Max Durante – Der Graue Geruch Nach Metall (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno, Experimental-Techno.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Berlin based Italian DJ/producerMassimiliano Durante aka Max Durante has been in the music business since the 80s. He has been involved with numerous projects and now strikes back with a new Max Durante album. After having worked together with labels such as Sonic Groove, Aufnahme + Wiedergabe… he now joined Hands.
Content: Max Durante is clearly driven by the Techno sound of Berlin; a different- and somewhat visionary approach of Techno music. This boosting Techno basis has been supported with darker and harsher Industrial sound treatments, which also reveal some Experimental passages. This music is not just driven beats –as you’ll also discover tracks with slower tempos, but still featuring a true arsenal of dark sound and Industrial noises with now and then some spoken samplings on top. Some of these samplings have a somewhat political dimension.
+ + + : I like the underground format of this record, which totally fits with the approach of Hands. It’s for sure Techno-minded, but featuring explicit Industrial components. I also like tracks driven by slower and broken rhythms.
– – – : This is not the most accessible Techno format because of the Experimental touch on top. It however seems to be more suited for Industrial happenings.
Conclusion: “Der Graue Geruch Nach Metall” is a true sonic bridge between Techno and Industrial music.
Best songs: “In Den Augen Der Revolution”, “Der gedanke Hinter Den Gedanken”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.facebook.com/MAXDURANTE
Label: www.handsproductions.com / www.facebook.com/hands.official
About Max Durante
Massimiliano Durante, who records as Max Durante, is an Italian techno and electro DJ, producer and label owner. He was born in Rome and has been based in Berlin since 2014. He started DJing in 1986 after working at a local radio station in Rome and moved into clubs in 1987, playing acid house, new beat, EBM and Brooklyn electro.
In October 1991 he organised the Plus 8 rave in Rome with the D’Arcangelo brothers, with Cybersonik, F.U.S.E. and Speedy J as guests. His first record, released in 1992 on Hot Trax under the alias Automatic Sound Unlimited with the same duo, mixed industrial, techno and acid. He lived in Zurich between 1994 and 1998 and played the Energy and Cubik raves.
Later releases include the 12″ “Metastability” on Sonic Groove in 2015, “Insurrection Of Inequity” on the same label in 2016 and the EP “Fear And Desire” on aufnahme + wiedergabe in 2020. The nine-track album “Der Graue Geruch Nach Metall” was released by Hands on 10 September 2021 and is his first record for the label.
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