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i was born in catania, sicily and i still live there.2. i play with pc's (do not ask me why?) running the best os around "microsoft-windows" (hey, let's review before we proceed ... yeah another powerbook artist.)
3. my "sound", i don't know what to call it but i fucking know what not to call it. so please stop use the terms "power electronics", "laptop punk", "glitch and cuts" or "post-microsound stew".
4) yes, i perform live.
sincerely
massimiliano sapienza
mego 051: hey babe, let me see your usb and i will show you my firewire - 3"cd
mego 063: hello dirty - cd
some words from the press:
massimo continues on a laptop were the eighties industrialists left off. if industrial music ever need a future: massimo is it's name.
vital weekly
harsh, unrelenting and energetic, the eleven tracks on this cd represent a digital catharsis of sorts. crazy stuff.
incursion
the cover art takes digital pornography to new levels. nasty.
aquarious
this is a rather clever and interesting work of digital music, it's very well done and probably brings a freshness in the world of digital music.
great!
namskeio
"i find it frankly impossible to believe that any sensible person would want to listen to that dreadful racket".
fluxeuropa
it's severe and insightful along its course, bringing moments of funk and moments of dread.
just out
it's something to do with the gleeful blasts of noise cutting across the sleek futurism of the namechecked i/o ports de jour.freq
here it is finally, polished, light noise that your grandmother can listen to.
recycle your ears
somewhat surprisingly the most advanced record of 2001 came from sicily, both in regards to the music and the packaging. it's as if massimo wants to show us that even the ugliest sounds can be
turned into good music.
igloo mag.
that's right mate, we're in agreement. go give the brat a slap then stick massimo back on again. this is the good stuff.
fluxeuropa
massimo may demolish the boundaries between sound and noise, but the sound of their demolition isn't necessarily musical.
the wire
one tends to feel that the most remarkable thing about massimo is his attitude, "microsound and glitch & cuts can only lick my mafia ass!" -
indeed!
remote induction
this guy's gotta be something live, because he works the full spectrum from gut-jellying low-end to flea-repellent squeal. it's nowhere near as obscene as the cover of his recent hey babe, let me see your usb and i'll show you
my firewire, but it's sexy all the same.neumu
insane and illogical all-noise rawness but instead actually maintain a pretty astonishing balance between hard core power electronics and industrial noise.
chaindlk.com
i could describe his music easily like my imagination of lo rez' cyber punk.
the sun rises above decayed industrial landscapes as he gives us a glimpse how a power pop version of the hafler trio could sound.brainwashed
sometimes the sound on the massimo's cd look like scories coming from the new digital world, sometimes others feign the cadenced rythms of techno and it can align italy with current musicians looking out-there.inkoma
most amusing album title!
brainwashed the best/worst of 2001
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any case i'll do a laptop set.pictures: www.mego.at/massimo.html