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Maurizio Bianchi

Maurizio Bianchi

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Maurizio Bianchi (December 4 1955 in Pomponesco
Pomponesco
Pomponesco is a comune in the Italian Province of Mantua. As of 2007 the estimated population of Pomponesco was 1,770.The experimental musical artist Maurizio Bianchi was born there in 1955.-Sources:...

 in the Province of Mantua
Province of Mantua
The Province of Mantua is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Mantua.-Communes:It includes 70 comuni , ranging in area from Viadana, with 102.19 km², to Mariana Mantovana, with 8.81 km²....

) is an Italian pioneer of noise music
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...

, originating from Milan
Milan
Milan in Italy, is the capital of the region of Lombardia and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while the urban area is the fifth largest in the E.U. with an estimated population of 4.3 million...

.

Bianchi began to produce music in 1979, and 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.
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Maurizio Bianchi (December 4 1955 in Pomponesco
Pomponesco
Pomponesco is a comune in the Italian Province of Mantua. As of 2007 the estimated population of Pomponesco was 1,770.The experimental musical artist Maurizio Bianchi was born there in 1955.-Sources:...

 in the Province of Mantua
Province of Mantua
The Province of Mantua is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Mantua.-Communes:It includes 70 comuni , ranging in area from Viadana, with 102.19 km², to Mariana Mantovana, with 8.81 km²....

) is an Italian pioneer of noise music
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...

, originating from Milan
Milan
Milan in Italy, is the capital of the region of Lombardia and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while the urban area is the fifth largest in the E.U. with an estimated population of 4.3 million...

.

Biography


Bianchi began to produce music in 1979, and 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
Whitehouse (band)
Whitehouse is a pioneering English power electronics band formed in 1980, largely credited for the founding of the power electronics subgenre.-History and personnel:...

 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
Steven Stapleton
Steven Peter Stapleton is a British musician and the only constant member of experimental improv outfit Nurse With Wound...

 of Nurse With Wound
Nurse with Wound
Nurse with Wound is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Nurse with Wound was originally a band, formed in 1978 by Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak...

 had sketched. The contract assumed all rights to Bianchi's work. After delivery of the tapes Bennett edited-in speeches by Nazi leaders, and instead of the relatively unsensational name MB, it was published under the alias Leibstandarte SS MB, named after the SS unit that worked as bodyguards to Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , popularly known as the Nazi Party...

.

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, encouraged by Alga Marghen label head Emanuele Carcano, who offered him a label of his own, Maurizio Bianchi started again to make music. The label is EEs'T Records, through which he released new editions of all old MB albums, as well as many new releases.

Therefore, since 1997, he was back on the underground scene, working on several projects both in solo or in collaboration with other Italian artists (Giuseppe Verticchio/NIMH, Arnaldo Pontis and Corrado Altieri/TH26, Davide Femia/MDT, Saverio Evangelista, Matteo "Hue" Uggeri/Sparkle in Grey, Emanuela De Angelis and Eugenio Maggi/Crìa Cuervos) and international (Klaus e Danijela Jochim/Telepherique, Sandro Kaiser/Frequency In Cycles Per Second, Akifumi Nakajima/Aube, David van Ravesteijn/Land Use, Siegmar Fricke, Nobu Kasahara e Hitoshi Kojo, Maor Appelbaum, Jozef Van Wissem, Craig Hilton, Philip Julian
Philip Julian

Philip Julian is an experimental musician living and working in London, England.-Biography:Philip Julian has been an active part of the experimental music underground since the late 1990’s recording numerous works under the name Cheapmachines.Studio recordings and live performances within...

/Cheapmachines).

On August 19, 2009, due to non specified personal reasons, Maurizio Bianchi decided again to completely stop making music.

