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Artist
Slow Wave Sleep
12+ albums
idmProgressive rockindiePsychedelic Rocksinger-songwriter
about
Slow Wave Sleep (also stylized in SWS or | Slow Wave Sleep |) is a surreal act by Emilio Larocca Conte that aims to reproduce the third phase of sleep through music. It started in 2015 as a literary project: a diary in which Emilio used to transcribe dreams and thoughts in order to control the pain by projecting reality into a world of fiction. Once he got confident with electronic music production, the whole concept with its stories and characters flowed into music. The official debut L’Ultimo Uomo – published on January 23, 2018 – has been produced in a single room in Berlin after a period of instrumental demos and experiments of all kind. In this record, Emilio’s background of classical, rock and electronic music are fused into an eclectic style with lyrics in Italian. Its promotion has been boosted by the music videos of Parresìa and Ragnarök. Few months later the second album Chroma is out, together with the music video of Elogio della Follia produced thanks to a crowdfunding campaign. Meanwhile, a band is born to bring SWS’ music on stage, starting to play in clubs, festivals and competitions throughout Italy. Emilio, his brother Gabriele, Gilberto and Stella entered the studio in February 2019 to make Spiro nell’Ecosistema, a collection of mostly old songs recorded live during a one-day raw session, with the musicians playing in the same room, without any sample or metronome. It has been released on March 25 together with the music videos of Fiore di Loto, Garud
