BIO
Luca Massolin is an active figure in the young generation of outsider musicians. Born in Italy, he is now living in Portugal. His sound is focused on string instruments (guitar, bass, mandolin), voice and analog electronics. He is constantly encouraged by his fascination for the work of the early electronic music pioneers, early '70s guitar rock as well as cosmic improvisation, minimalism, and free jazz. In his solo recordings and live performances, as well as his involvement in Golden Jooklo Age and Neokarma Jooklo Experience, he developed a personal sound focusing on the power of music to create images and visions. His efforts as a band member and solo artist have been documented by labels such as Qbico, Digitalis, Backwards, Troglosound, Peasant Magik, Utmarken, Holidays and his own 8mm imprint.
Massolin has had intense non-stop live activity, performing in 20 nations across Europe, Middle East Asia and the United States, playing music on stage and in the studio with artists like Anla Courtis, Peaking Lights, Takeisha Kosugi, John Paul Jones, Sonic Youth, Sachiko, The Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Stefan Neville. Since 2002, he hasrun his record label 8mm Records, focused on limited editions of free improvised and obscure underground music from all over the world.
FUTURA
Golden Cup's new LP is a concept album about the times to come. How will be our life in a future that is constantly accelerating its time, deleting the distances between different cultures?
Massolin's 'Utopia' is a city in Mediterranean Europe, where North African and Eastern traditions meet with Western (sub)culture. Using elements of Minimalism, psychedelia, sampling and electronic experimentalism,'Futura' tries to define a reality in which technology and nature can live in harmony.
The beautiful cover artwork provided by designer Al Porta (responsable for most covers of legendary italo-disco project Koto), gives a wonderful complement to the listening of the whole work.
This album is still the best example of the Italian underground experimental scene, as well as nailing the whole "Italian Occult Psychedelia" aesthetic. This has to be one of the most underrated albums of the 2010s. ALWAYSmusic
This Roman experimental duo have been a favourite of mine for many years, putting out several dark yet highly listenable records. The best description of their sound is encapsulated in one of their titles "Death Surf", with their ocassional use of an almost pacific beach sound amid the darkness. These tracks, previously unissued, demonstrate extremely high release standards. BTW, the message at the start of "Bad Auspicia" is translated into English as "The Name Of This Poem Is Fuck Off". Gavin Hellyer
The first release on Cacophonous Revival, from experimentalist Samuel Goff, uses avant-garde approaches to get at personal narratives. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 4, 2020
Written in response to the climate crisis, “Leviathan” is a brooding and beautifully unsettling batch of dark ambient songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 16, 2023
The soundtrack to the award-winning film “Freeland” functions beautifully as an album in its own right, with stark, evocative instrumentals. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 7, 2021
I was on a train travelling to Seefeld in Austria and had nothing but the Alps to look over from the windows. This was a perfect compliment to the environment I was in Robert A Johnson