Ø, by Salvatore Mercatante

Ø

by Salvatore Mercatante

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	1.	OPEN, OPEN 06:40
	2.	Old Peels 06:03
	3.	Love Of Lies 05:28
	4.	A Mask Of Water 04:21
	5.	MOON 06:54
	6.	Atac 06:21
	7.	Narcotics 06:51
	8.	How Many Hands 06:03
	9.	Coil 06:36
	10.	Alt B 04:44

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The concept of naught (Ø) has challenged Salvatore Mercatante throughout his musical career, specifically, trying to understand how the idea of ‘nothing’ fits into the realm of sound, and at the same time, exist in a world of influence at every turn. In the absence of everything, are we able to create something truly free?

As a lifelong New York-based musician, Mercatante’s influences and productions run a wide spectrum. Just as happy producing 80s-inspired horror soundtracks as he is refining acute drum patterns over and over again, Salvatore is the first to ask himself, where next? When a musician’s output can be influenced today by so much, and there is no self-defined or perceived artistic goal in mind, how do you start from a place of nothingness, again and again?

This approach has born many minimal and experimental albums of note in the past, but with Ø, Salvatore ended up with an almost controlled maximalist approach. Beginning with open spaces and allowing sonic textures to live and evolve past where you may expect, Ø allows the space between notes to become equally as important as the notes themselves. Walls of noise, soaring soundtracks, dense techno, glittering IDM, and minimal glitch, sit side-by-side to present an all-encompassing palette of sonic possibility.

Often, even without any intent, what can be born from nothing will somehow transpire back to something more recognizable. It’s human nature after all. A subtle fingerprint, as a sequence, melody, pattern or drum kick. Whether Salvatore intended for this record to represent his defining sound or not, only time will tell.

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released January 26, 2024

Written and produced by Salvatore Mercatante
Mastered by Giuseppe Tillieci @ Enisslab, Rome, Italy.
Artwork by Brandon Locher
Pressed by AFG Manufacturing, Italy.

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Hypatia

Apr 2024
Socha

Feb 2024
Merrin Karras / Live

Feb 2024
Ø

Jan 2024

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