Stromboli (aka Nico Pasquini, formerly bassist to His Clancyness) is an Italian sound artist and composer who we introduced in 2017 with the album Volume Uno. He’s back with a new EP called Exiles which is out now via London based independent record label Depths. It akes inspiration from the concept of a mental status which reflects a broader existential condition of self-isolation and exclusion. The metaphor of the exiles comes to life through a deep and destabilising research into the sonic landscape.
According to the press release, The EP is intentionally built on an abstract and unpredictable texture which aims to lead the listener through a stream of consciousness structured on obscure and cathartic soundscapes. The compositional process is mainly based on the layering of electronic sources of FM synthesis entwined with rhythmic elements, ambient recordings and noise generators.
The ambient/avant-garde noise pieces are constructed on sonic modulators from the 90s, synth drums from the early 80s as well as semi-modular synthesizers sampled and processed by delays, analogue tapes and amplified fuzzboxes.
Today we have the pleasure to share a new video for the track “Unseen”. It was created by Antonella Di Tillo. Watch it below.