The Town Near Turin

IL GIORNO DELLA MARMOTTA Faccio musica con risultati più o meno mediocri dal 1992. Le ultime band di cui ho fatto parte sono Joule e Kermit. Da qualche tempo mi sono avvicinato a tecniche di audio editing, registrazione e produzione, allo scopo di realizzare progetti interamente solisti. Sotto lo pseudonimo di “The T.N.T.” (acronimo che sta per “The town near Turin”: la cittadina vicino a Torino è Moncalieri, il mio cognome) ho realizzato finora un EP di quattro tracce e due album. Il primo album, “Fog Expectations” (2008), contiene cinque cover e tre brani inediti, realizzati abbinando campionamenti e strumenti virtuali con chitarre elettriche e voci. Le cover sono “Down in the desert” (Thin white rope), “Monkey” (Low), “Flower web” (Screaming trees), “Can’t find my way home” (Blind faith, rivisitata negli anni ottanta dagli Swans) e “I feel you” (Depeche mode). Il secondo album si intitola “Groundhog’s Day” (il Giorno della Marmotta, quello in cui continuava a svegliarsi Bill Murray nel film “Ricomincio da capo”). Contiene quattro cover e quattro brani inediti, realizzati utilizzando chitarre prevalentemente acustiche oltre ad elettronica e campionamenti. Le cover sono versioni acustiche di “Ice cold ice” (Husker du), “Negative creep” (Nirvana), “Wave of mutilation” (Pixies) e “In the meantime” (Helmet). Ultimamente The T.N.T. è diventato un gruppo vero e proprio. Stiamo lavorando su nuovi brani. GROUNDHOG'S DAY I make music with quite mediocre results since 1992. Joule and Kermit are the last bands I played with. Recently I started to train with audio editing, recording and production, in order to create full solo projects. With the pseudonym “The T.N.T.” (acronym of “The town near Turin”, which is Moncalieri, my family name) I released a four track EP and two full length albums. The first album, Fog Expectations (2008), contains five covers and three previously unreleased tracks, combining samples and virtual instruments with electric guitars and voices. The covers are “Down in the desert” (Thin white rope), “Monkey” (Low), “Flower web” (Screaming trees), “Can’t find my way home” (Blind faith, also covered in the eighties by the Swans) and “I feel you” (Depeche mode). The second album, Groundhog’s day (the day Bill Murray was waking up over and over again in a movie) contains four covers and four previously unreleased tracks, most of them played with acoustic guitars, electronics and samples. The covers are acoustic versions of “Ice cold ice” (Husker du), “Negative creep” (Nirvana), “Wave of mutilation” (Pixies) and “In the meantime” (Helmet). Recently three fellows joined the project. Now The T.N.T. is a band. GROUNDHOG'S DAY ON JAMENDO.IT - FULL ALBUM STREAM AND FREE DOWNLOAD FOG EXPECTATIONS ON JAMENDO.IT - FULL ALBUM STREAM AND FREE DOWNLOAD FOG EXPECTATIONS ON LASTFM.IT - FULL ALBUM STREAM AND FREE DOWNLOAD GROUNDHOG'S DAY ON LASTFM.IT - FULL ALBUM STREAM AND FREE DOWNLOAD THE TOWN NEAR TURIN ON PIANETAROCK.IT RECENSIONE DI FOG EXPECTATIONS SU ARTISTS & BANDS.IT DOWN IN THE DESERT ON HIDDEN DESERT - THIN WHITE ROPE TRIBUTE THE TOWN NEAR TURIN ON CYCAST