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Bad Sector

Real Name:Massimo Magrini
Profile:Massimo Magrini was born in Lucca (Tuscany, Italy) in 1966. He had a long degree in Computer Science in Pisa University, with a thesis on musical applications of the Object Oriented paradigm. He studied electronic music with Alfonso Belfiore (professor at the State Conservatory of Florence). He collaborated with the Computer Music Lab of the CNUCE Institute of the Italian National Council of Research (CNR) for some years, developing hardware and software tools, composing his interactive computer music and playing it in various countries (Italy, Spain, Greece, Cuba etc.). He also collaborated with private companies developing software for musical devices based on digital signal processing.

During late 80s, he played in a local electronic band (Jesus Blood), using self built analog and digital synthesizers. Besides these activities in 1992 he created his Bad Sector musical project, trying to discover dark sonic areas and focusing his attention on the melting point between ambient, experimental, noise and minimal music. He has released various CDs and vinyls, always having good responses from international underground electronic music magazines and listeners. As Bad Sector, he performed live in Italy, France, England, Germany, Czech rep., Austria, Belgium, Australia and Russia.

Beside Bad Sector, in 2001 Magrini formed the project Olhon, together with the Where leading member Zairo. This project explores the territories between dark ambient and concrete experimental music using sounds recorded in extreme locations (caves, underwater etc.).

During 2002 he also started a collaboration with the Italian video-artist Giacomo Verde, creating the multimedia group called XEAR and working on interactive installations / electronic-theater scores.

