Torba

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Luigi Pianezzola arrives with a distinct and destructive sound on his debut record, II.
The Bassano del Grappa-based producer and The Soft Moon touring musician makes stark electronic tracks which pull from punk, industrial and club music while retaining a modern grit of his own.
In his solo project, TORBA, Pianezzola delves into the darker realms of post-punk, dark wave, and industrial music.
During the global pandemic, he channeled the solitude of quarantine into his creative process, resulting in compositions that reflect the era’s uncertainty.
II follows a debut self-titled EP released in late 2023, where Pianezzola discovered his signature approach with the help of producer Maurizio Baggio (The Soft Moon, Boy Harsher). They worked for an intense week at La Distilleria studio.
TORBA’s music offers a visceral experience, characterized by distorted undertones and evocative lyrics that explore themes of dislocation and existential estrangement.
Torba flits between angry and energetic offerings like ‘PUNTO’ and more reflective instrumentals. ‘SIDES’ and ‘ONDA’ are built on slow-moving climaxes, rhythmic playfulness and an enveloping nocturnal atmosphere. Giddy curiosity connects the two sides, as does a sense of danger. “I like to use acoustic sounds or samples and then I over-process to destroy it one piece at a time,” Pianezzola says. “I love to use bit reduction and digital distortion to keep just the tone and try to destroy everything else, to get to the very essence of the sound.
Through TORBA, Luigi Pianezzola crafts a mechanical lamentation of a civilization lulled by industrial noise, with skies darkened by the end of the sun—a soundless cry marked by the eerie echo of silence

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