Project Description

Mai Mai Mai  is a solo project by Toni C., also member of the noise-rock outfit Hiroshima Rocks Around and the spastic- pop duo Trouble vs. Glue. He also runs the NO=FI Recordings label and co-runs the Dal Verme Club in Rome.

Mai Mai Mai is the materialization of a travel in time and space. Born on a little island of the Aegean Sea around 30 years ago, Mai Mai Mai since childhood followed his parents around Europe and the Near East, assimilating the different cultures, atmospheres and sonorities of the places he was involuntarily taken to.

Short periods of time which were intense enough to leave indelible traces. This project is the transposition of those experiences into music and sounds: a mix of drone and ambient, steamy and phat beats, field recordings and soundscapes which lead to ancient and arcane ages, on the border between east and west.
In this space/time travel Mai Mai Mai seeks for a story, an identity, a face.

Theta is the first album from Mai Mai Mai, the tracks have been recorded in Rome and them mixed in L.A. by Jamie Stewartt (Xiu Xiu). Nasty beats and sharp sounds emerges from a cloudy background of noises and field recordings, over which Mai Mai Mai applies some recorded ancient greek chants or slowly recites his sermons.

Δέλτα, his second release, on Yerevan Tape, one-time pressing limited to 500, is the second part of his journey across the Mediterranean Sea, through hidden memories, old unconscious and sounds of past experiences, put together and mixed today using tapes, synths and sequencers. We land on a stormy night and the tale of this new adventure begins.

This time our man is not alone either as he shares his trip with new fellows who are gonna leave a mark on Delta: Gianni Giublena Rosacroce and his clarinet, Cannibal Movie’s Donato Epiro’s organs, and Piovs and his Moog.

THEATER CARLO GESUALDO UPPER TERRACE | 27_08_2014