2 Febbraio '95 - Music

SOTTOPRESSIONE 1993 – 2000 – 2007 THE STORY SO FAR... Coming Out From The Experience With The Milan-Based Combo Maze At The End Of 1992 Fede-Rico Oddone Wants To Set Up A Project That Carries The Torch Of Old-School Italian Hardcore. The Legacy Of The Time Spent With Maze Took The Form Of Concerts Shared With Bands Such As Disper-Azione And Atrox Plus The Recording Of A Split 7” With Permanent Scar Inaudito Records . And Aside From That The Drummer For Maze Was The Same Fulvio That Played With Crash Box In The “Finale” LP Which Was Another Factor That Fueled In Fede-Rico The Will To Keep On The Glorious Tradition Of Italian Hardcore. So In 1993 He Assembles A First Line-Up With Loppo Squatter Of Piazza Bonomelli’s Virus And Bass Player For Klasse Kriminale In Their “Costruito In Italia” 7” EP And Bundi First Unparalleled Drummer Of Crash Box . A Mutual Taste In Music And The Will To Go Fast Brings Them To Draft A Handful Of Songs. The First Important Change In The Line-Up Sees Diste Who’s Destined To Become A Key Figure In The Band Joining Up On Bass. Shortly Thereafter He Gets In Touch With Mayo Vocals While Fede-Rico Recruits Mauro The Energetic Drummer Of Mudhead. SOTTOPRESSIONE Are Now Officially Born. Between Improvised Gigs And Constant Troubles The Four Are Able To Enter The Studio In The First Months Of 1994. Helped Out By Sanatana Guitar For GHCP They Manage To Record Live And In Just Three Hours An Advance Tape Containing Eight Tracks Including Cover Versions Of Negative Approach And Suicidal Tendencies. At The End Of 1994 Thanks To The Aforementioned Tape Giorgio Senesi Now Of Love/Hate80 Releases The Band’s 7” EP “E’ Il Momento” Mele Marce Rec. Four Tracks Of Fast And Fresh Italian Hardcore With Streaks Of East Coast Sound. Recorded And Mixed In About 10 Hours By The Skilled Paolo Mauri Afterhours Casino Royale Extrema Punkreas Ritmo Tribale Shandon… The Single Sports Also An Explicit Sleeve Design Born From The Long Lasting Friendship With Stiv “Rottame” Valli TVOR ’Zine – Rec. . After A Few Shows Rudy Medea Indigesti – Vacation House Rec. Notices The Strong Live Impact Of The Band And After A Crowded And Energetic Live Set He Offers The Guys A Deal That Results In The Self Titled Debut Album Recorded In The First Months Of 1996 By The Usual Paolo Mauri With The Help Of Livio Magnini Soon To Be Guitarist Of Bluvertigo . That First Full Length Sees The Very Young And Amazing Kuku Join In On Drums And Contribute To The Evolution Of The Sound Now Much More Mature Than Before. The Production Puts A Certain Emphasis On The Impressive Sound Of The Guitar But Without Altering The Overall Equilibrium. The Idea Of The Anvil On The Front Cover Comes Once Again From Stiv Valli During One Of The Usual Nice Afternoon Chats At New Zabriskie Point As To Symbolize The Tight Bond Between The Old And The New Italian Hardcore Scene. The Critics Greet Them With Open Arms Because Of The Blend Between Original Composition Well-Established Italian Roots Negazione Raw Power And Indigesti And Some New York Reference. In The Spring Of 1996 The Newcomer Kuku Leaves The Band Unexpectedly And He's Replaced By Luca Who Later On Will Join Jinx Minnie's And Maze Who Plays Some Shows Until The Autumn Of The Same Year When He And Mayo Decide To Leave The Band. Their Place Is Quickly Taken By The Italo-Swedish Enrico “Puglia” De Candia On Vocals And Dario “Crema” Cremonesi Very Technical And Fast Drummer . They Blend In Immediately The Harmony Is Great And The Four Get Off To A Flying Start With Fede-Rico And Enrico Working Very Closely On Writing New Songs Looking For New Solutions. Their Second Album “Così Distante” Is Released At The Beginning Of 1998 Again On Vacation House Rec. And Again With Paolo Mauri On Recording Duties. The Record Is Short Nervous Hectic Made Of Constant Changes And Strenuous Stop&go. The Lyrics Are More And More Inmost Of Feelings And Desperate And Cryptically Hold The Real Life Stories Of The Band During That Frantic And Dense Year Of Composition And Sharing. “Così Distante” Brought A Flattering Series Of Positive Comments Lots Of Gigs And An Even Bigger Following Quickly Becoming The Best Selling Title For Vacation House Rec. Who Later On Will Reissue The Self-Titled Album And The “E’ Il Momento” 7” EP On CD Format. Two Years Pass And The Scenery Changes. SOTTOPRESSIONE Decide To Step Out Of The Way Of Pure Hardcore To Walk Not Without Trouble The Path Of Post-Hardcore And Noise-Rock. They Compose Ten New Songs And Vacation House Rec. Fixes A Catalogue Number For The Album Without Even Waiting For It To Be Recorded The Artwork Is Almost Finished Anyway And The Title Has Already Been Chosen “Il Capitano” . Of Those Ten Songs Only Four Can Be Stylistically Defined Hardcore Among Them Maybe The Best Track SOTTOPRESSIONE Have Ever Written “Dio Solo Sa Che Fine Ho Fatto” But The Equilibrium Is Now Broken And The Guys Find Themselves In A Hybrid And Fuzzy Time… In The Meantime A Couple Tracks Are Taken Out Of This Ghost Album And Recorded For Two Compilations “Altrove 256 Proposizioni ” Appears On “Tracce” The First Release Of Wallace Records With One Dimensional Man A Short Apnea Six Minute War Madness Jinx Etc. In 2000 While In 2001 The Already Posthumous And Unconsciously Appropriate “Cenere E Simboli D’Autunno” Appears On “Uncage Your Punk Side” With Raw Power Punkreas Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti Derozer Moravagine Porno Riviste Etc . December 2000 The Fuzzy And Hybrid Moment Crystallizes. The Band After SEVEN STRENUOUS YEARS Splits Up After A Series Of Disappointing Rehearsals. A Quick Round Of Phone Calls Doesn’t Bring Any Hope So Everything Ends Like This With Just A Few Words Exchanged… April 2007 SOTTOPRESSIONE Are Back To Play Fast Again Ready To Embark In A Tour That Will Touch All Of The Italian Peninsula. The Chance Springs From The Highly Demanded Repress Of Their Entire Catalogue Which Has Been Out Of Print For Too Much Time. They’re Back In The Line-Up That Saw Them Parting Ways Coherent To What Fede-Rico Diste Dario And Enrico Told Each Other In That Winter Of Seven Years Ago “…if It Will Be Again We Will Start From Where We Left Off…”. - Emilio Celora -
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