MauSS' mutant project Costume has always been an unpredictable entity, totally informed by the whims and changing desires of its creator. House music, retro Italian pop, new wave, punk, trance, techno, noise, are just some of the genres touched by the Independent outfit - often in the same album. So, it's no surprise that just...
“La Disciplina Dell’Anima" is an album released under the moniker "MauSS from Costume." It is a collection of instrumental tracks touching different sound and genres, even ones new to the project. How did it come about? It was born out of a need to do something on my own. Truly my own. So within this album you can find everything...
Change, experimentation, going forward with a new direction, seem to be the themes of “La Disciplina Dell’Anima” (The Discipline Of The Soul). And changes are many here, indeed. A duo no more, Costume becomes the solo effort of MauSS presenting instrumental music between psychedelic rock, noir and jazzy tunes, nightly ambiances and even...
Italian duo Costume (Claudia Placanica and MauSS) return with their newest album The Best Cure. The work consists of 9 original tracks moving between lounge ambiances, house music influences, almost tribal rhythms with a 90s jungle feeling and even somber recalls of music from the mid of the last century. The Heart Of...
Costume aka Claudia Placanica and MauSS return with a new 6-track digital and vinyl release called Preserve Humanity. Here the duo continue their recent streak of experimental releases moving between mysterious electronic suggestions and punk/rock elements mixing house, techno, newwave, trip-hop, punk, lounge, and much more. The first track is a self-titled episode with feverish...
Claudia Placanica and MauSS a.k.a Costume return with a digital series of club-oriented tracks collected in the two albums Blanditia Vol 1 and Blanditia Vol. 2. 18 tracks characterized by more of a dance vibe indulging in house, electro, synth-pop, techno, a sort of response to their more experimental efforts of late. But...
Claudia Placanica and MauSS, the names behind the duo Costume, have come a long way from their first efforts together. Their mix of house, new wave, synth-pop and experimental music has evolved in different forms, and it seems the period of forced seclusion due to COVID-19 has inspired a wave of recent outputs...
Italian duo Costume has been very active recently. MauSS and Claudia Placanica's project has released two volumes of the Unus Spiritus series, a collection of b-sides, experiments, alternative takes, and now presents a 3-track single called Once I Loved. Costume was founded by TommyBox (voice) and MauSS (music), characterized by electro-pop,...
