Project Description

The multi-instrumentalist Donato Epiro has risen to the rank of authentic starlets of the italian underground, mainly thanks to the organ + drums band Cannibal Movie, organ + drums duo, whose he is an half together with the drummer Gaspare Sammartano.

Both for his work with Cannibal Movie and for his solo work, Epiro is considered one of the founders and leading exponents of the so called “Italian occult psychedelia.” Tribal and dark sound, thrilling atmosphere and constant sense of anxiety, pounding drums, animalistic hiss and ghostly voices, this is all part of his personal interpretation of the psychedelic experience. Interpretation that is also a deconstruction, where the synth and the samples enact a transfigured musique-concrète-like cut-up and the proto-industrial beats and rhythmic rattles announce the completion of a bloody ancestral rite.

Donato Epiro seems to take on the role of “diviner sound”, always in search of the mysterious archaic part that is in us.

As a soloist, Epiro has published a pair of beautiful limited edition works between 2009 and 2010, and in 2014 his full album “Fiume Nero”, released by the label Black Moss, has been acclaimed by critics as one of the best Italian album of the year.

TEATRO CARLO GESUALDO TERRACE | 30_08_2014