Two years after New Ruins, Italian producer and composer Pietro iannuzzi aka Indian Wells has released a new album called No One Really Listens to Oscillators which is out now via Mesh. He’s touring right now and will be one of the main names at Fuck Normality Fest.

According to the press release, the album explores the concept of “unfinished” in relation to oneself, art, architecture and surroundings. The album’s initial conceptual input came from an article in The New York Times referencing a new conceptual architectural style. The term “Incompiuto” (Unfinished) which was theorized by Alterazioni Video & Fosbury Architecture and concerned unfinished works that reveal the inability of projects to make infrastructures useful and sustainable for the community.

“The head of this article was a photo of an escalator in the middle of nowhere in Calabria, where I live,” explains Pietro. “I knew this escalator very well and I immediately realized that my perception of this “reality” could be really different from people who have never lived in this area. It can be said that I grew up in the unfinished – between unfinished houses and other half-built works that are now an integral part of the landscape, without really noticing. In reality, our experience is influenced by everything that surrounds us and this context shapes us to make us live a distorted reality, which we very quickly get used to.”

Check the new video for the track “Four Walls” which was directed by Matteo Masali and read our chat with the artist.

Let’s start from the current situation. How are you living these strange times and what are the main concerns as an artist?

As ever. Last two years and an half were really hard for everyone, also for me. Right now I’m trying to have a balance between family, music and work. But it’s ok. 

“No One Really Listens to Oscillators” is your new album. What are the first vivid memories of this album and what was the main focus when you started to think to this album? The input came from The New York Times article talking about a new conceptual architectural style, right?

The first memory about this album is just few days before “Where The World Ends” was released. It was like almost 5 years ago. I was unsatisfied about this album and a draft of ’No One Really Listens To Oscillators” track came out. I started thinking “ok, this is the right direction”. One year later I read the article you mentioned before and it was shocking for me realize that “Incompiuto” surrounded me but I’ve never noticed it, it was “normal” for me right? I grew up with unfinished buildings, bridges, highways around me. So i started to think about the impact that the “Habitat” we live has an influence about who we are.

The word “Unfinished” seems to be the core of the concept of the album. Can you explain it?

Yes it is. The first input came from Incompiuto (Unfinished) as an architectural style but soon I explored the concept of “unfinished” in relation also to oneself and art. After the born of my daughter Matilde it was clear to me that we are all unfinished. And our vision of the world also is. Everyone of us search on arts, people, places, the missing part. 

You have shared the official video for the track “Before Life” which you defines “A Hymn to Creation”. How was born the collaboration with  Gianvito Cofano for the clip?

I discovered Gianvito’s work after I’ve seen his Inude “Hudea” video. A couple of years later we worked together for a project in milan. In 2020 I asked to him to work on a track I realized for a charity compilation “Distance Will not divide us”. The track was “The Outside” and he made really an amazing work, I mean, was like April 2020, the firs wave of coronavirus, and he made this beautiful work only with a camera and a friend at home. When was the time to decide how to realize the Before Life video I was sure about him. He has a big talent, sensitivity and vision. We had a talk about the concept behind the track and he made his own vision. And also this time he made an amazing work.

The Artwork is amazing. How did you choose it?

After the born of my daughter Matilde, who was born in 2020 with Down syndrome , I was casually searching on internet relations between disabilities and art. Then I discovered Judith Scott, an American contemporary artist known in all the world. When I’ve seen her works for the first time the first thought was “this is perfect for the artwork of my album”! She has an amazing story, born with Down syndrome and deaf, she really made art as pure and simple expression, end to itself, with no other purpose. And her condition make her in the eyes of society as “unfinished”. So the circle was closed. 

How would you like to introduce this album on the stage? Do you have tour plans? 

Sure, we started the tour in June and we will be around the world in the next months. The new live will be really different from the previous one. I will play with Andrea Rizzo at the drums, who also recorded the drums in the record. Also we will have visuals from Uk artist Dan Tombs. In August we will play at Locus Festival in Apulia and next month London and Prague, Berlin in November. We will announce other shows soon. 

You are born and live in the South of Italy (Calabria), right?. I’m very interested to the connection between the places we live over the years, our roots and the art. How do you feel these theme connected to your music, your way to think music? What are your favorite places which inspired the most?

About the music I’m really disconnected from my roots. My friends tell me that seems I’m from uk.And they’re right, cause my music influences came from Uk. About the places I live, for sure are connected with my way of thinking. As I said before, the habitat we live has an influence on us. I came from the mountains so it’s clear and simple that mountains, trees and nature are inspiring me a lot. But also “no places” as airports, train stations, or an escalator in the middle of nowhere are fascinating to me.

Ritual question. Have you seen or heard anything good recently?

Spirit Exit from Caterina Barbieri.