Sample


In 2005 a 2-CD-Set named Blut und Nebel was released, consisting of a remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. This name is also used for any alterations of medias other than a song ....

 of his first ten LPs. Bianchi submitted the sets first CD, remixing the first 5 LPs from 1981 and 1982, to Wikipedia. The more than 45 minutes long track can be downloaded here, though it due to technical reasons has been split in three parts.
  • "Blut Und Nebel", CD 1, Pt. 1
  • "Blut Und Nebel", CD 1, Pt. 2
  • "Blut Und Nebel", CD 1, Pt. 3 (all parts in .ogg format)

Discography


Leibstandarte SS MB
As his releases on Come Org have been massively manipulated, Maurizio Bianchi does not count these records as part of his discography.
  • "Triumph Of The Will", LP, 1981, Come Org
  • "Weltanschauung", LP, 1982, Come Org
  • "White Power" compilation track, 1982, Iphar


Sacher-Pelz
  • "Cainus", Tape C-60, 1979
  • "Venus", Tape C-60, 1979
  • "Cease to Exist", Tape C-60, 1979
  • "Velours", Tape C-60, 1980
  • "Mutation For A Continuity", 4CD, 2001, Marquis Records
  • "Clerzphase", CD-R, 2006, Stridulum Recordings
  • "In Hoc Urbia Miazi", CD, 2007, Old Europa Cafe
  • "Hibakusha", CD-R, 2009, CPS, with Amun Cell


MB / Maurizio Bianchi
  • "Mectpyo Blut", Tape, 1980, Mectpyo Sounds
  • "Com.SA", Tape , 1980, Mectpyo Sounds
  • "Technology", Tape, 1981, Mectpyo Sounds (also as Doubletape "Technology I + II")
  • "Symphony For A Genocide", LP, 1981, Sterile Records
    Sterile Records
    The Sterile Records record label was formed in London in 1979 by Nigel Ayers and Caroline K of the post-industrial music group Nocturnal Emissions. With a background in the mail art networks, their intention was to create and promote a new form of music...

  • "Menses", LP, 1982, Mectpyo Sounds
  • "Mörder Unter Uns / Neuro Habitat", LP, 1982, Mectpyo Sounds
  • "Regel", LP, 1982, Mectpyo Sounds
  • "Mectpyo Bakterium", LP, 1982, DYS
  • "Das Testament", LP, 1983, Mectpyo Sounds
  • "The Plain Truth", LP, 1983, Broken Flag
  • "Endometrio", LP, 1983, Mectpyo Sounds
  • "Carcinosi", LP, 1983, Mectpyo Sounds
  • "Armaghedon", LP, 1984, Mectpyo Sounds

  • "Colori", CD, 1998, EEs'T Records
  • "First Day Last Day", CD, 1999, EEs'T Records
  • "Dates", CD, 2001, EEs'T Records
  • "Frammenti", CD, 2002, EEs'T Records
  • "Antarctic Mosaic", CD, 2003, EEs'T Records
  • "Maurizio Bianchi Plays The Clockwork Orange", LP, 2003, Marquis Records
  • "Cycles", CD, 2004, EEs'T Records
  • "A M. B. Iehn Tale", CD, 2005, Small Voices
  • "Mind Us Trial", 2CD, 2005, EEs'T Records
  • "M. I. Nheem Alysm", CD, 2005, Silentes
  • "Dead Colours", CD, 2005, Silentes
  • "Niddah Emmhna", CD, 2005, Silentes
  • "Mokushi XVI, XVI", MP3, 2006, Mirakelmusik
  • "Blut Und Nebel", CD, 2006, Slaughter Productions
  • "The Testamentary Corridor", CD, 2006, Silentes
  • "603...Annus Mundi", MP3, 2006, Sinewaves
  • "Men's True Hated", CD, 2006, Menstrualrecordings
  • "Carcimetrio", CD-R, 2006, Simple Logic
  • "Escape to Bela-Zoar", CD, 2006, L. White
  • "R. C. E.", CD-R, 2006, Simple Logic
  • "Genocidio 20", CD-R, 2006, w.m.o/r
  • "The Testamentary Corridor", CD, 2006, Silentes
  • "Konkrete Klaenge", MP3, 2006, Radical Matters
  • "Elisionem", CD, 2006, Klanggalerie
  • "Nevrobatterio", CD-R, 2006, Authorised Version
  • "Muitnelis", CD-R, 2007, Tibprod
  • "The Industrious Tubal-Cain", CD-R, 2007, Shasha
  • "Das Platinzeitalter", CD, 2007, Incunabulum
  • "Menstruum Regles", CD, 2007, Silentes
  • "Aybasi", compact cassette, 2007, Young Girls Records
  • "The Self-portrait of M. B.", CD, 2007, Silentes
  • "Avaddohn", CD-R, 2007, Transmit
  • "Zyklusters", CD-R, 2007, Lona Records
  • "Spiritualis", CD, 2007, Kubitsuri Tapes Int.l
  • "The Valley Of Deep Shadow", CD, 2008, Menstrualrecordings
  • "Atholgog", 3" CD-R, 2008, Stridulum Recordings
  • "Akoustikoriginem", CD-R, 2008, Lona Records
  • "Dekadenz", CD-R, 2009, Young Girls Records
  • "Inexistence", CD, 2009, Cold Current
  • "Habitats", CD, 2009, Kubitsuri Tapes Int.l
  • "Ludium", CD, 2009, Silentes
  • "March-Ex", CD-R, 2009, Lona Records
  • "Persecutionem", LP, 2009, Rotorelief
    Rotorelief
    Rotorelief is a record label for artists with record pressings, fine art and graphic arts editions in any format. The label seeks to propose unexpected artists and concepts, often hard to classify in the industrial and experimental fields....



