American Requiem is a new episode in the double -album series of releases from Gianluca Becuzzi for the label St.an.da. The Italian composer, an important name in the world of experimental music since his exploits in Limbo and Pankow in the '80s, explores here themes of life and death in the symbol of...
Music as a voyage, a journey through sounds, concepts, experiences, personal and universal struggles, victories, loses. Music as art and not a mere commercial commodity, as a way to explore one’s career and life, to trascend - and at the same time accept - mortality. La música como travesía, un viaje a través de sonidos, conceptos,...
Hekate is a key figure of utmost importance in Greek mythology, the goddess of night mysteries, ancestral and spectral forces, moon rituals, witchcraft, and the link between ours and the netherworld. Not surprisingly, this deity has been exercising her influence on European culture and art for a long time, from Shakespeare to William Blake. Hekate es...
Cultural roots have always been as much as important as musical ones in Gianluca Becuzzi’s vast discography. If some of his works reflect upon the nature of music and the way it is perceived and consumed today in contrast to the past, recent or not – read our review of “Deeper” as a reference –...
Deeper is the final installment in a trilogy of works that includes the two previous collaborations between Gianluca Becuzzi and Massimo Olla ("RedruM" and "TheenD"). This time the Italian artist works alone, helped only on track 1 and 8 by Cristiano Bocci and his bass, double bass and cello. Nevertheless, the album follows the...
Mana is the new double album from Italian music shaman Gianluca Becuzzi, an important name in the history of Italian industrial/experimental underground and active since the 80's. In recent years Becuzzi has developed a strong interest toward the atavistic and ritualistic side of music, moving away from the concept of songs as products for consumption and...
Italian Artist Gianluca Becuzzi is one of the hidden names of industrial scene. Once a member of Limbo and Pankow, the artist has been making music as a solo act and in collaboration with other musicians like Massimo Olla, Daniele Santagiuliana, Andrea Bellucci,...
