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The sound of EthnaMorte is a collection of different types of music from diverse corners of this world, hence the “ethna” as a reference to the various ethnicities that helped shape different musical genres, and “morte” (Italian for “death”) to reflect the band’s gusto to promote the death of musical confines by experimenting with same genres as tools not limitations!The concept goes further to hopefully share with any potential listeners the freedom one could obtain by travelling from uplifting to more introspective musical ambiences – celebrating a joue de vivre that stands next to moods of solitude – thus helping one look within to reflect and come out stronger from one’s daily challenges. In this regard, literature works that are an alternative to the mainstream have from time to time found their way within EthnaMorte’s works.
It was late 2007 in London when guitar-crazy Malcolm El Gool met multi-instrumentalist Mick Di Lullo. Some months and 3 songs later, the duo performed live, with Di Lullo playing guitar, overtone flute, chinese bowl and zither, and El Gool tackling guitars in different tunings for each song.
Feeling the need to expand, the duo started searching for additional musicians, thereafter recruiting percussionist Guerilla Man & vocalist Vincenzo Cuorenero. The instrumental was spiced up with the lyrical, the musical with the theatrical, and an improved EthnaMorte singing in 5 different languages was born. This line-up went on to record 3 tracks in Nov 2008 & 4 more in 2009 (with Udi Glaser on guitars & Nicki Heinen on flutes replacing Di Lullo) at Ealing Film Studios, London College of Music & Media.
These 7 tracks were released as EthnaMorte’s debut CD “Sombra de um Mundo atras de Vidro”, a 78-minute work sung in 5 languages, and including a bonus movie clip for “A Different Shade of Beauty, the Perfect Shade of Madness” (filmed by the expert lens of Niko Samalekos in Hamburg, Germany). Released in April 2010 at a gig supporting Comus frontman Roger Wootton at his only London appearance in years, this album earned EthnaMorte no. 2 in the Reverbnation end of year 2010 world music charts for London.
Concurrently, EthnaMorte was chosen by Juxtapose Media (Jaypo, The Kut, The Alexandria Quarter, Navigator, etc) as Upcoming Band of the Month and one of the album’s tracks “Jogo Cego” was filmed live.
Officially released in April 2010 at a gig supporting Comus frontman Roger Wootton at his only London appearance in years, this album earned EthnaMorte no. 2 in the Reverbnation end of year 2010 world music charts for London.
As of then, EthnaMorte shifted to work primarily as a duo – Guerilla Man (vocals & percussions) & El Gool (guitars, backing vocals & all other instruments). With more instruments in their arsenal, new songs sounded ‘different’ to the initial EthnaMorte. So the “world music with a dark twist” tag was dropped and “death to music confines” replaced it.
Thereafter and throughout 2011, EthnaMorte shifted to work primarily as a duo – Guerilla Man (vocals & percussions) & El Gool (guitars, backing vocals & all other instruments), and spent time writing and performing new material for a 2nd release. Aided by different guest musicians playing different exotic instruments (guzheng, bansuri, ney taki, taiko drums to name a few) and vocalists (the title track alone is sung in 15 different languages), EthnaMorte entered the studio again in Nov 2011 & May 2012 to record 4 new tracks. The outcome of these recordings “Calling All Tribes” was released online in Nov 2012 and at gigs in April 2013. Clocking nearly at 40 mins, this release is intended as an interim between albums to keep fans, media & labels abreast of EthnaMorte’s new sound.
With 13 new unrecorded songs spread over 105 mins of new material at the time of writing (May 2013), if you are a record label and you like what you hear, feel free to drop EthnaMorte a line on info@ethnamorte.com
Meanwhile, to keep in line with its prerogative to present new material at every one of their few but select live shows, EthnaMorte have launched Project Alpha Omega Alpha : Life Death Rebirth. Following EthnaMorte’s road from its debut CD across the “Calling All Tribes” follow-up all the way to the newer unrecorded material. With the sole purpose to guarantee that every gig is a totally different experience for you, the tribe, more info is available here!
As mentioned in the opening lines, EthnaMorte’s vision is to transcend musical boundaries. To this effect, they have so far shared stages with a variety of bands across different musical genres – from glitchtronic to medieval folk, from blues/rock to bossa-nova, from afro-gypsy to drone/rock, from alt-metal/electronica to funk/jazz fusion, from Raggaeton to prog/doom metal, from punk to math/rock, from flamenco to IDM, across a multitude of genres, most notable of which was Roger Wootton (of the reformed Comus) at his only London appearance in 2010.
One night after a show someone told us “Thank you for giving London this new sound!” This comment means the world to us, and we want to share our musical vision with a wider global spectrum.
If you like our sounds, please join our mailing list at Reverbnation, MySpace or Facebook to follow our announcements about gigs, recordings, etc.
