Massimo De Mattia - Resonance [Aut Records 121]

Coming in via mail from Italy recently is "Resonance", the new, January 29th, 2k25 released album by Massimo De Mattia. Put out on the circuit via the ever growing label that is Aut Records the ten pieces and roughly 32 minutes spanning longplayer was recorded in its entirety at a location named Mako Of Cordenons, an ancient and long time abandoned industrial complex originally built for cotton processing at which Massio De Mattia performed solo on flute and found objects, just by himself and without any audience present. The result of this adventurous venture is without a doubt an eerie one in which the ever present and presumably vast spaces to be found in the former industrial site play as much of a role than the actual music itself, a combination of wandering, oftentimes improvised, lively and somewhat enchanted melodies and randomly occuring industrial 'percussions' - hard hitting bursts of kicked bricks, rocks and concrete, clattering metal sheets and brutalist noises, at times evoking echoes of memories of Avantgarde Jazz and early Einstürzende Neubauten at the same time, at other points and especially in the title track "Resonance" filled with longing melancholia and the wondrous nature of curious, yet giddy pixies and other magical creatures of rather shy nature whereas "The Smell Out Here" presents a rather thrilling back and forth between high frequency flute sequences, scraping metal and stones, cluttering litter and an overall Avantgarde-leaning cut-up feel whilst "Burnt Plastic Bodies" pairs rather unsettling, earth-shaking metallic quasi drums and short whipping hollow hits with deep, emotionally touching melodies seamlessly leading into the rather oriental "Nowhere To Hide" just to name a few. A highly recommended take on improvised, location-based Avantgarde Jazz this. Go check.