something about meGuitarist, producer, and composer for media, fond with singing bowls and gongs, deals expecially (but not only) with ambient, electronic and experimental music, since the eighties. His music reveals his explorer attitude, delivering to the listener a wide palette of emotional sounds and shades. From bright light to dark void, from still sonic textures to wild rhythmic and loud mayhems, from delicate melodies to glitchy atmospheres. Founder of various side projects dealing with different styles of music and genres, his music has been used as soundtrack in awarded short movies, TV programs, events and creative livesets.
things I useGuitars
- PRS mod. CE 24 - Squier Stratocaster 57 Japan Vintage Series - Yamaha Silent Guitar SLG100S - Gretsch G9500 Jim Dandy Parlor Guitar - Eko 018CW EQ - Ibanez Custom Artcore AF105-F - Fender Telecaster Standard MN - Epiphone Les Paul Standard Gold - Fernandes Retrorocket Pro - Reverend Guitars Warhawk DAW - Chapman modern baritone guitar ML1 Pedals and outboard - TC Electronic Polytune - Keeley Compressor +, Electro Harmonix Platform, Boss CS3 Compressor - MXR Super Badass Distortion, MXR Custom Badass 70' distortion, MXR Il Torino Overdrive, MXR Raijin Drive, MXR/CAE Drive/boost, MXR Classic 108 Fuzz Mini, MXR 6band EQ - Digitech FreqOut - Boss CE3 Analog Chorus, MXR Phase 90, Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress - Red Panda Particle V2, Mastro Valvola LEM, Empress Echosystem, TC Electronic Flashback II - Strymon BigSky, TC Electronic Hall of Fame II - 2 Eventide H9 - Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro+, Red Panda Tensor, TC Electronic Ditto X4, Glou Glou FX Loupé - Electro Harmionix 8 Steps, Behringer and M-Audio expression and volume pedals, Behringer FCB1010 Amp and Out - Fender Hot Rod De Luxe - Two-Notes Torpedo C.A.B. M+ and Le Clean PreAmp - Vox Pathfinder 10 stereo set Singing Bowls set - 16 singing bowls set from 3kg to 280gr Gongs - WOM Gong 32" stainless steel gong - Grottasonora 40" stainless steel gong - UFIP 24" Tiger gong Keyboards, controllers and producing tools - iCon Platform M+/X+/D2 surface control - Native Instruments Maschine MK3 and Komplete 32 - Roland Piano RP501R - Yamaha CS2X Software Reaper, Ableton Live, NI Maschine, Kontact, mainly Eventide iZotope and Wave plugins, Ozone mastering tools Mic - Shure - Samson - Rode - Behringer Speakers system - Near field: Samson Resolv 65, KRK Rockit RP6 - PA: B&W - Harman Kardon Amp - live PA: Mackie Thump 15 |
things I doGaetano Fontanazza and Pseudo. Making and producing electronic, ambient music, music for media, livelooping and treatments. Pop, Rock, Wave, Psychedelics sometimes.
Main side projects Animaquieta. Singing bowls and sound meditation side project. Fingerflood. Deejay oriented activity. NenTE, electronic music projects duo with Manb. Guitars, vocals, programming and producing electronic, experimental and improvisational music. Other projects and bands, some of them are still active projects, some tributes, covers and just for fun bands are not mentioned but dearly remembered. Haereis, psycosmic trio with Tony Colina and Gandolfo Ferro Sucu Music netlabel, promotion of ambient, electronic, experimental music free distributed on the Internet. Co-founder and project coordinator(2013-2020). USIT, ambient guitar duo with Jeff Duke. Guitars livelooping and electronics (2009-2017). Purple Mountain Peal, ambient glitch prog duo with Tony Colina. Live treatments, guitars, electronics and producing (2013-2017). Artemusia, musicals and concert projects. Musical author, music projects coordinator, guitars and vocals. Alì Babà Band, (2013) reggae sicilian band. Guitars. The Ciollons, punk, post-punk, wave band, live gigs. Guitars Youth bands, never forgotten The Mirrors, 1983-1988, rock-psychedelic band Helter Skelter, 1988, punk wave things I remember I did- updated as soon as I remember -
Modern Film Scoring: (2023) Certificate of achievement. Course attended at Ivy School Music and Production. Faculties: Alessio Miraglia, Tim Starnes, Nicolò Bravetta and Stefania Cucca. Sante Ma Donne (Enna edition): (2021) a photography exhbition by Gianluca Sodaro. I composed an original soundtrack broadcasted in the installation site continuously for two weeks. Monday Trails: (2021) a short ambient guitar soundscapes series broadcasted on YouTube each monday for eight weeks. Holy Virus: (2020) a video project by Gianluca Sodaro. I composed three song for three episodes plus one more track with NenTE. Sucumusic fest: two editions (2014 and 2017) live showcase of some of the artists who released with the netlabel. Visioni liveset: ambient liveset at the "Visioni" Edoardo Fontanazza (his father) paintings exhibition (2014). Sucu Music netlabel, promotion of ambient, electronic, experimental music free distributed on the Internet. Co-founder and project coordinator (2013-2020). Dentro una fiaba (ed. 2014): music and stage coordination, various characters of the renewed Artemusia musical. Fedra Random, theatre piece by La Compagnia dell'arpa. Live soundtrack, guitar, electronics (2012). International Livelooping Festival Y2KX, october 12-20 2010, Santa Cruz, San Jose, CA, USA. Performing at "The best of International Livelooping Festival" and at the "Main Festival" (2010). Il medaglione di Clemont, composing the original soundtrack and music for the gothic musical "Il medaglione di Clemont", subject, story, lyrics created by Maria Grazia Malara (2004). Fear of the Storm, producing and mixing the early releases of the nineties dark/cold wave band. Dperd, Producing mixing and mastering the dark-wave band Dperd records since 2003. Finals at Sanremorock 2003 with NenTE, attending at the finals of the Sanremorock 2003 festival with the NenTE project. Part of the movie soundtrack "Cuore Scatenato", (somewhere in the nineties) A film by Gianluca Sodaro Part of the movie soundtrack "Una voce! Il mio diletto!", (somewhere in the nineties) A short movie by Gianluca Sodaro |