, Convocation) and Jukka Rämänen (Sum Of R, Dark Buddha Rising, Waste Of Space Orchestra, Hexvessel, Dust Mountain) can't hide their penchant for the modern aesthetics of ritual doom, experimental black metal and 70's synth drone. On their latest album "Roomer" (mixed by Randall Dunn) they row in a rotting boat through dark musical avant-garde waters with a proximity to Bohren & der Club of Gore, Sunn O))), Swans, Anna von Hauswolff, Zombi and Goblin. Following horror movie soundtracks like Mandy, Beyond The Black Rainbow and Suspiria (1977) they mingle with a wide range of instruments: down-tuned piano, analog synthesizers, bass, organ, electronics, drums and percussion. Added to this are ritualistic and disembodied vocals in the form of a spitting, screaming, pleading and crying medium that slowly weaves its way through dark melodies, epic drones, multiple feedback doom mantras and a generally dominant psychedelic atmosphere in order to gain entry. Knock, knock.
NECRONAUTA (IT)
MERCOLEDI 30/04
Ingresso: PRE 12€ / DOOR 17€ Riservato ai soci AICS
HUMAN IMPACT (US)
Institutions crumble under the weight of political hubris. The environment withers in the face of systemic neglect. Interpersonal relationships fall apart among divisive discourse. However, friendship endures in spite of all that tragedy and trauma…
The story of Human Impact really begins with the mutual respect and admiration shared by four noise rock pioneers whose paths circled for nearly three decades, yet finally converged in 2018. The quartet—vocalist and guitarist Chris Spencer [Unsane], bassist Chris Pravdica [Swans, Xiu Xiu], keyboardist Jim Coleman [Cop Shoot Cop], and drummer Phil Puleo [Cop Shoot Cop, Swans]—manifest the potential of this union on their 2020 self-titled debut, Human Impact [Ipecac Records].
Underpinned by guitar grind, industrial buzz, and unnervingly catchy vocal transmissions, these ten tracks ebb flow between intense instrumental insurgency and hypnotic harmonies.
“It works, because of the friendship and connection,” exclaims Coleman. “The band is surprisingly free of ego. We’re all old enough that we’ve been beaten up by making music and living life in general. We’ve been through it all. So, our approach is humble. There’s room for input from everybody. It’s an organic process. At the same time, we ended up with a record that’s uncompromising and very much of the time in terms of how it sounds and addresses the world socially, politically, and emotionally.” “Even though a lot of the subject matter could be perceived as negative, the energy is hopeful in a way,” adds Spencer. “Everything might be collapsing, but we put positivity out there.”
The seeds would be planted for Human Impact in the Lower East Side where Coleman recalls “getting in trouble together with Chris during the late eighties.” A few years later, Unsane and Cop Shoot Cop shared a rehearsal space on Avenue B. Around the same time, Coleman and Spencer commenced conversations about eventually making music together.
However, those conversations didn’t formally pick up until much later when Coleman attended an Unsane gig in the summer of 2018… “Jim came up to me and was like, ‘Do you still have any interest in working together?’,” recalls Spencer. “I had been doing Unsane for 30 years, and I was ready to do something else in general. Jim just happened to approach me at the right time. We started writing together shortly after.” Following two more tours with Unsane, Spencer finally focused all of his energy on what would become Human Impact. Coleman invited Puleo into the fold, and Pravdica would be the final piece of the puzzle. Throughout 2019, they recorded at BC Studios alongside studio founder Martin Bisi [Sonic Youth, John Zorn, Bootsy Collins] and at Hoboken Recorders with Spencer and Coleman at the helm as co-producers and Alan Camlet handling mixing. In August 2019, their live debut was met with fan excitement and critical praise as The New York Times claimed, “The supergroup’s lineup represents the fulfillment of a noise rock ran’s most fervent wish.”
VENERDI 2 E SABATO 3 MAGGIO [TPO]
SABATO 3/05
Ingresso: 5€ Riservato ai soci AICS
SACROBOSCO [RELEASE PARTY]
Sacrobosco è un progetto di musica elettronica creato da Giacomo Giunchedi dove confluiscono sonorità analogiche, campionamenti jazz e atmosfere drone-ambient. Nel 2023 entra nell'etichetta Trovarobato, con cui pubblica gli album IVXVI e IXVXI. Nelle sue performance dal vivo collabora con Paolo Raineri (Ottone Pesante, Calibro 35, Iosonouncane) e Gioele Pagliaccia (Joe Lally, Idris Akamoor and The Pyramids, Vincenzo Vasi). Il nuovo album Apes + Tigers é in uscita il 9 maggio per Antinational Noise.
KNARZY
Il background di knarzy, producer e live performer di base a Bologna, abbraccia ogni forma e aspetto della cultura musicale rave. Dal 2020 porta avanti il progetto intitolato “ACIDM” in cui fonde le classiche basslines acid con i ritmi macchinosi della cosiddetta IDM in un live set che incorpora vari stili tipici del dancefloor, dai BPM più lenti ai più veloci e viceversa.
VERTEX
Progetto di Marco Costa, producer di base a Bologna. La sua musica nasce da intuizioni subliminali e dall’interazione sperimentale tra hardware e software. I suoi suoni ipnotici e psichedelici spaziano tra elettronica, techno e IDM, puntando a portare l’ascoltatore in uno stato percettivo unico.
