28/03/2026
TONIGHT MAI MAI MAI FROM 23:00 TO 00:0 ON ROUGH RADIO FOR PYTECA SELECTA 034
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MAI MAI MAI is the audio/video project of Toni Cutrone, a descent into the ritualistic and symbolic depths of Southern Italy and the Mediterranean. Through a dense weave of sound and imagery, it explores the intersection of folklore, spirituality, and popular culture, where pagan rites meet Catholicism, nature meets rural magic and ancient musical traditions collide with their contemporary transformations.
Using field recordings, archival material, and collaborations with artists from the avant and ethnic scene (including Youmna Saba, Mike Cooper, Vera di Lecce, Lino Capra Vaccina, Maria Violenza, Nziria, Go Dugong) Mai Mai Mai builds a sonic landscape rooted in what could be called Mediterranean Hauntology: not a nostalgic reverence for the past, but a noisy awakening of its ghosts, brought back to resonate through the present.
He has released music on labels such as Boring Machines, Yerevan Tapes, Not Not Fun, God Unknown, Instruments of Discipline, La Tempesta International, Maple Death Records, Bomba Dischi and WV Sorcerer Production. He also contributed electronics to GNOD’s Chapel Perilous (Rocket Recordings), recorded during a European tour shared with the band.
2025 marked a particularly intense year for the project, with the release of I Racconti di Aretusa, a collaborative vinyl with the legendary Lino Capra Vaccina, founding member of seminal cult bands Aktuala and Telaio Magnetico (alongside Franco Battiato); a split LP with iconic Italian duo OvO, and the original soundtrack for the film Wondrous is the Silence of My Master by Montenegrin director Ivan Salatić.
On February 13th 2026, KARAKOZ, a new full-length album was released via Maple Death Records, in collaboration with Wonder Cabinet and Radio Alhara: a further step into Mai Mai Mai’s ongoing radical rewriting of Mediterranean sound and myth, featuring tracks with Maya Al Khaldi, Julmud, Alabaster dePlume and Osama Abu Ali.
IT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON PYTECA+ NEXT WEEK
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