lucio munari
torino
AURAWAVE FULL BIOGRAPHY
Aurawave is a new Psytrance project born in 2018 under the creative spell of Lucio Munari, a polyhedric musician & sound engineer based in Turin, in the north west of Italy.
Skilled with a Classical Music education & knowledge, and gained with a multi-instrumentalist experience, he started to play the Flute at 12.
Since 30 years he has explored the music world from many sides, until arriving nowadays being totally involved in Music.
His work is divided between Teaching Classical Flute & Musical Education in secondary schools, together with taking care of his own company MSD Studio & Audio Service.
Active In the electronic music scene since 2001, at the beginning he started performing Live in rave parties, equipped with grooveboxes, drum machines and samplers.
He started to being actively involved as a Dj in the psytrance scene in 2004, after attending a few parties, and following the enthusiasm of the born of the first crews & events in Town.
In 2010, in parallel with the creation of his first Live Psytrance project, called PURPLE RAVER, he gave birth to Blacklite Records, an electronic music label founded in cooperation with NUKLEALL.
After 5 years working in the label, he has finally left the management of the company, following different views and personal conceptions & matters.
From that point He started to dedicate himself totally to his personal projects, giving life to MSD Studio and his related projects, including AURAWAVE, that is his last Full On Psytrance creation.
Djing & performing Live at Psytrance Parties & Festivals, in the past 10 years he has played in many european countries (Italy, UK, Germany, Austria, France, Greece, Portugal, Croatia, Slovenia, Poland, Spain, India) sharing the stage with many big names of the scene.
Active in party organization in Turin for over a decade ‘till nowadays, he has organized & played in hundreds of parties in town, contributing significantly to the growth of the scene in Turin, always calling international guests, and always giving prominence to the stage design, mapping & decoration settings.
With the previous project PURPLE RAVER in these years he has released three Solo Eps under Blacklite Records: “Magnetic”, “Hidden pathway”, “The sphynx” and then has released various tracks on VA compilations under Blacklite Rec., Mosaico Rec, Sadhu Rec., Ovnimoon rec.
Besides He has collaborated with many well known artists, in the like of Earthspace, Tuk, Middle Mode, Nerso, Liftshift, Hypnoise, etc.
Gained with a clear and outstanding mixing technique with this new adventure under the name AURAWAVE, he breaks again in the scene with a fresh and modern Full On project, conceived in a wide spectrum of shades.
His style goes from deep & enigmatic atmospheres to shiny and more enlightened & elevated moments. Rising dust & spreading positive vibes with a BPM range going from 140 to 148 bpm,
Always careful to balance the atmospheres & the melodies of a track with a solid groove, he often chooses unconventional glowing Pads & FXs, combined with captivating tripping hooks.
The result is a catchy and danceable sound design sustained by a complex and multi-timbral rythmic section.
Due to the versatility of his unique original sound, his music gives its best at dawntime, in that time lapse between the fade out of the shadows and the sunrise fade in.
AURAWAVE ‘s debut Ep “Mad as Hell “ has been released in September 2019 by UXMAL RECORDS, a well known and respected underground label.
Since 2020 he has signed with the Geomagnetic Label Group and he has released three Eps under Ovnimoon Records: "Oscillating particles", "Hyperspace" and "Energy injection".
The new upcoming single is "Everytime that we rock for you" will be released by Geomagnetic Records and will be available from the 2nd of July 2021.
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