Lorenzo Abattoir
Lorenzo Abattoir (Lorenzo Abbà) is a sound artist from Turin whose work centres on breath, bodily sounds and microphones used at very close range. After playing in punk and then black metal bands, he reduced his practice to the voice alone and places it in the tradition of sound poetry, citing Henri Chopin as a reference. His main recorded work is a cycle of acts that build a non-verbal vocal language between human and animal.
Macchina Che Respira
Piero Fogliati’s “Macchina che respira” (1990) is a kinetic sculpture built entirely around the realization of the author’s artistic utopia: imbuing lifeless machinery with the rhythmic and self-sustaining process of an organism. It is an apparatus o…
Ipotesi
*60 copies limited edition*
All tracks composed / edited and mixed by Lorenzo Abattoir and Federico Dal Pozzo, September 2024
Sound samples by Michelle Anelli (Double Bass on track 2),Mauro Sambo (Saxophone on track 4),Riccardo La Foresta (Drums on …
Titled2
*80 copies limited edition* Composed for a multichannel live diffusion of wind instruments at Cinema Bellevaux in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 16th, 2023. Sound samples by Freddie Murphy, Giovanni Lami, Mauro Sambo, Martin Mayes and Alexandra Manda…
Mess (Akt IV)
150 copies made available for international distribution, limited LP edition including an insert with drawings, score and notes. Over the past two years, Lorenzo Abattoir's work has focused on researching various breathing and amplification technique…
Disincarnazione
"Disincarnazione" is a religious term that refers to the loss of one's bodily nature, attaining an incorporeal state of being. This work goes in the opposite direction, analyzing a range of sounds produced by the human body, focusing on its aggressiv…
Abstersion
Dinzu Artefacts presents Abstersion by Lorenzo Abattoir. An exquisite collage exploring the internal sound-world of an upright piano. The piano here has shed its traditional use as a musical instrument to emerge as a wonderfully sonorous body in itse…
Titled
**Edition of 120** Collaboration between Elisha Morningstar and Lorenzo Abattoir. A true gem on Tsss Tapes.
Thought Is The Enemy
Krishnamurti is the duo project of Italian sound artists Giovanni Lami and Lorenzo Abattoir, who aim to create a new type of soundscape using the Indian drone instrument called the shruti box. Originally from Ravenna, Giovanni Lami has since the 201…
Ostensione
**200 copies** Ostensione is the act of showing or demonstrating something that usually can't be shown. Something that is not visible or tangible. Inspired by the automatic drawing techniques of Austin Osman Spare and other magical practices. The ma…