SIGILLUM S
“ABORTED TOWNS, THE DEADLY SILENCE BEFORE UTOPIA”
SIGILLUM S, have been covering unknown territories among extreme electronics, fringe acoustics and occultist noise since 1985, with an original line up of Eraldo Bernocchi, Paolo L. Bandera and Luca Di Giorgio having now morphed into the current formation, where Eraldo and Paolo have been joined by Bruno Dorella, with Petulia Mattioli taking care of visuals, while many other friends and collaborators have contributed at different level through history.
They have been continuously developing their own special brand of post-industrial audio investigations, employing sound as a tool for mapping of the subconscious and a reconfiguration of cognitive processes.
The result has been an endless series of mutations, where, from the droning ritualism and ethnic explorations of the late ‘80s through the surreal science fiction soundtracks of the ‘90s to the super deep complexity of the new millennium, SIGILLUM S have been constantly evolving, crashing their way through a few tens of releases in all media and feeling particularly at home on the stages of the world.
The latest configuration is digging profoundly in an ever-changing continuum of harsh, irregular beats and sudden shift in experimental atmospheres, with an intrinsic penchant for unique graphic / video representation, mixed with crazed theories and overblown textual philosophies of all kinds: a current obsession for space travel and apocalyptic utopia makes for a very dangerous, but very rewarding listening experience.
2025 marks the 40^ anniversary of the project, and it is celebrated with a brand-new album “ABORTED TOWNS, THE DEADLY SILENCE BEFORE UTOPIA”, released on May 9, 2025, by SUBSOUND in a variety of formats.
As customary, “ABORTED TOWNS…” defines a new phase for SIGILLUM S, where movie-like harmonic structures interact with multiple layers of subterranean rhythms and profound drones, targeting a stark feeling of cultural anguish and belief suspension, while waiting for the future of urban environments to reveal itself.
Through ten tracks of chameleonic shape, noise peaks shift into overwhelming tales of disjointed architecture and ghostly melodies, narrating an oblique and unprecedented version of the SIGILLUM S canon.
This new full-length production will be accompanied by a number of selected live appearances throughout Europe (including headlining with an exclusive set the Dresden TOWER TRANSMISSIONS festival on September 13, 2025), together with a couple of special and limited additional releases (further details to follow).
May 2025
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