> Info on Pachinkostudio and Mugen [January 01, 2000]

PRESENT

Mugen, as a sound project, during the last 8 years kept its focus on minimal, ambient, noise and almost beatless music. Ideally [/end] represented the conclusion of the first cycle while opening the doors to a new challenge. Life and situations gradually change, mutations occur: as a result music naturally shifts according to the current context. Mugen's new sound explorations are going to blend the borders between experimentation and rhythm, glitches and deep basslines, Detroit techno and dub. It's time to change, it's time to move on.


PAST

Mugen is a sound-art project by Alessandro Canova, it evolved during the second half of the 90's from a study on digital/analog platforms in relation to visual design techniques. In 1999 Canova started experimenting with sine waves and white noise as his only sound sources, developing a special interest in the minimal aesthetic. Influenced by his studies on Asian arts he aims to create a meditative dimension: a contemplation of sound that lucidly expresses a refinement of the frequencies. He performed live presenting his works around Italy, France, UK and Japan.

Pachinkostudio is a web based platform born to promote Canova's audio / visual works through the web. Pachinkostudio released several CDr and time limited collections of mp3s focusing on minimal and experimental sound design.


Selected performances:

2002 The New Italian Futurists (London) info > review
2002 IT2JP (Venice) info
2002 A-Sincroni (Macerata) info
2002 Batofar Cherche l'Italie (Paris)
2003 Le Placard #6 (Tokyo) info
2003 Mugen Live in Himeji (Himeji) info
2003 Unbeva Vol.9 (Tokyo) info
2003 Mugen Live at Loopline (Tokyo) info
2003 Brushless! (Mestre) info
2003 Italian Live Media (Bologna) info > pictures
2004 Netmage 04 (Bologna) info > pictures
2004 Low4mat (Mestre) info > pictures
2004 First Mugen DJ set (Padova) info
2004 Videominuto (Prato) info
2004 Q13 (Mestre) info > pictures
2005 Mugen Live on Mars (Venice)
2005 Live at Soniclab (Mestre) info
2006 Open DJ Set (Padova) info
2006 Architetture Urbane Liveset (Padova)
2006 Architetture Urbane Workshop (Padova)
2006 Venetian Industries (Marghera)
2006 D.M.W Workshop (Mestre)


Presskit:

Live Glitch 900x900 (316572 bytes)
Inverse 01 1024x768 (52967 bytes)
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