- Lento Violento
Infobox Music genre
name = Lento Violento
bgcolor = silver
color = black
stylistic_origins =Italo disco ,Techno , Acid, Hardcore,Hardstyle
cultural_origins = Late 1990s:Italy
instruments =Synthesizer , Keyboard,Drum machine , Sequencer, Sampler
popularity = Medium
subgenrelist = List of electronic music genres
regional_scenes =Mediterranean Sea
local_scenes =Austria ,Germany ,Czech Republic ,Netherlands ,Spain Lento Violento is a style of
electronic dance music that developed inItaly . It name means "Slow & Violent", as this style typically has a tempo between 70 and 130 BPM. It consists of a hard kick, like the ones present in Hardcore orHardstyle , but played at a very slow tempo, with vocal samples and dark and acid sounds or loops.Origins
The first tracks with the Lento Violento sound were "Ibiza" by Ottomix (1998) and Alex Castelli's "Enjoy", that was co-produced by Ottomix. Although at that time, they were not yet called 'Lento Violento' yet. These tracks were influenced by the more
Techno and Trance-oriented tracks likeMauro Picotto 's "Lizard", "Iguana", "Pulsar", "Tuttincoro" or "Raggattak" by Joman (Joy Kitikonti ), all from the Italian BXR label.While some individual tracks were popular in the clubs, the style itself was not established until DJ/producer
Gigi D'Agostino started with a series of productions in 2003, like "Ripassa". It was he who coined the name for this style, and he releases most of his Lento Violento songs on his own label "Noise Maker", using aliases like Dottor Dag, Lento Violento Man, Uomo Suono, Orchestra Maldestra, or La Tana Del Suono, to distinguish these songs from hisItalo dance work.Other artists started to create similar tracks after the succes of this style. The most important of those artists are:
Daniele Mondello ,Luca Noise ,DJ Pandolfi , Mr.Dendo, Zeta Reticuli andDJ Maxwell .Also several compilation CD's are released with Lento Violento music, like the "Movimentolento" series.
ee also
Lento Violento e Altre Storie External links
* [http://www.discogs.com/label/Noise+Maker Noise Maker label overview at
discogs.com ]
* [http://forum.gigidag.com Official Gigi D'Agostino forum ("Italian language")]
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