Moon

I'm seven. I'm watching our black and white TV set. There's no remote, no surround-digital-whatever shit or anything. But there's no need for any of this since I'm watching Space 1999, and the episode's called 'the troubled spirit'. I'm enchanted by the psychedelic guitar opening. I'm scared by the episode itself, scared to death by the strange and as pessimistic and metaphysical as usual story. That next night, I dream of monsters - with a soundtrack that sounds like Mahavishnu Orchestra remixed by Merzbow. Moon is my adult tribute to the soundtracks of my childhood nightmares, a long time ago.

Moon was born in the almighty year 2000, trying to imagine back what the music of the future would sound like back in 1976, when I actually was seven. As the music of the never-happened Y2K bug. As backup music for the novels of Philip Dick or Clifford Simak. As an homage to the future Weird Tales used to call ÒscientifictionÓ. As a loving farewell to Emily Dickinson, Vladimir Mayakovski, George Orwell and Vincent Price. As a tender thank you to Flying Saucer Attack, Labradford, The Telescopes, Merzbow, Boards of Canada, Mogwai, Acid MotherÕs Temple and a lot of others.

Moon is DDN who makes music, and Eva Di Orio, who sings and gathers or writes beautiful lyrics. Moon also is: Gretsch sparklejet 1616, Danelectro Baritone, Fender Jazz Bass, Tenson blue electro-acoustic guitar, Boss GT-5, Hartke bass attack, Korg dl-50 delta, Roland Juno-106, Welson Globetrotter drawbar organ, Korg ms2000R, Sirkut Electronics Synth Noise Box, No1derland Theremin, Home-made Circuit-bent toys and beatboxes, Roland MC-505, to make music in bed and on holidays, Lounge Lizard, EVE, DaHornet (only because of lack of space and money).

Moon has released 8 albums on CDR and net labels, made tracks for several compilations more or less widely distributed (like Northern StarÕs Psychedelica vol.2) and remixed a lot of people (The TelescopesÕ Òuntitled secondÓ released on Revola Records last year features one of these). But thatÕs not the point. Being famous or widespread isnÕt the point. The point is the music.