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Maurizio Bianchi

Country: ItalyMember of: Maribor, Vértice

Maurizio Bianchi, born in Milan in 1955, built the sound of Italian industrial music with a tape recorder and a few electronic boxes. He started in 1979 under the name Sacher-Pelz, then as MB released a stream of cassettes and albums, among them Symphony for a Genocide (1981), cold, slow, grinding pieces that later noise and dark ambient musicians took as a starting point. In 1984 he became religious and stopped completely.

Technodeath (tape)
Very rare 1981 cassette compilation with visual inserts released by Trax in 1981 with contributions by Bladder Flask and by M.B., M.A. Phillips, Spirocheta Pergoli, Vittore Baroni and Those Little Aliens among others. Complete with all inserts
Fragmentages
Softcover book of 208 pages with 200 collages by Maurizio Bianchi, his audio work on cassette and two original collages; one of the copies with the tape instead of the CD.
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Seti Non Tael Tene
Test pressing of the LP Seti Non Tael Tene by Ramona Ponzini, Maurizio Bianchi, on 13 (Silentes).
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Telmegiddo
Telmegiddo, recorded in February 1983 at the Mectpyo Studio, was Maurizio Bianchi's last tape decomposition before his long hiatus. Mercium reissues it on CD, remastered: two parts of about 25 minutes.
Moho Abyss
Maurizio Bianchi with P.U.M.A. (Luca Valisi and Monica Calanni Rindina): ten pieces of drones, synths, field recordings and voice titled after THX 1138, Eraserhead, Stalker and other dystopian films. CDr, 100 copies.
N.E.S.W.
Maurizio Bianchi's N.E.S.W. (Negativity-Enmity-Spurn-Worse), first issued by Lona Records in 2014, back on CDr: four long tracks that rotate the points of the compass, almost seventy minutes. 30 copies.
Erthion
Maurizio Bianchi's Erthion, first issued by Young Girls Records in 2010, back on CDr: eight tracks titled after verses of the biblical Lamentations, about an hour, mastered by Pharmakustik. 30 copies with mini poster.
March-Ex
Maurizio Bianchi's March-Ex, first issued by Lona Records in 2009, back on CDr from BeTon Raw: five tracks, about an hour, with the voice of Yoko Ishimoto Kamimura and mastering by Siegmar Fricke. 30 copies.
Anechoic-Y
Two sixteen-minute pieces of anenoises and choictronics recorded by Maurizio Bianchi as M.B. in 2017 at the Emoptyc studio in Opera, with artwork built on photos of anechoic chambers. 30 copies on BeTon Raw.
Kathamenja
Maurizio Bianchi's Kathamenja, first issued by Lona Records in 2011, back on CDr from BeTon Raw: five tracks, close to seventy minutes, with the original preface printed in the package. 30 copies.
Carcimetrio
Maurizio Bianchi's Carcimetrio, first issued by Simple Logic in 2006, back on CDr: four long pieces named after tumours and growths, over seventy minutes, mastered by Siegmar Fricke. 30 copies.
Bundle
M.U.U.N.H. 31.04.1982 + A Journey Through Sound, Silence and Return
Bringing page and tape into the same charged zone, this bundle pairs A Journey Through Sound, Silence and Return with M.U.U.N.H. 31.04.1982, uniting Maurizio Bianchi’s most ascetic industrial vortex with Raffaele Pezzella’s definitive monograph. Together they form a single, immersive dossier on sound as extremity, withdrawal and unresolved return.
A Journey Through Sound, Silence and Return (Monograph)
Few figures in experimental music embody rupture as completely as Maurizio Bianchi. A Journey Through Sound, Silence and Return traces his arc from ferocious early industrial extremism to a radical withdrawal and enigmatic comeback, revealing an artistic ethic where creation, renunciation and re-emergence form one continuous, troubling gesture.
M.U.U.N.H. 31.04.1982
Recorded at a pivotal moment in his trajectory, M.U.U.N.H. 31.04.1982 captures Maurizio Bianchi refining sound into a stark environment rather than a composition. Static yet volatile, it strips electronics to bare impulses, anticipating isolationist ambient and dark drone while remaining rooted in the brutal materiality of early industrial experimentation.
Verfall
*30 copies limited edition* The CDr is contained in a black cardboard envelope measuring 13x13 cm. about (250 grams thick) with a 3x13,50 cm sticker on the front. The CDr has a small sticker, and inside the envelope there is a photocopied insert in the format of a mini poster of the dimensions of 22x33cm. open and 11x11 cm. closed, approximately (paper 80 gr. thick). Inside there is also a 12x12 cm. insert (200 grams thick) that reproduces in front and back two collages of M.B.
T.M.C.T.B.
