Band of the Week: All About Max

[February 2 - 8]

All About Max
Sounds Like: Electronica / Indie-Pop
Drinking Buddies: The Postal Service, The Album Leaf, Uzi & Ari

Synopsis: Exploratory electronic music with an immense spirit.

Makes You Want To...: Dream; Travel; Imagine.
[Myspace]

One week, one band. You know the drill.
This week, the featured artist is All About Max.


It's a bright and sunny world out there, reader. Oh yes, indeedy, folks, this world of ours is very vibrant. It's filled with some many neat, eclectic, quirky things. Things that can make us feel good, and some that might make us mad; some that make us cry, and others that make us give that one face - you know the one I'm talking about - the 'What in the world? This is the strangest thing I think I've ever seen' face. It's a world filled with more interesting things that we know what to do with, or ever even discover for ourselves in our own lifetime. And then, we're there, and we're making it even more interesting day, with our wonderful talents and limitless creativity. What a tremendous, magnificent place, huh?

It's hard to capture the concept of such a world filled with wonders great and small. Especially when our imaginations wander and take us to fictional worlds that don't even exist. We may never fully comprehend. But All About Max can help us along the way. All About Max is humble, to say the least. This solo act by Massimiliano Setti, from Brescia, Italy, is a little work of love. Surrounding himself with electronics and acoustics - musical instruments both tried, and true and new and novel - Setti crafts a dilettante collection rhythms, with steady beats and intricate style.

Taking influence from the the finest in the field, All About Max is an adventure into imaginative music composition. The combination of sound, and the novelty of its execution by Setti, is unparalleled. The songs are anything from sad to uplifting; from quaint and lighthearted, chipper and jubilant; there are many stops in between, to be assured. Setti's songs are also patiently textured with a dense variety of sound, but not one that is cumbersome. The layers of composition are not cumbersome, neigh, they're invigorating. It presents all the more to study in their imaginative works of music.

All About Max is a trip into a vibrant, creative world. At present, things are calm and complacent in All About Max camp. But as of last week, the latest song from All About Max, entitled "A Slow Walk To Japan," was released. Very complex, and with a quick rhythm, it will certainly get a groove in you flowing. Setti's musical home is Muertepop, which is an Italian netlabel supporting a grand selection of independent artists, along with a huge collection of downloadable mp3 albums! You can catch All About Max's debut release, Nothing To Say, right here. Or, if you'd rather hear the latest and greatest, mosey on down to All About Max's Myspace for a taste of some new material.

Keep that creativity alive, reader. Hopefully you can do something resplendent with that imagination of yours this week. Until next time, reader, have a great week.