MB [Maurizio Bianchi] - S​.​F​.​A​.​G. 31​.​11​.​1981 (CD)

Maurizio Bianchi began experimenting with industrial / noise music shortly after the genre emerged. Initially, he released four recordings under the moniker Sacher-Pelz, then began using his own name or his initials, M.B., in 1980. From 1979 to 1984, Bianchi released around 35 albums, showcasing a period of intense creativity before he took a break from music until 1998. Since resuming his work, he has released over 250 additional albums. What is remarkable about Bianchi’s career - aside from his music - is that he managed to produce his early efforts at all. Working with rudimentary equipment, including basic tape recorders and synthesizers, Bianchi overcame significant technical limitations as well as a conservative mentality in the music industry toward any output that exhibited few clearly identifiable melodies, rhythms, or beats. Influenced not only by the early industrialists, but also by the French musique concrète movement and the German Kosmische scene, Bianchi’s trajectory remained stubbornly independent, carving out a unique sonic space. His ability to think differently and perseverance eventually won through. Over 40 years later, he is widely considered a pioneer of modern experimental music. And he continues to create. If music can be thought of as constructions from basic building blocks of sound, Bianchi employs a different set of building blocks from most and one that changes over time. Each recording is a window into his mind during a specific period.