Maurizio Martusciello (born 2 September, 1961)[1] known professionally as Martux_m is an Italian electronic musician, producer and composer.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Maurizio Martusciello |
| Born | 2 September 1961 Naples, Italy |
| Genres | Jazz, electronic music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, producer |
| Instrument | Electronics |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Labels | Staalplaat, Parco della Musica Records, Resilience Recordings, Musica Jazz |
| Website | martuxm |
Biography
editBorn in Naples in 1961, in the early 1980s he attended the Liceo Musicale in Naples and studied percussion.
He has produced numerous musical projects, including in 2009 About in a Silent way, an original electronic reinterpretation of Miles Davis' famous album,[2] in 2010 the audiovisual installation with Mattia Casalegno Il gesto sospeso for the Roberto Capucci Foundation,[3] in 2017 the audiovisual project Intervallo for the Italian Embassy in Sofia,[4] in 2019 Apollo 11 Reloaded for Italian Space Agency (ASI), an electronic orchestration for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.[5]
The collaboration with Italian institutions abroad has resulted in the production of some specific projects such as Intervallo with Mattia Casalegno in 2017 for the Embassy of Italy in Sofia,[6] and EKO with Lello Petrarca in 2023 for the Permanent Mission of Italy to OSCE in Vienna.[7]
He has participated to some of the most important festivals of Electronic music such as the MUTEK Festival, Sonar Festival, Romaeuropa Festival and AltaRoma Festival. In 2004 he has also performed at the Villette Numérique in Paris and at the Biennale Musica in Venice.[1]
Maurizio Martusciello has performed and collaborated with musicians and groups such as Michiko Hirayama, Wolfgang Fuchs, Fernando Grillo, MEV (Musica Elettronica Viva), Dagmar Krause, Tim Hodgkinson, Chris Cutler, Otomo Yoshihide, Giorgio Battistelli, Danilo Rea, Markus Stockhausen.[8]
Discography
edit- Meta-Harmonies (Staalplaat 1995)
- The answering machine solution (Staalplaat 1996)
- Dentro (Gruppo Ossatura) (ReR Megacorp 1998)
- Unsettled Line (Metamkine 2000)
- Metaxu (duo Metaxu) (Plate Lunch 2000)
- ZELLE (duo Z.E.L.L.E.) (12k/Line 2001)
- Before and after Dogon (Gruppo Dogon) (Stereosupremo 2002)
- Rumors of War (duo Metaxu) (No Type 2003)
- Vittime Innocente (collettivo Avatar 41) (Defrag Sound Processing 2003)
- Dissectio (Stichting Mixer 2004)
- Exceptio (Defrag Sound Processing 2005)
- Woy Out Lines (pseudonimo XM) (Defrag Sound Processing 2007)
- X-Scape (DVD) (PERSISTENCE BIT 2007)
- Gimme Some Truth (pseudonimo XM) (Kalk Pets 2007)
- Reminiscence (Parco della Musica Records 2008)
- About A Silent Way (The Complete Studio Sessions) (Itinera 2009)
- Silence (La musica di Repubblica - L'Espresso 2011)
- Imagine (Parco della Musica Records 2013)
- Atlas (EP) (Resiliens Recordings 2015)
- My Love Supreme (Musica Jazz 2015)
- Apollo 11 reloaded (Parco della Musica Records 2019)
References
edit- ^ a b "Martux Biography". RA. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "About a silent way". ADEIDJ (in Italian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Maurizio Martusciello - Il gesto sospeso". Fondazione Roberto Capucci (in Italian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ ""Intervallo": musica e videoarte dal vivo degli artisti italiani Martux-m e Mattia Casalegno a Sofia". Embassy of Italy - Sofia (in Italian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Summer at MAXXI. Apollo 11 Reloaded" (in Italian). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ ""Intervallo": live electronic music and videoart performance by Italian artists Martux-m and Mattia Casalegno". ambsofia.esteri.it. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ "Concert "EKO. Sound Reflection for Piano and Electronics" by Martux_m and Lello Petrarca". delegazioneosce.esteri.it. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ "Maurizio Martusciello". ElectroCD. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
External links
edit- Official website
- Martux m discography at Discogs