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Tommaso Mantelli

A multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer active since the 1990s in the alternative music scene. He is the creator of various and diverse artistic projects such as Tommaso Mantelli, Captain Mantell, LinguaSerpente, AMA, Licantropy, Kirlian and has collaborated live and in studio as bass and guitar player with Modern Encounters, Sick Tamburo, Il Teatro Degli Orrori, Kill Your Boyfriend, Painted Vein. He has also ventured into theatre with Hamletronic, a mental performance combining electronic music and a single actor (Fabrizio Paladin), as well as in musical readings, where he creates soundscapes for the readings of author Francesco Maino. At the same time, he pursues a career as a sound engineer and artistic producer at his own Lesder Studio in the province of Treviso. In recent years, he has been studying sound as a source material, building his own instruments and experimenting with stones, wood, and organic materials. This is linked to his recent activity of creating eccentric instruments and effects under the name of Caino.