*42 copies limited edition* Handmade packaging.The CDr is contained in a 14x20 cm embossed black cardboard envelope. A sticker is attached to the envelope.A small caution/danger sign printed on PVC is in turn attached to the sticker.Inside the envelope are:- a printed CDr- a full-color tri-fold cover- a bookmark- a sticker- a printed front and back page of Les Chants De Maldoror by Le Comte De Lautréamont. The front features the original title page from the first printing of the work, while the …
R.C.E.
*30 copies limited edition* The CDr is contained in a black cardboard envelope measuring 13x13 cm. about (250 grams thick) with a 10x10 cm sticker on the front. The CDr has a small sticker, and inside the envelope there is a printed bi-folded of 12x24 cm. open and 12x12 cm. closed, approximately (paper 120 gr. thick). Subtitle: Exasperating sonata in three dissections for enharmonic pianoforte, industrial oscillations and digital emissions.
Mokushi XVI, XVI
*36 copies limited edition* Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 14x20 cm embossed beige cardboard envelope. A sticker is attached to the envelope.The envelope has a hole closed with two pieces of black satin ribbon holding a little bell in silver or gold metal.There are two editions of 18 copies each one: 18 have the silver bell and 18 copies have the gold bell.Inside the envelope are:- a plastic envelope containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CD-R. The CD-R is printed- 2 insert…
Archives
On Archives, Italian industrial pioneer Maurizio Bianchi (M.B.) assembles a stark dossier of early cassette‑era works, exposing the bare circuitry of his noise archaeology: corroded drones, medical‑grade pulses and desolate tape decay stripped of any human consolation.
I.A.V.C. Tapes
Limited edition of 33 copies in black cardboard boxset. 1980. Working alone from his home in the Mantuan town of Pomponesco, twenty-four years old, equipped with little more than an analogue synthesiser, a tape machine, and a small bank of effects, Maurizio Bianchi closed the chapter of his earlier Sacher-Pelz project and inaugurated, almost overnight, the body of work that would place him at the heart of European industrial music. Across roughly twelve months he produced an extraordinary run of…
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Industrial tape
This is where it begins. Recorded in May 1980 and self-released the same year as catalogue number 01, Industrial Tape is the founding document of the MB project, the first cassette Maurizio Bianchi issued under his new name after closing the Sacher-Pelz chapter. Working alone in his home in the Mantuan town of Pomponesco, twenty-four years old, equipped with little more than an analogue synthesiser, a tape machine, and a small bank of effects, Bianchi laid down four pieces that would set in moti…
Voyeur Tape
101 Copies. Recorded in July 1980 and issued shortly thereafter on Andrew Cox's YHR Tapes with the catalogue number YHR 005, Voyeur Tape was the first MB cassette to cross the Channel into the British industrial underground, preceding by a matter of months its companion Cold Tape, which would follow on the same imprint as YHR 006 before year's end. Together the pair formed Maurizio Bianchi's decisive entry into the small mail-order network through which European industrial music was circulating …
Cold Tape
101 Copies. Recorded in the autumn of 1980 and originally issued the same year on Andrew Cox's YHR Tapes in the United Kingdom, Cold Tape marks the moment Maurizio Bianchi's music first crossed the Channel into the British industrial underground. After a feverish run of self-released cassettes that spring and summer under the MB name, working from his home in the Mantuan town of Pomponesco, Bianchi entered into correspondence with the small network of European cassette imprints that had begun to…
Atomique Tape
Edition of 101 copies. Recorded in June 1980 and self-issued the same year on cassette, Atomique Tape belongs to the legendary first wave of releases under the MB name, the moniker Maurizio Bianchi adopted that spring after closing his earlier project Sacher-Pelz. Across roughly twelve months, working from his home in the Mantuan town of Pomponesco, Bianchi produced an extraordinary run of self-released tapes that would, almost immediately, place him at the centre of the international industrial…
Mental Depression
*36 copies limited edition* Maurizio Bianchi amassed pre-transposed sounds together with hertzian waves; no electronics were utilized.
Live At R.P.M. 01.01.1983
*30 copies limited edition* The CDr is contained in a black cardboard envelope measuring 13x13 cm. about (250 grams thick) with a 10x10 cm sticker on the front. The CDr has a small sticker, and inside the envelope there is a photocopied insert in the format of a mini poster of the dimensions of 20x40 cm. open and 10x10 cm. closed, approximately (paper 80 gr. thick).The only difference in this reissue is the picture on front sticker that is a negative of the first edition
Heczplaser / Black Pulse (LP)
2010 split LP by the the undisputed Italian master of industrial/electronic music with Roman noise/drone artist, released by CX Records in and edition of 300 copies. With inserts.
Segmenti A + B (LP)
First volume of the 2015 collaboration of the undisputed Italian master of industrial/electronic music with Italian Ambient/drone duo, released by TIBProd. in an edition of 202 copies with silk-screened insert.
