http://secretthirteen.org/honzo-d-carbone-live-recording-mix/ The author of the mix is Davide Carbone (b. 1987), an Italian electronic music artist based in Berlin who works under D. Carbone and Honzo monikers. Moreover, Davide is a co-founder of such promising techno labels as Reptich and 3TH Records. Working together with fellow musicians like Ascion, Shapednoise and Lucindo, Davide firmly taken root in the global ‘underground’ scene. Since 2006 he has released numerous punchy records on labels like Planet Rhythm, Inner Surface Music, Dynamic Reflection, Black Sun and his own imprints. Mainly focusing on acidic, deep and metallic beats shrouded with raw and industrial atmosphere, Davide recently turned his interest into more experimental and complex world of sound, which flows directly from his subconscious. Davide’s new Honzo project born out of his keen interest in human psychology (primary emotions like fear, anger, sadness, which are common for all humans of all cultures) and desire to reveal the bipolarity of his musical expression. By incorporating submerged futuristic-breakbeats, haunting cinematic soundscapes, cutting edge modulations and the whole dark palette of sonorous sounds, Davide is figuratively painting a dramatic, yet post-apocalyptic and to some extent brutal and hopeless world’s fragment. With his distorted, drony and hallucinatory recordings Davide is definitely building a new musical perspective to techno music. It can be heard at Honzo’s debut 12″ record “In A Bipolar Disorder” which was released in the late 2013. February 2015 will be marked by his new record on 3TH Records. Moreover, Honzo is also working on new material which is planned to be released on Haunter and Arboretum labels. “Secret Thirteen Mix 135” is a public debut live recording by Honzo exploring the depths of electronic design, probing in dark, submerged sound areas where only few techno producers navigate. All tracks were composed by Honzo himself and divided into single elements and executed with the software in real time live session. This live recording has been recorded at Honzo home studio using Ableton, Vestax VCM-600, Allen & Heath 42 and Audio 8 dj audio interface. Instead of providing a setting for toes tapping and head nodding, such dense and noisy soundscapes seem tailor-made for outer-body experiences, especially with a recording played at lofty or empty surroundings just to allow the dramatic cathedral mood to expand and even more. J. M. W. Turner’s classical paintings such as “Fishermen at Sea”, “Melrose Abbey” or “Snow Storm” could be a right visual illustration of how powerful and sublime this recording is.
