Ginacarlo Toniutti may be the more well-known among the two, but it turns out that he and his brother, Massimo, have more in common than DNA and a shared affinity for actual Italian pizzah pies (I’m sorry). For instance: both artists have trafficked in obscure sound art since the 1980s, and now Black Truffle Records is doing its part to elevate the work of Massimo, who apparently has just as much talent as his brother and is probably just as attractive, too!
Such an elevation is arguably necessary given Black Truffle’s reissue of Giancarlo’s 1985 album La Mutazione just three years ago. I mean, they kinda HAVE TO give Massimo the same treatment, or else risk immature wrath of an individual who’s presumably not afraid to suddenly abandon the use of his “inside voice.”
As such, Black Truffle is dutifully reissuing on double-LP Massimo’s album Il Museo Selvatico. The original edition came out in 1991, following recordings between 1987 and 1990; and the release is filled with the “small and rare noises” that Massimo decided to capture from sources that remain almost totally ambiguous to us. As you can tell from listening to a few clips from the original release down below, miscellaneous clangs and creeks dot the landscape. It kind of sounds like your quintessential effort in musique concrète. You’re into that, yes?
Good. Then, pre-order the release ahead of its October 5 release date right here.
Il Museo Selvatico tracklisting:
01. Canti a forbice
02. zoomemorie
03. vecchi villaggi
04. Lento & Antico
05. “ad ogni modo..”
06. Intonated Magnifying Mirrors (materiali matematici)
07. corde, soprammobili e metalli cartaginesi (as seen from my backyard)
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