M.B. MECTPYO BAKTERIUM

Mectpyo Bakterium stands as one of Maurizio Bianchi’s most clinical and unsettling sonic statements, a corrosive audio document born in the early 1980s industrial underground (originally self-published on cassette by Maurzio Bianchi in 1981). The cryptic title itself fuses mechanical coldness (Mect), purulent infection (-pyo), and microbial life (Bakterium), suggesting an imagined organism: half-machine, half-disease.
This work embodies a sonic pathology, raw, repetitive, and minimal, evoking sterile laboratories, decaying tissues, and viral mutations. It’s not music in a conventional sense, but rather a form of aural autopsy: examining the corrupted interface between human biology and technological decay.
Originally released at the height of Bianchi’s early experiments, Mectpyo Bakterium remains a pivotal artifact in the evolution of industrial and power electronics. This CD reissue is strictly limited to 100 copies, and follows the 2024 reissue of S.F.A.G. 31.11.1981 by Eighth Tower Records.
This new edition is a collaborative release between Eighth Tower Records and Interitvs Nvmen, uniting forces to preserve and present one of the most vital documents from the Italian industrial underground.