mr David Abravanel recently wrote a very intellectual review of my album “viceversa” on the respected milkfactory blog/magazine…

i didn’t like it…neither kris and greg…so we did a review of the review…and they didn’t like it…

the milfactory on viceversa

Sunday, December 14, 2008 4:13 PM
Albums of the Year – 2008
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER here are some of the potential albums of the year

MGMT Oracular Spectacular Columbia JAN
Erykah Badu New Amerykah Pt 1 : 4th World War Motown FEB
Alio Die Aura Seminalis Hic Sunt Leones MAR
Quiet Village Silent Movie k7! APR
IG Culture Zen Badism Freedom School JP APR
Gel Sol Iz Upstairs/Psychonavigation APR
Kettel Myam James Sending Orbs APR
Ciaran Byrne Nine Lives Causeway Psychonavigation MAY
Mauxuam Viceversa Interchill MAY
2000 Black A New Set A Rockers Third Ear JP JUN
Sigur Ros Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust XL Records JUN
Various Here Comes Treble Treble O JUL
Animat Earplay Big Chill AUG
Lindstrom Where You Go I Go There Too Smalltown Supersound AUG
Carlos Nino Whats The Science? Elevation Instrumentals Kindred Spirits AUG
Digitonal Save Your Light for Darker Days Just Music SEP
Recloose – Perfect Timing Sonar Kollektiv SEP
Jazzanova Of All The Things Verve OCT
Helios Caesura Type Recordings NOV
Black Dog Radio Scarecrow Dust Science NOV

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I like this, so does my dog…

Dreamcreation – summer issue 2008

Mauxuam – Viceversa [Interchill]
Mauxuam, Maurizio or Mau, whatever you call him will not change the effect his music has on you. His granular modulated music is dipped in wild apple juice and left to oscillate in the wind. Each time you look at these vibrating soundscapes they become more involved and the textures transform continually. Mauxuam’s album is an ever evolving teapot, refilling itself with fresh herbs on every track whilst still retaining the tangy flavours of the previous ones. Kick back, enjoy and be curious.

Pieman

Does your name mean anything ?

mauxuam is a palindrome – a word from the language spoken on the planet Ummo where I lived for a few years.
Everybody is telepathic so they speak using words very difficult to pronounce and without meaning to make jokes and laugh at the sound of it.

tell us about your musical history.

I started to do music a long time ago. In 1989 I founded the Lost Legion Alien Collective which had many different releases throughout the 90s in europe and america. One of our creatures was Ohmega Tribe, an ambient trance project that released an album in 1995 for Silent records – a seminal ambient label from SF – as well as many tracks on compilations. Our live band was Technogod, kind of a industrial hiphop crossover. We did 3 albums and a few european tours as the supporting act for Meat Beat Manifesto, Young Gods and Consolidated. We split in 1997 and I continued for a few years as a producer in the italian music industry doing remixes, productions and soundtracks for adverts. I got so disgusted by that commercial filth that I dropped out, sold all my equipment and I went traveling without a fixed base for many years. I only started to write some music again 4 years ago as an hobby – this time as a professional amateur.

Your music has a really spacey and psychedelic flavour to it, what’s influenced its creation ?

do you think so ? I guess that my experiences with psychoactive substances has something to do with it…but also the reality show, the apocalypse approaching, the human ordeals, the weather, nature, the universal spirit, my demons, my lovers.
Music is out there, I grab it, channel it, mix it…usually at late night.
Very often the tunes are taking control and they start to evolve by themselves, they have their own life.

When it came to writing an entire album, how did you decide to approach it ?

I decided to re open, remix and deconstrukt my tunes with the intention to output a sound, fresh and coherent in time – in the now. My goal was to break through the parameters of the psychilldub scene, to explore new territories, take some risks, to surprise myself and to be curious again. I locked myself in somewhere desolate, most of the time without even internet and did a disciplined baba life for a few months. I let myself go mad with it.

Please tell us about a couple of your favourite tracks and why they are your favourite

my favourite tracks ever ?
Future days by Can (1972) – a seminal tune that has elements of much of the music nowadays.
Can’s music was truly psychedelic and experimental, endless tunes that you can drift away on.

Shakara by Fela Kuti – trances me out everytime, I can’t stay still, fu#*ing hell, I HAVE TO DANCE.

You also are a visual artist, do you work as a painter or only with moving electronic visuals, how long have you been doing this and what do your images try and convey ?

I am honestly very bad at painting and drawing.
I only play with software and I don’t really see myself as an artist but more as a navigator. I started to play with visuals during my 7 year break from music, it was refreshing to work on animations and graphics. my images are not trying to convey anything really, they are mainly abstract canvas where you can actually see and project many things.