If you are a radio host, a publication, a club owner/manager/promoter, a booking agent or a record label interested in our vision, you can contact us via info@ethnamorte.com
Thank you
EthnaMorte
www.ethnamorte.com
www.myspace.com/ethnamorte
www.reverbnation.com/ethnamorte
www.facebook.com/ethnamorte
www.youtube.com/ethnamorte
It was late 2007 in London when guitar-crazy Malcolm El Gool met multi-instrumentalist Mick Di Lullo. Some months and 3 songs later, the duo performed live, with Di Lullo playing guitar, overtone flute, chinese bowl and zither, and El Gool tackling guitars in different tunings for each song.
Feeling the need to expand, the duo started searching for additional musicians, thereafter recruiting percussionist Guerilla Man & vocalist Vincenzo Cuorenero. The instrumental was spiced up with the lyrical, the musical with the theatrical, and an improved EthnaMorte singing in 5 different languages was born. This line-up went on to record 3 tracks in Nov 2008 & 4 more in 2009 (with Udi Glaser on guitars & Nicki Heinen on flutes replacing Di Lullo) at Ealing Film Studios, London College of Music & Media.
These 7 tracks were released as EthnaMorte’s debut CD “Sombra de um Mundo atras de Vidro”, a 78-minute work sung in 5 languages, and including a bonus movie clip for “A Different Shade of Beauty, the Perfect Shade of Madness” (filmed by the expert lens of Niko Samalekos in Hamburg, Germany). Released in April 2010 at a gig supporting Comus frontman Roger Wootton at his only London appearance in years, this album earned EthnaMorte no. 2 in the Reverbnation end of year 2010 world music charts for London.
Concurrently, EthnaMorte was chosen by Juxtapose Media (Jaypo, The Kut, The Alexandria Quarter, Navigator, etc) as Upcoming Band of the Month and one of the album’s tracks “Jogo Cego” was filmed live.
Officially released in April 2010 at a gig supporting Comus frontman Roger Wootton at his only London appearance in years, this album earned EthnaMorte no. 2 in the Reverbnation end of year 2010 world music charts for London.
As of then, EthnaMorte shifted to work primarily as a duo – Guerilla Man (vocals & percussions) & El Gool (guitars, backing vocals & all other instruments). With more instruments in their arsenal, new songs sounded ‘different’ to the initial EthnaMorte. So the “world music with a dark twist” tag was dropped and “death to music confines” replaced it.
Thereafter and throughout 2011, EthnaMorte shifted to work primarily as a duo – Guerilla Man (vocals & percussions) & El Gool (guitars, backing vocals & all other instruments), and spent time writing and performing new material for a 2nd release. Aided by different guest musicians playing different exotic instruments (guzheng, bansuri, ney taki, taiko drums to name a few) and vocalists (the title track alone is sung in 15 different languages), EthnaMorte entered the studio again in Nov 2011 & May 2012 to record 4 new tracks. The outcome of these recordings “Calling All Tribes” was released online in Nov 2012 and at gigs in April 2013. Clocking nearly at 40 mins, this release is intended as an interim between albums to keep fans, media & labels abreast of EthnaMorte’s new sound.
With 13 new unrecorded songs spread over 105 mins of new material at the time of writing (May 2013), if you are a record label and you like what you hear, feel free to drop EthnaMorte a line on info@ethnamorte.com
Meanwhile, to keep in line with its prerogative to present new material at every one of their few but select live shows, EthnaMorte have launched Project Alpha Omega Alpha : Life Death Rebirth. Following EthnaMorte’s road from its debut CD across the “Calling All Tribes” follow-up all the way to the newer unrecorded material. With the sole purpose to guarantee that every gig is a totally different experience for you, the tribe, more info is available here!
As mentioned in the opening lines, EthnaMorte’s vision is to transcend musical boundaries. To this effect, they have so far shared stages with a variety of bands across different musical genres – from glitchtronic to medieval folk, from blues/rock to bossa-nova, from afro-gypsy to drone/rock, from alt-metal/electronica to funk/jazz fusion, from Raggaeton to prog/doom metal, from punk to math/rock, from flamenco to IDM, across a multitude of genres, most notable of which was Roger Wootton (of the reformed Comus) at his only London appearance in 2010.
One night after a show someone told us “Thank you for giving London this new sound!” This comment means the world to us, and we want to share our musical vision with a wider global spectrum.
If you like our sounds, please join our mailing list at Reverbnation, MySpace or Facebook to follow our announcements about gigs, recordings, etc.
If you are a radio host, a publication, a club owner/manager/promoter, a booking agent or a record label interested in our vision, you can contact us via info@ethnamorte.com
Thank you
EthnaMorte
www.ethnamorte.com
www.myspace.com/ethnamorte
www.reverbnation.com/ethnamorte
www.facebook.com/ethnamorte
www.youtube.com/ethnamorte