Contact:
c/o Massimo Magrini
Via Laucci 402 55050 Massa Pisana (Lu) Italy
URLs:http://www.bad-sector.com/
http://www.myspace.com/badsectorbadsector
Aliases:Massimo Magrini
Name Variations: All | Bad Sector | Bad | Bs | Sector
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Releases:
Ze (Cass, C60)   Slaughter Productions 1994
Ampos (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   God Factory ... 1995
Dolmen ◄ (3 versions)   Drone Records 1996
Vacuum Pulse (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Old Europa Cafe 1996
Pressurized Music (Cass)   Freedom From 1997
Dolmen Factory (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Soffitta Macabra ... 1998
Jesus Blood (10", Ltd)   Power & Steel 1998
Plasma (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Old Europa Cafe 1998
Polonoid (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Bastet Recordings ... 1998
Transponder ◄ (2 versions)   Blade Records 1999
Neurotransmitter Actions (CDr, Album)   Loud!, Solipsism 2000
Toroidal Body (7", Ltd + CDr, Ltd)   Eibon Records, Pre Feed 2000
BadBox (CD, Album, Ltd, Car + CDr)   Tantric Harmonies 2001
Retrovirus (CDr, Album, Ltd)   Afe Records 2001
Survival Tools (CDr, Mini, Ltd)   Cohort Records 2001
The Harrow (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   AVA/ES1-Reset ... 2001
Xela ◄ (2 versions)   Waystyx 2001
Planar Energy (7", Pic, Ltd)   SmallVoices 2003
Idio Blast (CD, Ltd, Enh)   Insofar Vapor Bulk 2005
Kosmodrom (Album, EP) ◄ (2 versions)   Waystyx 2005
Reset / Rebis Periferiche (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Old Europa Cafe 2005
Sound Sources (10xFile, MP3 + 15xFile, WAV)   Radical Matters 2006
Unification (File, MP3, 128)   www.bad-sector.com 2006
Unification Ver. 0.5α (CDr, Mini, Ltd)   Old Europa Cafe 2006
CMASA (2xFile, MP3, 192)   www.bad-sector.com 2007
Storage Disk 1 (CD, Comp, Ltd, Car)   Waystyx 2007
Remote (File, MP3, 192)   www.bad-sector.com 2008
Storage Disk 2 (CD, Comp, Ltd, Car)   Waystyx 2008
Cmasa (CD, Album, Dig)   Power & Steel, Power & Steel 2009
Remixes:
The Biped Project, Version 1.0 (CDr) Dydounou (Bad Sector R... Pre Feed 2001
23 Miles Back On The Clockwork Highway (CD, Album) Babilonia Headbox Swit... Beyond Productions 2005
Ascending Triads & Luminous Arcs (2xCD, Album) Intermediate Nature (B... Loki Foundation 2006
Appears On:
Sonderangebot (CD, Comp) Li Chi Staalplaat 1996
Veiovis (CD, Album, Dig)   Nautilus (2) 2001
A Clockwork Highway (CD, Album) The Hills Have Eyes Code666 2004
Elegy Sampler 57 (CD, Smplr) Allineate Auttovetture Elegy 2009
Tracks Appear On:
Docili Fibre (CD, Comp) Ampos Docili Fibre 1996
Manifesto Industriale Italiano (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Flesh Into Flesh, Cont... Old Europa Cafe 1996
Sonderangebot (CD, Comp) Li Chi Staalplaat 1996
The Answering Machine Solution (CD, Comp) Untitled Staalplaat 1996
Prayer Of Mankind (2xCass, C60) Alexander 1922, Maria ... SSSM 1997
Ambient Intimacy Volume 2 (CDr, Ltd) Inside EE Tapes 1998
Baited Breath (2xCass, Ltd) Events Horizon Live Bait Recording Foundation 1998
Bastet's Bastards V2 (CDr) Density Matrix Bastet Recordings 1998
Circles Of Infinity (2xCass, Ltd) s200gas FX Myotis Records 1998
Neuropeanoise (Cass, Album) Energy Oscillation Loud! 1998
Box Of Silk And Dogs (9xCD, Ltd) Untitled Staalplaat 1999
12th Festival Of Independent Music And Arts (VHS, PAL) Live @ OJC Kompas EE Tapes 2000
Inquinamento Acustico Vol.1 (CD) Harrow (Mix II) Misty Circles, Oktagön 2000
Temple Of Kilowatts (CD) 6 Minutes Before Fluttering Dragon 2000
M The Rotten Things (CDr, Album) Receptor Badbeatz Records 2001
Ten Years Of Madness (Behind The Iron Curtain) (2xCD, Comp, 2nd) Burst Achtung Baby! 2002
The Afe Sampler #2 (2xCDr, Smplr, Promo) TCGT [Scatter] Afe Records 2002
Incendium (CD) Ampos Loki Foundation 2003
L'Ame Electrique Presents Old Europa Cafe (CD, Comp) Calibration L'Ame Electrique 2003
Angst (2xCD, Comp) Manned / Unmanned Spectre 2004
Land:[Schaft] (2x10") Flare, Four Minutes Wa... Cold Lands Distribution 2004
Scrinivm Vitae (CDr + Box, Ltd) Inertial, Body-Log, Bl... Old Europa Cafe 2004
Statement 1961 ◄ (3 versions) Receptor (Mix 02) Ironflame 2004
The Sound Of Nothingness (2xCDr) Pressure VOID Rekordz 2004
Italian Body Music Vol. 2 (File, MP3, 160) Decode Italian Body Music 2005
SmallVoices - :The Box: (13x7", Pic + Box, Ltd) Absussa, Ordinate SmallVoices 2005
Taucher Nr.1: Auf Der Suche Nach Dem Meer (CDr) Powerwaves Taucher 2005
Death Odors III (CD, Comp) CBO Slaughter Productions 2006
No Abiding Places (CDr) Stasi, Stasi Afe Records 2006
Terra Incendium (CD, Comp, Promo, Car) Ampos Loki Foundation 2006
Хатынь: Tacet, Sed Loquitur (CD, Comp, Ltd) Inner Pulse Stigmata Release 2006
The Old Europa Cafe (7xCD, Comp + Box) Old Europa On Air Old Europa Cafe 2008
Elegy Sampler 57 (CD, Smplr) Allineate Auttovetture Elegy 2009
Unofficial Releases:
Deadly Actions IV (CDr)   G.Productions 2000
Retrovirus (CD)   CorZar Records 2001
User Reviews:
minya, Mar 07, 2004

A true genius. Bad Sectors otherworldly music crosses and melds genres (industrial, noise, ambient, electronica, experimental) and he creates genuinely scary and beautiful music that must be heard to be believed.

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