Name: Stupidamutaforma
Brand: Fera

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MDR36

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Release date

2023-03-10

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Fera

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Electronic

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Maple Death

Maple Death Records is an independent record label founded by Jonathan Clancy in 2015. Originally based in Bologna, Italy, the label is now located in both London, England and Bologna. Maple Death Records is known for its commitment to showcasing unique and innovative music from a diverse range of artists.

The label has gained recognition for its distinctive sound and uncompromising approach to releasing music. With a focus on underground and experimental genres, Maple Death Records has become a platform for emerging talent as well as established artists who push boundaries.

Distributed by The Business and Republic Of Music, Maple Death Records continues to make waves in the music industry with its carefully curated releases. Whether you're a fan of *Jonathan Clancy* or other talented musicians on the label, you can expect nothing less than exceptional sonic experiences from Maple Death Records.

Early morning sensory comfort, eyes decompressing, mind unraveling and body detachment creating circular forms and layers of thought. It’s like being inside a prism of shadows and light slowly cascading through lost memory cells. This is where ‘Stupidamutaforma’, Fera’s debut for Maple Death reveals its groundwork.&nbsp;

Fera is Andrea De Franco, electronic composer from Southern Italy now residing in Bologna, best known for his work as visual / comic artist and for running his own publishing house De Press. Just like with his drawings, Andrea De Franco, has been slowly building an expansive body of work collecting tracks, audio snippets and beautifully layered soundscapes that escape any definition of contemporary electronic form. Stupidamutaforma dates back to 2008-2010, and like its title is a deep journey into synthesis and metamorphosis through psychedelic shapeshifting electronic songs dumbed down (stupida) to encapsulate grime, errors, terrestrial bleeps and pulsating techno. Ten years of work that De Franco does not see as some sort of culmination of efforts but rather as a state of transition from insecurity to coming to terms with his obsession and acknowledging that this music needs to remain in somewhat of a raw form.

There is a highly romantic human thump to Fera’s approach to what once would have been called IDM, a spiritual transcendent quality that permeates his sonic paintings. ‘Stupida’ and ‘Decline Harvest’ are bathed in melancholic abandonment akin to the geographic explorations of Boards Of Canada or the synthetic research of early Mego releases. ‘Yung Leaf’ and ‘Funeral Flute’ rhythms collide into AFX ambient beats and the experimental techno that we grew to love on Subsist. Industrial rivers overflow on ‘Carefucker’, recorded through old Sunn amps with added drum cymbals, while the Kosmische peaks of ‘Circadian Harp’ degrade into Disintegration Loops and sentimental abstraction. Audio design, hybrid synthesis and emotional vulnerability are the backbone of Stupidamutaforma one of the most immersive and complete realms we have released in the past years. Extension and distortion of natural perception is at its core. &nbsp;

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