soundtracks
BIO
Self-taught musician, electric guitar and whatever else he can get his hands on.
His first experiences were at the beginning of the 80s in the historic band Tasaday, pioneers of the "industrial" trend in Italy.
Later (1986) he was a founding member of Afterhours, with whom he played until 1990 and subsequently of Six Minute War Madness (1992 - 2000).
At the same time as Six Minute War Madness he founded, with Xabier Iriondo and Fabio Magistrali, A Short Apnea (1997); a piece of history of the Italian underground scene.
In the '00s he continued to play with the reformed Tasaday and, after the dissolution of A Short Apnea, with Uncode Duello (2004), a duo project with Xabier Iriondo, as well as being part of numerous collateral projects including End Of Summer, Four Gardens In One, EAReNOW, Damo Suzuki Network.
After his debut as a soloist with 4 songs on the Phometak #10 vinyl (under the name Paolo Cantù), in 2012 he began his solo project under the name Makhno. Three albums under his belt, Silo Thinking (2012), followed by The Third Season (2015) and Leaking Words (2018), played, recorded and mixed in complete autonomy, with the participation of some guests including Federico Ciappini (Six Minute War Madness).
With the various formations he has released over 25 albums, hundreds of concerts in Italy and Europe and live and studio collaborations with: Tupelo, Polvere, Bias, Mattia Coletti, Damo Suzuki Network, Wu Fei, Rhys Chatam, Hysm? Duo, The Great Saunites, The Rambo, Anatrophobia.
In 2020 he began the collaboration with the film production company Cineparallax, composing the original soundtrack of the docufilm Viaggio nel Crepuscolo by director Augusto Contento, where he wrote all the music, played all the instruments and which saw the participation of Thiago França on Sax and Flute and contributions by Federico Ciappini, Laetitia Sadier, Mark Stewart, Juçara Marçal, Margareth Kammerer and Audrey Chen on voices.
The film is selected and presented out of competition at the 78th Venice Film Festival (2021).
Also for Cineparallax he is working on the soundtrack of Augusto Contento's next film, Strade nella Malerba, scheduled for release in 2024.
DISCOGRAPHY
1982 ORGASMO NEGATO Verità Superflua Tape (tas001)
ORGASMO NEGATO Implosione Tape (tas002)
1983 NULLA IPERREALE Tra le rovine dei sensi Tape
NULLA IPERREALE Il nulla che attira a sé Tape (ADN002)
1984 TASADAY Riflessi sensibili Tape (ADN007)
TASADAY Aprirsi nel silenzio LP (DLL01)
TASADAY Implosione tra le pighe dell'anima Tape (M. Config)
TASADAY Ekhnaton LP comp. (ADN/M.Config)
1987 AFTERHOURS My Bit Boy 7” (Toast)
1988 AFTERHOURS All the good children go to hell LP (Toast)
1990 AFTERHOURS During Christine's sleep LP (Vox Pop)
1993 AA VV (SIX MINUTE WAR MADNESS) Faces vol.2 CD comp (Face rec)
SIX MINUTE WAR MADNESS Holy Joe 7” (Blu Bus)
1994 AA VV (S. M. W. M.) Lubricant For your mind CD comp (Circus)
1996 SIX MINUTE WAR MADNESS S/T CD (Blu BUS7Circus)
1997 SIX MINUTE WAR MADNESS L'ora giusta 7” (Man's Ruin)
SIX MINUTE WAR MADNESS Il vuoto elettrico CD (JSS)
1999 AA VV (SMWM/A SHORT APNEA) Tracce CD comp (Wallace 01)
A SHORT APNEA S/T CD (Beware!/Wallace 03)
2000 SIX MINUTE WAR MADNESS Full fathom six CD (Santeria)
A SHORT APNEA Illu ogod ellat rhagedia CD (Wallace 10)
2001 TASADAY Corpi assolutamente immobili 7” (Wallace 18)
2002 TASADAY Con il corpo crivellato di stelle CD (Wallace 19)
A SHORT APNEA An indigo ballad CD (Wallace 20)
A SHORT APNEA Five greeny stages CD (Wallace 25)
TASADAY Live in Arcore CDr
TASADAY Live in Roma Cdr
2003 TASADAY Kaspar Project CD (Wallace 26)
2004 TASADAY In attesa nel labirinto CD (Wallace 47)
A SHORT APNEA/GORGE TRIO Just Arrived CD (Wallace 30)
FOUR GARDENS IN ONE S/T MiniCD (Wallace 31)
2005 UNCODE DUELLO S/T CD (Ebria/ Wallace 56)
2006 END OF SUMMER S/T CD (AME)
2007 TASADAY TASADAY BOX CD BOX (Wallace)
UNCODE DUELLO Ex Aequo CD (Wallace 80)
2008 DAMO SUZUKI NETWORK S/T 12” (Phonometak/Wallace)
TASADAY Live in Berna CD (Hysm003)
2009 EAR @ NOW Eclipse CD (Amirani/Wallace 117)
UNCODE DUELLO TRE CD/10” (Wallace 120)
2012 P.CANTÙ/X.IRIONDO Phonometak#10 - (Phonometk/Wallace 150)
MAKHNO Silo Thinking LP (Wallace/Neonparalleli + more)
2015 MAKHNO The Third Season LP (Wallace/Neonparalleli + more)
2018 MAKHNO Leaking Words LP ((Wallace/Neonparalleli + more)
2019 AA VV (MAKHNO) Tracce XX LP Comp. (Wallace)
2020 ANATROFOBIA Canto Fermo LP (Wallace/Neonparalleli + more)