NETHERWORLD is the moniker of Alessandro Tedeschi, and his soundscapes are mainly composed through extreme manipulations of fragments of classical music and field recordings. Such as the noise of the masses of ice, the sound of the aurora borealis, or the breath of icy wind, recorded directly in the arctic areas of the planet.Coming originally from Rome, NETHERWORLD published several works on various labels such as Fario, Angle Rec, Umbra, and Taalem, The Wire Tapper Series and Glacial Movements, with releases like "Morketid" (2007) , "Over the Summit" (2011) and “ Alchemy of Ice “ (2013).These were again critically acclaimed gems of ambient music. Alessandro Tedeschi is also the creator and owner of Glacial Movements Records in Italy. Over the last few years, the label has received much appreciation and critical acclaim from both the national and international music press. In the catalog of the label, there are the likes of Loscil, Bvdub, Francisco Lopez, Aidan Baker, Celer, Mick Harris/Scorn/Lull, Rapoon, Marsen Jules and many others.
Netherworld 2004 Eternal Frost Netherworld 2005 Firmament In Obscurity Netherworld 2007 Hallucinations Netherworld 2007 Kall - The Abyss Where Dreams Fall Netherworld 2007 Morketid Netherworld 2011 Over The Summit
An Iceberg is a large mass of ice detached from a glacier or from a floating platform of glaciers that drifst in the sea. It is in constant motion and most of its mass remains submerged under surface of the water. The goal of this new Iceberg series of releases on Glacial Movements is to describe through techno / dub music this huge mass of ice. Each record release will be produced in a special maxi digipack with images printed and embossed in spot gloss.
The first chapter of this series is "Zastrugi" - the first techno glacial album by Netherworld. It's a wind-eroded, hard-packed snow surface with irregular grooves and sharp ridges that is mostly found in the earth’s polar regions as well as on high mountains subject to high winds. The ridges, often appearing like frozen waves, form parallel to the prevailing winds and are usually found on windward slopes. The windward surface is usually rough and has a sand-blasted appearance. The snowy surface is very hard and is difficult to cross by foot or on skis. Netherworld aka Alessandro Tedeschi is also the creator and owner of Glacial Movements Records in Rome, Italy. He published several works on various labels such as Fario, Angle Rec, Umbra, and Taalem, The Wire Tapper Series and Glacial Movements with releases like "Morketid" (2007), "Over the Summit" (2011) and "Alchemy of Ice "(2013) .These were critically acclaimed gems of ambient music.
1) Mapsuk (13:05) An overhanging shape caused by the erosion of the wind on the snow surface.
2) Bergie Seltzer (12:46) The sound produced by an iceberg when it melts. It's generated by the release of air bubbles trapped in the ice sheets of the iceberg.
3) Sérac (10:03) A block or column of glacial ice, often formed by intersecting crevasses on a glacier.
4) Dry Andes (09:55) A climatic and glaciological subregion of the Andes, and it's characterized by the presence of penitentes.
5) Uikka (10:21) An evil spirit of Inuit mythology. It's widely feared because it aground boats between the ice blocks.
released April 15, 2015
Written, produced and composed by Netherworld. Co-produced, arranged, mixed and mastered by Matteo Spinazzè Savaris at Jung Studio. Sleeve by Rutger Zuydervelt.
An Iceberg is a large mass of ice detached from a glacier or from a floating platform of glaciers that drifst in the sea. It is in constant motion and most of its mass remains submerged under surface of the water. The goal of this new Iceberg series of releases on Glacial Movements is to describe through techno / dub music this huge mass of ice.
"Himuro” is the debut album of ambient duo Eraldo Bernocchi/Netherworld. Composed and produced in two years of exchanging material and sound inputs coming both from electronic treated guitars and organic sources. The album lies its foundation on ambient, dub, space and distance.
“Himuro" was an "ice cellar", a "'cold room" during the Edo period in Japan. The Kanazawa castle had one and after, during the Meiji period, these rooms were part of palaces. Often used for storing snow and keeping it during summer they had medical, food or ceremonial importance. During summer snow or ice kept in the himuro were sometimes sent from one castle to the other travelling as far as 500 km, relocating the "coldness".
For months Netherworld supplied Bernocchi with a vast array of soundscapes and textures, an endless stream of feelings and emotions that the latter used to create the foundations of the album tracks on which constructed guitar scapes (often not recognisable), bass lines, harmonies and grooves. After month of collecting and creating sound inputs, Bernocchi started to carefully assemble what we now can listen on Himuro. A velvety sound creation constantly balancing between a rhythm approach and pure drifting scapes. Perhaps the best description of this works lays in the words of philosopher Emil Cioran from his 1936 The Book Of Delusions:
“To detach yourself elegantly from the world; to give contour and grace to sadness; a solitude in style; a walk that gives cadence to memories; stepping towards the intangible; with the breath in the trembling margins of things; the past reborn in the overflow of fragrances; the smell, through which we conquer time; the contour of the invisible things; the forms of the immaterial; to deepen yourself in the intangible; to touch the world airborne by smell; aerial dialogue and gliding dissolution; to bathe in your own reflecting fragmentation…”
released June 23, 2017
Label: Glacial Movements Official Link: glacialmovements.com Artist: Eraldo Bernocchi & Netherworld Release date : 23th June 2017 Format: CD 6 panels Digipack ltd edition w/special finish + Digital Cat. Num: ICEBERG #3 Barcode: 8033959880272
Recorded @ The Place, Italy, @ Transmutation, London and @ GM studio, Rome All tracks by Eraldo Bernocchi Mixed and mastered by Eraldo Bernocchi
Eraldo Bernocchi: baritone guitars, electronics Netherworld: field recordings, treatments, electronics
Eraldo Bernocchi thanks Nude Guitars
Published by Antiphona (Sacem) Artwork and layout by Rutger Zuydervelt
