Born in 1976 in the midlands of southern Italy, Paolo Picone aka Peak, started his musical activites in 1991. In 1995 he began to compose electronic music and in 2001 he founded the Mou project. In 2003 Paolo starts the activity of Soundabbast, a booking and events agency, setting up events with main international electronic artists as Deadbeat, Burnt Friedman, Retina_it, Rechenzentrum, etc...
Paolo was also the coofounder of the AquietBump label.
Jamaican 60's and 70's dub roots, electronic culture, noise and electroacoustic approach, these are the ingredients of Peak's music.
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Discography:
AAVV "5Y" [Sem label/France, 2012]
AAVV "UNO" [Aquietbump, Italy, 2012]
AAVV "One minute for the stars" [Sem label/France, 2011]
DADUB "Backward forward" [Aquietbump/Italy, 2010]
MENION "Morbidà" netrelease [Mime/Italy, 2010]
PEAK “So shy” [Aquietbump/Italy, 2010]
SARDINIA BASS LEGALIZE “Timeless” Netrelease [Aquietbump/Italy, 2010]
AAVV “Ornaments symphony” Cd [Ornaments/Berlin, 2009]
PEAK “Darksuite” Vinyl 12” [Ornaments/Berlin, 2009]
AAVV “Stg Peppers lonely heart dub band” [Qunabu/Poland, 2009]
PEAK “So Quiet” Netrelease [Aquietbump/Italy, 2008]
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Live acts:
30.12.12 Aquietxmas / Chromazone, Avellino (Ita)
29.12.12 Influazioni / live impro w/ Pasquale Innarella, Lacedonia, Av (Ita)
08.12.12 European Creative Center, Berlin (Germany)
09.07.12 CommuneArt, Vilnius (Lithuania)
07.07.12 Tundra Festival, Duburys (Lithuania)
14.04.12 Quit Festival, Cagliari (Ita)
26.08.11 Flussi Festival, Avellino (Ita)
03.06.11 San Francesco, Alessano-Le (Ita)
01.06.11 Spazio Zei, Lecce (Ita)
26.03.11 Homework Festival/Teatro Clandestino, Bologna (Ita)
05.02.11 Xbass Festival/Officina99, Napoli (Ita)
27.12.10 Accort, Ariano Irpino-Av (Ita)
27.11.10 European Creative Center, Berlin (Germany)
02.06.10 Sentieri Barocchi, Serino-Av (Ita)
29.05.10 Lanificio25, Napoli (Ita) 13.03.10 Sfinks club, Danzig (Poland)
07.02.10 ENTR'ACTE/Galleria Breccia, Grottaminarda-Av (Ita)
06.02.10 X-Bass Festival/Officina99, Napoli (Ita)
28.12.09 Overtone, Avellino (Ita)
10.10.09 Netaudio festival Berlin/ Maria Club, Berlin (Germany)
18.09.09 Berlin Music Days/Vj-Barcamp - Raw Tempel, Berlin (Germany)
27.08.09 Flussi digital transitions/Teatro Carlo Gesualdo, Avellino (Ita)
10.10.09 Aquietbump showcase/Crisma, Napoli (Ita)
18.10.08 Dub'n'Sauce Festival, Montpellier (France)
17.10.08 Niu | Espai artistic contemporani, Barcelona (Espana)
22.08.08 Castelloreggae, Frosinone (Ita)
16.07.08 Sinthe Festival, Campogalliano-Mo (Ita)
04.07.08 Marsella, Summonte-Av (Ita)
28.06.08 Fusion Festival, Larz (Germany)
25.06.08 Raw Tempel, Berlin (Germany)
21.06.08 D.o.v. Festival, Freiburg (Germany)
20.06.08 Resolute Gallery, Basel (Switzerland)
14.06.08 Estetica(v) festival, Avellino (Ita)
12.04.08 Netlabelism/Rebeldia, Pisa (Ita)
23.02.08 Magik muzik off, Modena (Ita)
19.01.08 Mosaico Cafè, Benevento (Ita)
18.01.08 Xbass festival/Officina99, Napoli (Ita)
23.09.07 Live performers Meeting, Roma (Ita)
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contact: peak@soundabbast.it
booking: info@soundabbast.it