Collaborations
  • "Chaotische Fraktale", CD-R, 2003, CPS, with Frequency In Cycles Per Second
  • "Letzte Technologie", CD-R, 2004, CPS, with Frequency In Cycles Per Second
  • "Final Signal", CD, 2005, CPS, with Frequency In Cycles Per Second
  • "Zehn Tage/Touka", CD, 2004, Afe, with Telepherique
  • "Junkyo", CD, 2005, Noctovision, with Aube
  • "Mectpyo Saisei", CD, 2005, Para Disc, with Aube
  • "Psychoneurose", CD, 2005, Manifold, with Land Use
  • "Secluded Truths", CD, 2005, Silentes, with NIMH
  • "Together's Symphony", CD, 2005, Silentes, with NIMH
  • "Arkaeo Planum", CD, 2006, Small Voices, with TH26
  • "The House Of Mourning", CD, 2006, Radiotarab/Coldcurrent, with Telepherique
  • "Endokraniosis", CD-R, 2006, Tibprod, with Siegmar Fricke
  • "Genologic Technocide", CD-R, 2006, Spatter/Pagan Moon, with MDT
  • "The Epidemic Symphony No. 9", CD, 2006, Octpia, with Nobu Kasahara and Hitoshi Kojo
  • "Stroma-Konkret", CD, 2006, Monochrome Vision, with Siegmar Fricke
  • "Environmental Meditations", CD, 2006, Topheth Prophet, with Maor Appelbaum
  • "Regolelettroniche", CD, 2007, Baskaru, with Emanuela de Angelis
  • "Micromal Sonorities", CD, 2007, Artecnico Inc., with Saverio Evangelista
  • "Psalmodiam", CD-R, 2007, Menstrualrecordings, with MDT
  • "Chaotische Fraktale/Letzte Technologie", 2CD, 2007, Silentes, with F.I.C.P.S.
  • "Electrostatic Deflection", CD, 2007, Silentes, with Maor Appelbaum
  • "Der Abgrund", CD, 2007, Silentes, with Frequency In Cycles Per Second
  • "Neural Frequencies", 3" CD, 2007, Steinklang Industries, with Land Use
  • "Erimos", CD, 2007, Digitalis Industries, with Hue and Fhievel
  • "Nefelodhis", CD, 2007, Musica di un Certo Livello/Cold Current, with Sparkle in Grey
  • "PU 94", CD-R, 2007, Simple Logic, with Craig Hilton
  • "Primordium", CD-R, 2007, The Eastern Front, with Siegmar Fricke
  • "TSE-K", LP, 2007, Small Voices, with Land Use
  • "Paradoxos", CD-R, 2008, Tibprod, with Cheapmachines
  • "M. Plus T.", CD, 2008, Silentes, with Atrax Morgue
  • "Alienation", CD, 2008, Finalmuzik, with Claudio Rocchetti
  • "Innervation", CD-R, 2008, Afe, with Maor Appelbaum
  • "Makrokosmikro", CD-R, 2009, Menstrualrecordings, with Siegmar Fricke
  • "Azazel", CD, 2009, Silentes, with Crìa Cuervos
  • "Mene Teqel Farsin", CD, 2009, Silentes, with Maor Appelbaum
  • "Kapnos", CD, 2009, Afe/Grey Sparkle/ctrl+alt+canc, by Meerkat (just liner notes by MB)

Books

  • The Art of Duration and Resonance, by Philippe Blache, Exhaustive essay about the genesis and development of Italian experimental electronic music that grew up in collaboration with MB

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