Segmenti C1 + C2 (LP)
Second volume of the 2015 collaboration of the undisputed Italian master of industrial/electronic music with Italian Ambient/drone duo, released by TIBProd. in an edition of 205 copies with silk-screened insert.
Nowhere To Play (LP)
Rare and great post-industrial experimental compilation edited by the Haters' GX Jupitter-Larsen presenting very obscure Canadian projects available only here - Si Monkey, .08, Xyster and L.C.D. Grey - plus the outstanding Italian master M.B, privately released in a numbered edition in 1982. With booklet.
Konkrete Klaenge
*42 copies limited edition* Handmade packaging.All materials are recycled.The CDR is contained in a striped plastic (black or transparent). The plastic bag is closed with metal staples.The plastic bag has pieces of metal wire attached to the bag with a length of gray cloth tape. A sticker is attached to the tape.Inside the bag are:- a small white bag containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CDR. A sticker is attached to the bag.- a black and white tri-fold cover- a small sticker
Zyklusters
*36 copies limited edition* Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 14x20 cm embossed black cardboard envelope. A sticker is attached to the envelope.The envelope has a hole closed with a piece of white satin ribbon holding three steel washers (rings/clusters).Inside the envelope are:- a black envelope containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CD-R. The CD-R is printed- a full-color bi-fold cover- a bookmark- a sticker
Loopspool
*36 copies limited edition* Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 14x20 cm embossed beige cardboard envelope. A sticker is attached to the envelope.The envelope has a hole closed with two pieces of satin ribbon (grey and blue) holding a charm in silver metal wich represents the symbol of infinity.Inside the envelope are:- a plastic envelope containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CD-R. The CD-R is printed- a full-color tri-fold cover (13x13 cm. closed, 39x13 cm. developed)- a minip…
Organemia
*42 copies limited edition* Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 13x13 cm brown cardboard archival sleeve. A sticker is placed on the sleeve.Inside the sleeve are:- a sleeve containing a black polycarbonate CD-R, which resembles vinyl. The CD-R is printed. The sleeve is a random color: yellow, green, orange, or blue.- a full-color bi-fold cover.- three bookmarks.- a mini poster.Layout – Antonio Benini
January 2016
*30 copies limited edition* Celebratory release for the tenth anniversary of the first track, released digitally only.This edition is entirely handmade.The CD-R is contained in a plastic sleeve with a frozen look, sealed with metal staples.A polyester print is attached to the front of the plastic sleeve.Inside the plastic sleeve is a paper sleeve containing the CD-R and a small insert with liner notes.The envelope and insert are printed on special high-quality lined paper.
Persecutionem
LAST COPIES - LP album, numbered and stamped vinyl limited edition of 250 copies. 'I've taken inspiration for this medicative work from the sordid persecution of the early Christians, but in other ways we receive objectivistic persecution every day from this standardized system, from our wretched condition and from the modern persecutors which are hidden behind their threatening countenances. The appropriate soundtrack of such perturbed sufferings is this justifiable work, 'Persecutionem', in wh…
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The Bowls Of Anger
The Bowls of Anger is a haunting experimental album by Italian industrial pioneer Maurizio Bianchi, released in 2010 as a limited CD edition of 200 copies. Drawing directly from Revelation chapter 16, verses 1-21 in the Bible—which describes the Seven Bowls of God's Wrath poured out as apocalyptic plagues—the work transforms these cataclysmic biblical events into immersive, dissonant soundscapes.
ODRZ100
** Edition of 250** Here it is, the big 25 year celebration of ODRZ's performances and recordings. 100 guests and a 100 tracks. Available as a USB-card housed in a 7" fold-out sleeve. Among the various artists: Francisco Meirino, Deison, Lyke Wake, Sshe Retina Stimulants, Enten Hitti, Bruno Cossano, Simon Balestrazzi, Officine Schwartz, Andrea Marutti, Maurizio Bianchi, Iugula-Thor, Maurizio Marsico, KK Null...
M.B. For Buddha
*30 copies limited edition* This work had previously appeared only as a file on a compilation: now it has found its physical release. A single track of over 17 minutes of very reflective industrial and dark ambient music. A usual non-standard package made by BeTon Raw.Handmade packaging.The mini CD-R is contained in an envelope (14x9 cm) with fake postage and a postmark featuring the M.B. logo.In addition to the mini CD-R, the envelope also contains four postcard-style inserts (13.50x8.70 cm), t…
Early and Last 23 Minutes
*30 copies limited edition* Reissue of two separate mini cd-rs made by Lona Records in 2012 and 2013, now reunited in an unique package made with a gatefold cover. Industrial and dark ambient from the master.Handmade package.The two mini CD-Rs are contained in a gatefold sleeve printed on high-quality 200-gram paper, measuring approximately 9 x 9 cm (closed) and approximately 18 x 9 cm (open).The sleeve is closed with a double black satin ribbon that holds a slipcase printed on 300-gram polyeste…