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12+ AUTotrophy
Coming from a Hip Hop background, Giacomo Cioni aka 12+ started out both as a
beatmaker and a rapper. Armed with his MPC sampler, he progressively went on to
explore other genres of music through his practice of the art of sampling.
“AUTotrophy” is a project born out of his time spent as a regular collaborator behind
the scenes of our label, a time during which he had the opportunity of digging deep
into our entire catalogue. Meticulously researching, sampling and looping the most
unusual sonorities out of our first 14 records, he succeeded in giving those albums a
new meaning by setting them in a totally new context. This thorough process resulted
in 13 tracks at the crossroads between instrumental hip-hop and groovy experimental
Release date: July 25, 201 6
Formats: Limited edition CD • Digital
Catalogue n°: AUT028
Video: vimeo.com/173762976 (pass: AUT12+)
electronics, first presented in Berlin during the Aut Fest 2014.
Giacomo Ciono thereafter further developed his concept and took inspiration in the
many forms of the principle of “transformation”, as conceived in different cultural and
scientific fields. The album's title as well as each track name are refering to a process
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of metamorphosis in various disciplines, from science to litterature or cinema.
Tracklist:
WIth "AUTotrophy" the Aut Records connoisseurs will be able to rediscover a good
1. Soul Eater / 2. Programmed Cell Death / 3.
Structural Stability And Morphogenesis / 4. Dreaming
Jewels / 5. Three Millimeters Per Day / 6. Phase
Transition / 7. Bigger Than The Sum / 8. Mismade Girl
/ 9. Moulting Cicada / 1 0. Uneasy Dreams / 11. Ready
To Hatch / 12. Holometaboly / 13. Innova Corpora
Credits:
Composition, recording: Giacomo Cioni in Wisbyer
PPL, Berlin.
Mix: Giacomo Cioni in Nuova, Rimini.
Mastering: Giacomo Calli in Sede Mea Revolutionae,
Anghiari.
Artwork: Francesco Giannetti.
Production: Giacomo Cioni and Aut Records.
Contact:
Aut Records • Davide Lorenzon
[email protected]
www.autrecords.com
part of our catalogue as they never heard it before, while the novices will find a unique
way to get acquainted with us.