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Member Since: 3/3/2007
Band Website: fratto9.com
Band Members: Caboto, Deep End, Ex-p, I/O
Influences:
I/O "POLYTONE" [fratto004/bronto008]
Genre: de-structured rhythmic improvisation
Andrea Reali (voice)
Luca Mauri (elettric guitar)
Paolo Romano (doubblebass)
Paolo Benzoni (drums).
I/O is input/output, on/off, empty/full, 1/0, in/out, white/black, io, entry/exit, +/-. input/output, on/off, vuoto/pieno, 1/0, in/out, bianco/nero, io, in/out, +/-. input/output, on/off, closed/open, 1/0, I/O is a contemporary music's project which mix the different background of the members through the technique of improvisation.
The result is an original sound in which is possible to get a glimpse of minimalism, free-jazz and de-structured rock. I/O is the sum of two well defined half: one-half is acoustic and it is composed by doublebass and drums, and the other-half is electric, filtered and with real-time samples, and it is composed by voice and guitar.
After the release of the first album, in which the ensemble has been explored the rarefaction of the sound and its timbers, the band focused its attention on the “pulse” concept: the complex and de-structured rhythms become the framework of the I/O sound.
An evidence of this process is the new album “Polytone”, released by Ebria Records and Fratto9 Under the Sky records and distributed in Italy by Jazz Today. I/O has been played in many festivals, clubs, squats, cultural associations and art galleries with different artists like: LIARS (US), Damo Suzuki's Network, OvO, ZU, Giuseppe Ielasi, Sinistri, Tasaday, Tiziano Tononi, Uncode Duello and many others.