interview
push against new fakes
a thicker sound
[Im] mor [t] ality is the title of new record
of Push Against Fakes. Reading the title you
can’t understand if the aim is really high or
really low. Anyway, the electro / IDM record,
composed of ten tracks and publishe by Phonocake in Germany and Stato Elettrico in
Italy, represents the third work of Michele
Mantovani, formerly with Laik-Oh ! We interviewed him.
What are the premises on which it is based
“[im] mor [t] ality”?
I came to this third album after closing the
experience with Laik-Oh !, the band with
which I released an album and played more
than thirty dates last year. I had a bit of recorded material in 2015 and in early 2016 I started working on it and within three months
the album was more or less complete. I felt
the need to express myself as a “soloist” again
and the material in my possession it seemed
suitable for a new disc.
Why the publication for two different label?
The German netlabel Phonocake had worked with me publishing the previous album,
“Any Color You Can not See” and immediately agreed to publish the new disc. Later the
20
Roman Stato Elettrico stepped forward to a
collaboration, so I did not hesitate to propose
to both netlabels to publish the disc together.
It was very simple.
Did you have any difficulties in the making
of the lp?
The main difficulty was to get a different
sound than the previous album. Actually I do
not know if I did it, but definitely [im] mor
[t] ality has a thicker sound than the previous
work, mainly due to a greater presence of low
frequencies.
How is it born Away?
Away is one of the tracks that I prefer. I had
initially rejected because it could not find a
“final” section that would make about the rest
of the song, but after working intensely on
the sounds it took the shape I had in mind,
and the final part sounds “danceable” just like
I wanted. Like most of the tracks on the disc
even Away it was born at night and reflects
the very idea of nighttime trip I have.
Who is or who are the Italians independent
artists you like the most right now and why?
Aucan and Godblesscomputers are the firsts
to come to mind. Aucan is the band that pushed me toward the electronics and I think
it is the most creative bands in Italy in recent
years. Among others Jo Ferliga has mastered
[im] mor [t] ality and the fact of knowing him
has done nothing but confirm my esteem for
him, both from both human artistic point of
view. Godblesscomputers is the live, in my
opinion, more “loaded” of the moment; you
really can’t not move to a show of his...”
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