phooka, also known as Francesco Maddalena, born in 1978, is the official father of Homework, one of the main electronic netlabels in Italy.
Charmed by sounds and edgy rhythms, at first he approached electronic music with IDM and experimental productions, then he became interested in techno/minimal techno productions, but without entirely departing from his first interest.
He was focused on developing a techno/electronic scene with a Roman flavor, however he became more and more detached from this concept to embrace productions influenced by north American and German sounds, such as Akufen, Twerk, Sleeparchive, Mathew Jonson, directing his outlook towards a thorough research in sound (mostly with pads and bass tones) and towards a more modern rhythm with less of a 90's or acid influence.
He was able to experience and play in major events and in the main Italian clubs such as: Link-Bologna, Goa-Roma, Brancaleone-Roma, Dottor.sax-Torino, Mascherona-Genova, Forte sperone-Genova, Dancity festival-Foligno, Homework festival-Bologna, Elettrowave-Firenze, where he shared the lead to the console with artist like Ritchie Hawtin - m_inus, Kalabrese - perlon, Bruno Pronsato - hello?repeat, Tom Trago - rush hour, Noze - Circus Company, Dasha Rush - full panda, Touane - persona, Donato Dozzy - wagon repair, Akiko Kiyama - contexterrior, Lucio Acquilina - cocoon recordings,SLG - trapezand many others.
In addition, he produced several music releases for the most popular italian and European netlabels.
He dreams Berlin but in the meantime he shares his place with his unreliable, noisy and useless PC, powerbook and audio/video machines.
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Phooka, alias Francesco Maddalena, classe 1978, è il papà ufficiale di Homework,
una delle principali netlabel elettroniche italiane.
Affascinato dal rumore e dalla ritmica spigolosa si avvicina all’elettronica con produzioni
IDM e sperimentali in un primo momento, e techno/minimal techno in seguito,
pur non abbandonando mai le prime.
Interessato allo sviluppo in italia di una scena techno/electro di scuola romana se ne distacca con produzioni che risentono dell’influenza nord americana e tedesca
(Akufen, Twerk, Sleeparchive, Mathew Jonson ecc. ) rivolgendo il suo sguardo verso una più completa ricerca sul suono (pads e bassi, soprattutto) e ad una ritmica più moderna e dall’impronta decisamente meno acid o anni 90.
Nel corso degli anni ha suonato e maturato esperienze nei principali festival e nei più
importanti locali italiani (Link-Bologna, Goa-Roma, Brancaleone-Roma, Dottor.sax-Torino, Mascherona-genova, Forte sperone-genova, Dancity festival di foligno, Homework festival Bologna, Elettrowave firenze ecc.) condividendo la consolle con produttori come Ritchie Hawtin - m_inus, Kalabrese - perlon, Bruno Pronsato - hello?repeat, Tom Trago - rush hour, Noze - Circus Company, Dasha Rush - full panda, Touane - persona, Donato Dozzy - wagon repair, Akiko Kiyama - contexterrior, Lucio Acquilina - cocoon recordings,SLG - trapezecc.
Ha prodotto, inoltre, diverse release per le migliori netlabel nostrane ed europee.
Sogna Berlino ma vive a Roma condividendo la casa/studio con l’inaffidabile quanto inutile e sempre più rumoroso pc. Il powerbook e macchinari audio/video.
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Almost Tomorrow is the third full length collaboration album from Section 27 Netlabel founders Tam Ferrans and Andrew Paterson, under their Nonima & theAudiologist guise. This time around the sound is more melodic, and has a definite feeling of a complete and more mature sound than heard on the previous LP's "Dystopian Battle Hymns" and "Ceremony After Amputation". If you are familiar with their individual projects you may even be in for a slight surprise, as the tracks are not as beat driven like before, but are more atmospheric and sound, well... "bigger". In its 75 minutes, Almost Tomorrow takes you on a trip from the digital rain-soaked cavernous scraping in "Thoughtograph", the ethereal beat jittering of "The Colour of Rain", intercepted transmissions from unknown places in "Com-Intercept", "Ganzfeld"s huge yet strangely insect-like beats until everything you knew comes crashing around you in "Almost Tomorrow". Burning pianos, glitched out soundscapes and intricately programmed beatplay, this may well be their best work to date. Consider it the soundtrack to a rainy overcast day, but with just that glimmer of sunshine peeking from the clouds. "Almost Tomorrow" wears its heart on its sleeve.
Minchia datone!! Forse il 20 nov. noi invitiamo Cristian Vogel...si continua ad indagare l'old school ;) ogni tanto non ne posso fare a meno... Tu come stai? Spero di rivederti, vorremmo far qualcosa al link alche si pensava di appoggiarsi al popolo di homework.. A presto André
This is a deep/tech house release: "Cold Desert" mix some latin percussive sounds with a vintage synth creating an "end of summer" melancholic atmosphere. "Vacation" is a dark groovy house track with a dreamy hypnotic pad and clicky beats. IPO//011 IS OUT NOW!
TASTER PETER - FAT OF EXCELLENCE EP IS PROUDLY OUT NOW ON HELL YEAH RECORDINGS!!!!
Including the remixes for artists like UMEK, OLIVER KOLETZKI, TOMY DECLERQUE and CRIMEA X!!!
The Fat of Excellence Ep is an exclusive remix package of unreleased Taster Peter remixes for techno don Umek, berlin supremo Oliver Koletzki and italian kraut-rockers du jour Crimea X. Our "Taster of choice" reworks S Cream to maximum effect keeping the hard techno vibe of the original slovenian mix but adding some twisted rhythm solutions to refresh this monster. While Peter's take on Koletzki's Nascita of the Monsters is all about full moon parties, deep-acid, tons of 303 and delays for a proper futuristic "west-coast flavoured" tech-house winner: massive! Last but not least it's "A Year Later", an unreleased Crimea X tune that Taster Peter got the exclusive chance to remix, indie guitars meets minimal techno, the ultimate intro track per excellence!!!
Trackilst :
1. Umek - S Cream (Taster Peter Raves the Planet Remix) 2. Oliver Koleztki - Nascita of the Monsters (Taster Peter Full on Acid Remix) 3. Tomy DeClerque - Loky (Taster Peters Rollercoaster Remix) 4. Crimea X - A Year Later (Taster Peter Bangs the Drum Remix)
CHECK THIS LINK TO LISTEN & BUY THE RELEASE ON BEATPORT!!!
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