Ars Benevola Mater
Encyclopedia
Ars Benevola Mater is an Italian
independent record label
, born in order to release and promote music, created by artists of different cultural origin with special sight on Central Europe territory (Poland
, Hungary
, Czech Republic
, Slovakia
, Latvia
, etc.). Its spiritual father, founder and owner is Mauro Casagrande. Ars Benevola Mater's production content all sorts of avantgarde projects from ambient
, dark ambient
, noise
or ambient industrial music up to various movements and forms of contemporary classical music, but it is not belonging to the usual idiomatic clichés. Ars Benevola Mater is not also linked to any political or religious ideal. All production of the label is registered to SIAE (Società Italiana Autori ed Editori). The label was established in 1999.
, Job Karma, Nostalgia, Radio Kuolema, Lagowski, Vladimír Hirsch
, Tamás Kátai, Our God Weeps, Oxyd, Caregon Del Diol, Rapid Action Brigade, Anima Mundi, Romowe Rikoito, Santa Biasin Trio, Matt Howden, Synta(xe)rror, Teatro Satanico, Bellborn, Thorn-Agram, Tor Lundvall, etc.
Italy
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independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
, born in order to release and promote music, created by artists of different cultural origin with special sight on Central Europe territory (Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
, etc.). Its spiritual father, founder and owner is Mauro Casagrande. Ars Benevola Mater's production content all sorts of avantgarde projects from ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
, dark ambient
Dark ambient
Dark ambient is a subgenre of ambient music that features foreboding, ominous, or discordant overtones. Although it had its roots in the 1970s, Dark ambient emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of newer, smaller, and more affordable Effects units, synthesizer and sampling technology...
, noise
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
or ambient industrial music up to various movements and forms of contemporary classical music, but it is not belonging to the usual idiomatic clichés. Ars Benevola Mater is not also linked to any political or religious ideal. All production of the label is registered to SIAE (Società Italiana Autori ed Editori). The label was established in 1999.
Label artists
Atrax Morgue, Novy SvetNovy Svet
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, Job Karma, Nostalgia, Radio Kuolema, Lagowski, Vladimír Hirsch
Vladimír Hirsch
Vladimír Hirsch is a Czech avantgarde composer, integrating industrial and dark ambient music with modern classical composition. Besides creating solo works, he is the founding member and leader of Skrol, Aghiatrias and various other projects...
, Tamás Kátai, Our God Weeps, Oxyd, Caregon Del Diol, Rapid Action Brigade, Anima Mundi, Romowe Rikoito, Santa Biasin Trio, Matt Howden, Synta(xe)rror, Teatro Satanico, Bellborn, Thorn-Agram, Tor Lundvall, etc.