MenoZeta is the evolution of the species. The Venetian band was born from the ashes of Oditi, an eight-year long project that ended when the bassist and lead vocalist, Zeta, left the country and headed to New York City in 2003 to pursue a career in academia. Oditi’s original line-up included a rhythmic guitar – Tommaso Voltolina, a solo guitar – Alberto Fassetta, keyboards and loops – Nicolò Mainardi, and acoustic and electronic drums and percussions – Federico Rossi. With the departure of Zeta, Voltolina stepped up and took on the low frequencies. The sound of the quartet naturally shifted towards more elegant, mature, and soothing drum-and-bass musical architectures, for which lyrics were no longer needed. Oditi’s sound was influenced by the Gothic and New-Romantic movements of the 1980s, and their songs were about introspection and existential angst – as their 1998 album, Nel Profondo, witnesses. Grown out of the pangs of post-adolescence melancholia, MenoZeta focuses more on the pure pleasure of listening, eyes closed, to state-of-the-art electronic sounds, refined beats, heart-warming bass-lines and spacious guitar riffs. Thematically speaking, MenoZeta’s music can be understood as a soundtrack to contemporary urban life, forming an imaginary musical bridge between two times, two bands, two cities, and the lives of five people. Ultimately, MenoZeta defines the unwavering friendship that constitutes the foundations on which the city of VeNYCe is built.
