Italian Avant-Garde/Kosmische Musik synth master published the official visualizer for the title-track of new album “Memory Hole” out on September 11, 2023. Watch the video through the YouTube player below:
After releasing “Metaphysical Graffiti” (closer to tape music/sound art inspirations) with weirdo Italian label Artetetra in 2022, “Memory Hole” is the second album by the musician and video-artist Loris Cericola.
Recovered some nocturnal sessions and recordings produced in the post-pandemic summer of 2021, this is a collection of tracks composed exclusively for the live performances and it’s a spontaneous game of melodies, interlocks of sounds and liminal atmospheres.
Focused on the use of old synthesizers, magnetic tapes and old keyboards manufactured in the 70s in the Marche region, “Memory Hole” mixing the “sonic” power of analog sound with a specific melodic research, taking inspiration by elements from 70s European “Kosmitsche Musik,” Minimalism and early Italian Experimental Progressive, through Cinematic compositions with a “horizontal” schemes made by harmonic and melodic stratifications, abrasive basses and repetions on themes.
“Memory Hole” is a phantasmagoric absence: a hauntologic liminal zone where we find fractures and repetitions, interruptions and weaves, hard to untangle, untraceable.
“This album is dedicated to the deep loving memory of Romero the cat.” – Loris Cericola
Pre-Order the album on Bandcamp: https://loriscericola.bandcamp.com/album/memory-hole
Tracklist:
01. Strangers Attractors
02. Wicked Dreams
03. Memory Hole
04. 141219
05. Nocturne
06. Sonic Flowers
07. Technical Ecstasy
08. We Will Fall (“The Stooges” cover, or threnody for the 09/11 jumpers)
09. Romero
Lineup:
Loris Cericola / Production, Korg Sigma Monophonic Synthesizer, Korg Poly800 FM Programmable Synthesizer, Elgam Broadway 300 Electronic Organ, Eko Panda 49 Electronic Organ, Casio SK-1 Sampling Keyboards, Fostex 280 Multitrack Tape Recorder, Vocals, Acoustic Percussions, Fender Electric Guitar.
