IX TAB reissue reviewed by Caesar on Darkroom magazine
Capricorni Pneunatici IX TAB emerges from the shadows of the late 1980s as a work that seems suspended between myth and sonic experimentation.
Capricorni Pneunatici IX TAB emerges from the shadows of the late 1980s as a work that seems suspended between myth and sonic experimentation.
Translated from Spanish, sourced from John Pereyra FB post and his blog I’ve never wondered, nor have I ever heard of anyone doing so in any corner of the planet, on the periphery of the periphery of indie pop music. That is, artists and/or bands so radically removed from the …
Below text is an excerpt from the full review you can read on Weird bones website … And then there’s this. I’ll confess that the blurb completely sold me, and it would have had to have been a real dud for me not to appreciate something about it, even if …
There are works that don’t entirely belong to the time in which they were created. They remain suspended like restless entities, waiting to be evoked when the world is ready to listen to them. “Über Artaud” by Capricorni Pneumatici is one of these.
Video: Empty Heads Music: Capricorni Pneumatici – Excerpt from “Cavita’ ” and “Besz” – (CP I, 1987, 666 prod) Agnus Dei – © 1988 Empty Heads / SSS Prod Video original first release 1988, remastered 06/2014.
Video: Capricorni Pneumatici Music: Capricorni PneumaticiFrom Über Artaud – Published by Vasopressin – Vinyl Reissue 2025 Video post production: CP Studio © CP 2025
Recorded in a single day at the end of August 2022, Variants is a compact yet layered work, in which Capricorni Pneumatici tackle the very concept of “variants” — musical, biological, political — with surgical clarity.
… The title piece opens the release, and it’s almost 19 minutes, the longest one. With the sound of the soprano saxophone recorded in a cave and heavily processed along with the DX7, this is a very moody, dark ambient piece. It is not a strict drone, but it sounds …
Witchcraft by Capricorni Pneumatici is not just an album, but a sonic ritual that brings to light ancient practices and beliefs, enveloping us in an atmosphere of uneasiness and fascination.
A text explains: ‘Recorded in an underground location containing vitrified cement tanks’; it is further specified that the capacities of these tanks varied: some enormous, others smaller, and that they had openings both above ground level and below at depths of five or six meters, resulting in a truly unique …