TRACKS:

I. How a slave, who had perpetually defamed me
and desired to have me killed,
was himself killed and eaten in my presence.

II. Of the manner in which the savages ate a prisoner
and carried me to the feast.

III. How the savages ate the second roasted Christian,
called Hieronymus.

IV. My prayer to the Lord God when I was in the hands of the savages
who threatened to eat me.

DESCRIPTION:

The Barnacles (aka Matteo Uggeri) artistic path continues with “Air Skin Digger”, after the debut in 2017 “One Single Sound” on Boring Machines/Non Piangere Dischi, and right along with the release in collaboration with Maurizio Bianchi/M.B. on Artoffact “Sidereal Decomposition Activity.”
Each Barnacles album is made by Matteo Uggeri following specific self-imposed rules.

These 4 long compositions were made using only 4 sound sources per each, all cannibalized from other works done in his more than 20 years musical career by Uggeri or with his band Sparkle in Grey, or with other collaborators. No digital sounds have been used in the record, but only instruments such as viola, bagpipes, trumpet, guitars, gamelan, unknown devices.

The present artwork is an interpretation by Uggeri himself of the woodcuts taken from “True Story and Description of a Country of Wild, Naked, Grim, Man-eating People in the New World, America)”
by Hans Staden (c. 1525 – c. 1576), believe it or not (according to the Italian version of Wikipedia), “an international best seller of his age.”

2018

VIDEO
(based on Stan Brakhage "Delicacies of Molten Horror Sinapse")

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"Oddly catchy in a way that becomes impossible to accurately categorize, as if purely timeless." BEACH SLOTH

"Whatever the project he decides to be involved in, Matteo Uggeri can’t cease to surprise us by his capacity to renew his own sound worlds, incorporating new elements and challenging musical directions." Philippe Blache (IGLOOMAG)

"The mix is great, joining in the slow, ambient passages with more aggressive rhythms." Creaig Dunton (BRAINWASHED)

"Un ibrido di post rock ed elettronica ambientale molto melodico che suona vivo e accattivante." Emiliano Grigis (SODAPOP)

"It is something to turn to when you're looking for something completely different." Steve Mecca (CHAIN DLK)