GILLES BARBERIS (djset)
Gilles Barberis è un tecnico del suono specializzato in post-produzione e docente di music computing e sintesi sonora. Musicalmente figlio della sperimentazione glitch degli anni ‘90 e della scena rave europea dei primi anni 2000, oggi si riconnette con un’idea di clubbing innovativo dove l’elettronica sperimentale si fonde con ritmi ipnotici, techno destrutturata e tempi inusuali.
DOMENICA 4/05 [TPO]
Ingresso: PRE 8€ / DOOR 10€ Riservato ai soci AICS
AMENRA (BEL)
Dopo la data acustica all'aperto del 29 settembre 2021 ancora sottoposti alle restrizioni pandemiche, tornano a Bologna con un loro concerto elettrico i belgi oscuri e misteriosi per un evento al limite del rituale.
Apertura Porte ore 20:00
GNAW THEIR TONGUES (NL)
The experimental black metal moniker of Mories, the Netherland's Gnaw Their Tongues (Named after a verse in the bible) first started releasing work in 2006 with the full-length CD Spit At Me And Wreak Havoc On My Flesh a year after "formation". As with most one-man black metal/noise projects/bands/outfits/etc., Gnaw Their Tongues' output over the next two-plus years was prolific and extensive, including a large number of EPs, a few splits, and full-lengths. After Spit At Me..., a few of the aforementioned EPs followed before the 2007 release of full-length number two, Reeking Pained And Shuddering, which was quickly followed by two EPs and another full-length on Crucial Blast, An Epiphanic Vomiting Of Blood, later that same year. 2008 would find Gnaw releasing two split albums (with Constructing Enochian Temples, Mary Magdalene, and Narcosa) and a pair of EPs (Devotion and For All Slaves... A Song Of False Hope) but, more importantly, it would also see the release of a remastered and re-edited version of Spit At Me.
GIOVEDI 8/05
Ingresso: PRE 7€ / DOOR 10€ Riservato ai soci AICS
KELEVRA
Kelevra, nome d'arte di Michele Schettini, è un rapper classe 91 proveniente dalla Campania, precisamente Cervinara (AV).
Appassionatosi alla cultura hip hop da giovanissimo, muove i primi veri passi verso i 20 anni con la sua prima crew, ManzHarda.
Successivamente fa parte del gruppo Rattatta Music che si scioglie nel 2019.
Dopo 4 anni di inattività torna col suo progetto solista nel 2023 che da subito gli dà tante soddisfazioni, gli permette infatti di collaborare con produttori di rilievo come Verano e Tosses e di aprire live di artisti nazionali come Clementino, Tormento e Jack The Smoker.
Oltre alla sua attività musicale è social media manager e content creator, cose che gli permettono di curare appieno la comunicazione e la direzione artistica del suo progetto.
Ha attualmente all'attivo 6 singoli ufficiali, gli ultimi due usciti con Gold Leaves Academy, etichetta indipendente fondata da Dj Ms.
QAEL
QAEL è un artista poliedrico originario di Campobasso che si distingue come beatmaker, rapper, songwriter e DJ. La sua carriera musicale nasce dal writing e dal freestyle, evolvendosi nel tempo grazie all'esperienza tra sound system e collaborazioni con il collettivo P.S.A.L.M. Pubblica il suo primo demo, "Un modo di agire", e dopo il trasferimento a Bologna condivide il palco con artisti italiani e internazionali come Inoki, Coez, DJ Shocca, Apollo Brown, Skyzoo, DJ Lugi e molti altri.
Nel 2017 rilascia l'EP "Essenzialmente Soul", prodotto da Natty Dub (Funk Shui Project), e successivamente si dedica al beatmaking con "Dream Tape" (2021) e "The Sample Cave" (2023), entrambi per la label Beat's Tailors. Nel maggio 2024 pubblica l'EP "Istinto" e produce le basi dell'EP "New Balance" di Amir Issaa.
LUZEE
Luzee, è un beatmaker, produttore e bassista italiano originario di Nereto (TE). Il suo stile nasce dalla fusione tra elettronica, campionamento organico e soul.
Inizia la sua carriera musicale a Bologna suonando il basso in diverse band blues, jazz e rock. Parallelamente, si avvicina al campionamento, influenzato dall'hip-hop e dal rap.
Nel 2017 pubblica "Waterdrops", seguito da "The Loop Room" nel 2019 e "Seed" nel 2021, uscito per Totally Imported. Collabora come produttore con Subconscio, con cui ha realizzato gli album "Il Mondo Invisibile" (2022) e "Esprimi un desiderio" (2023). Inoltre, ha pubblicato "Cutting" (2022) e "Beats for Smoke of Wayne Wang" (2024) per Beat's Tailors.
CARLO CORALLO
Siciliano, classe 1995, cultore della scrittura, Carlo Corallo è una figura polivalente, capace di eseguire storytelling e in grado di attirare facilmente l’attenzione dell’ascoltatore grazie al raffinato lessico impiegato all’interno dei brani. La sua versatilità e preparazione gli hanno permesso di essere notato dai principali esponenti della scena hip hop italiana, tra cui Murubutu, con cui ha collaborato nel brano “I Maestri pt. 2” e di cui apre alcune tappe del tour.
