Maurizio Mansueti  [ErMan]

Maurizio Mansueti [ErMan]:

Electronic musician and experimental artist. He was among the first artists in Italy to reevaluate the theremin instrument since 1999. A very special musical "vintage" instrument that is played by moving the hands around a "sound spectrum" and therefore invisible and "magic".

In the middle of the 90’s he was leading the lounge-jazz band The Transistors, and their music was influenced by the history of Exotica music. Listening the theremin played by Samuel Hoffman enchanted Maurizio. It was exactly what he was searching for: melodies of the future played in the past, classical sound but electronic.

It was only the beginning. Today, the theremin is his first Instrument with his Timeless Sonic Factory (TSF) project.

He composes contemporary music experimenting the Theremin as primary voice, using electronics, modern and virtual instruments to emphasize the theremin’s role. Maurizio Mansueti draws suggestive musical paintings with his theremin to explore exoticism in music with a contemporary approach.

As “Timeless Sonic Factory” he published 4 theremin albums:

• "Theremin, the way I feel" (2009), dedicated to the invention of Leon Theremin

• "Carnival of Seduction" (2013), a fascinating and intriguing musical provocation: tragic, deep and emotional.

• “KOKORO – Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto” (2016) - It's definitely Theremin's first album dedicated to the art of Ryuichi Sakamoto ever recorded before.

• “Vanishing Point” (2020) tells in music an introspective journey towards a point that tends to the infinite, where parallel lines of thoughts, stories and emotions converge.

In 2020 his music was also included in the THEREMIN100 - CD Edition (©001NYTS) - featuring 20 top theremin artists from 18 countries, produced by THE NY THEREMIN SOCIETY to celebrate the centennial of the theremin's birth.