Maurizio Bianchi & Andrea Ferraris

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4...according to our Phil on Mon 30 Jan, 2012.

The CD is credited as MB and ICS but we thought we'd introduce a few more characters in the mix so you could find 'em easily on the site. Why?? cos we're nice... that's why. This is largely comprised of field recordings taken from a Jewish cometary in Alessandria. Both Maurizio and Andrea are experimental pioneers in the field of electronics so this is an interesting one to fritter time away with. It's not for the faint hearted though as it's not a particularly easy listen. Dark foreboding ominous sounds, strange electronic buzzing, strange noises crop up out of nowhere making this an unsettling and dark listen. As ever with headphones on you get truly immersed into the world the artist(s) are trying to take you and you end up with a much more intense deep listen. There's a strange sort of beauty in the music and one that I suspect will bare itself under repeated listening. But if you like dark sounding electronics and strange drones then this is something that would be well worth checking out!

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A salutary protagonist existed in proved real life with his disorientating trials at the lewd hands of Satan, his captious discussions with false friends on the origin and nature of his terrifying accidents, and finally a wise response from the pleased God. Despite our different beliefs we both think he has been a vigorous example of praiseworthy perseverance in suffering. Could we be the same? “Vir-Uz” is helping us to do that and all our sincere efforts will be highly appreciated.

“The majority of the field-recordings you hear on this work have been taken inside the Jewish cemetery of Alessandria. This CD contains a sample from Ur and one taken from an improvisation featuring Luca Mauri and Luca Sigurtà. My part of the record is dedicated to the loving memory of Giovanni Moretto and Nicoletta Morello who’ve been directly and indirectly involved with my encounter with the philosophy of Job, but most of all for their beautiful academic work and for having given me such a challenging experience, you will be missed.”

M.B. / Maurizio Bianchi began to produce music in 1979, and stopped in 2009. Since 1980 has used electronic equipment with the avowed goal “to produce technological sounds and in such a way to work on complete realising of the modern decadence”. In the beginning, he published tapes under the alias Sacher-Pelz. In 1981, William Bennett, head of the band Whitehouse and the British Come Org. label, offered Bianchi a record contract, which Bianchi signed unchecked. It was based on a “joke contract” that Steven Stapleton of Nurse With Wound had sketched. The contract assumed all rights to Bianchi’s work.
Until 1984, Bianchi published on other labels intensively as either MB or simply Maurizio Bianchi, sometimes several albums and/or tapes per year, as well as numerous tracks to compilations. Bianchi became religious and withdrew from the music business. Much of his work is sought today by collectors, especially as they appeared in extremely small editions. In 1998, Maurizio Bianchi started again to make music.

Ics / Andrea Ferraris is a self-taught musician with a hardcore/experimental background. While evolving his listenings and his technique, he started playing with musicians hailing from an heterogeneous background be it rock, electronics, industrial, jazz, etc. With the passing of years, he started playing experimental music, involving “cheap electronics” or laptops in the process. Currently, he plays in Airchamber 3, Ur and Ulna. He played/collaborated/recorded with: Maurizio Bianchi, Sil Muir, John Russell, Claudio Parodi, Craig Hilton, Giuseppe Verticchio (Nimh), Alessandro Cartolari (Anatrofobia), Cria Cuervos, Alessandro Buzzi.

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