“CEMENTO”
Cement is a substance that appears very compact and coherent, but is the result of the combination of different materials through a precise and methodical process. Thus “Cemento” – the third album by the Italo-Swiss band Niton – is the result of the re-elaboration of sound materials collected over a period of five years in very different places and situations: from 2015 to 2020, between Ticino, Varese, Zurich and Milan, in theatre spaces, in recording studios, next to Alpine lakes, in Romanesque churches, in arthouse cinemas, not forgetting that the first recordings for “Cemento” took place on 17 May 2015 among the surreal, post-industrial reverberations of the ex-Saceba cement factory in Morbio Inferiore, Switzerland. All the sounds accumulated over five years were then processed, edited and mixed with the precise aim of coexisting side by side, to trace a listening path that aims to be rich and dialectical, questioning but at the same time satisfying. “Cemento” consists of seven tracks that combine electronics and acoustics, noise and melody, research and relaxation. The name of each track is a translation of the word “cement” into languages that offer a different semantic root, and therefore a different path of sound and meaning. “Cement” is a co-production of the Berlin label Shameless Records (which publishes six tracks on vinyl) and the Swiss label Pulver und Asche Records (which publishes the remaining track in a special physical edition).
NITON
«A highly beautiful experience, Brothers’n’sisters». Julian Cope’s Head Heritage Niton was formed in 2013 on the Italian-Swiss border. Starting from freely improvisational attitudes, the trio has moved in various expressive contexts (minimal, experimental or industrial music – for theatre, dance, cinema and installations) while maintaining their instrumentation as a unifying feature: Luca Xelius Martegani’s analogue synthesisers, El Toxyque’s amplified objects, Zeno Gabaglio’s electric cello. Documenting this path are two albums on the Pulver und Asche Records label, one by Floating Forest Records and various participations in compilations, such as the Guide to Swiss Underground Experimental Music by Buh Records/The Wire.
