armonicum and mystic strings
Maurizio Abate is a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist that has been playing in many different psychedelic projects: Neokarma Jooklo with David Vanzan and Virginia Genta; Eternal Zio with Rella The Woodcutter, Valla and Raubaus; Asabikeshiinh with Roberto Maggioni and Golden Cup with Luca Massolin. Among all his collaborations Maurizio played also with Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mother Temple), finnish double-bass player Tero Kemppainen and Tasaday.
Imagine John Fahey recording The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death after he's lost his keys, watched his team lose and found his lady in bed with his previously loyal horse - that's about the level of intensity we're looking at on this one (…) pretty staggering to be honest.. (Brett-Norman Records)
As a solo guitarist, he places himself beside strings phenomena as James Blackshaw, Harris Newman, Ben Chasny or Jack Rose during his more experimental phase. (Radio 6 Public Radio-Holland)
A sublime collisions of John Fahey-esque acid guitar picking set against trance-indulged eastern raga(…) The love he puts on every single touch of his strings, the warmth and the beauty of these sounds captured on an analog tape recorder for the first time, reveal the perfect symbiosis between the man and his music. Highly psychedelic.
