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{{Short description|Italian indie rock band}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = '''Teapot Industries'''
| image           = Teapot Industries Live at Sziget 2016.jpg
| image_size      = 250
| alt             = Teapot Industries performing at Sziget Festival, 11 Aug 2016
| caption         = Teapot Industries in 2016 at [[Sziget Festival]]. <br />Left to right: Andrea Lomuscio, Matilde Illiano.
| alias           = '''Teapot Industries Inc.'''
| origin          = [[Rome]], Italy
| genre           = [[Experimental music|Experimental]], [[indie pop]], [[experimental rock]], [[indie rock]], [[electronic music|electronic]], [[art rock]], [[progressive rock]], [[psychedelic rock]]
| years_active    = 2011–present
| label           = {{plainlist|
*Katana Sounds
*Ware-Labs Records
*Life Sentence Records
}}
| website         = {{url|www.teapot-industries.com/}}
| current_members = {{plainlist|
*Andrea Lomuscio
*Matilde Illiano
}}
}}

'''Teapot Industries '''(also known as '''Teapot Industries Inc.''') is an Italian [[indie rock]] band, formed in 2011 in [[Rome]], Italy, by Andrea Lomuscio ([[Arcadetar]], vocals, [[Theremin]], synths) and Matilde Illiano (guitar, drums), known for its unusual custom-built instruments used during live performances.

==History==
The band name was inspired by [[Bertrand Russell]]'s never published article titled "Is There a God?", commissioned by Illustrated magazine in 1952:<ref name=quadriproject>{{Cite web|url=https://www.quadriproject.com/wp/?p=4602|title=Teapot Industries |website=QuadriProject.com|accessdate=20 November 2020}}</ref>{{quote
| If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is an intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time. 
|Bertrand Russell}}

==Band members==
;Official members
[[File:Matilde Illiano.jpg|thumb|Matilde Illiano playing Drums]]
[[File:Andrea Lomuscio playing the Arcadetar.jpg|thumb|Andrea Lomuscio playing the [[Arcadetar]]]]
* [[Andrea Lomuscio]] – vocals, [[Arcadetar]], keyboards, synthesizers, [[ThereminPi]]<small> (2011–present)</small>
* [[Matilde Illiano]] – drums, percussion, guitars <small>(2012–present)</small>

==Instruments==
[[File:Teapot Industries, live at Hard Rock Cafe Rome, Dec 2013.jpg|thumb|Teapot Industries playing the Arcadetar at Hard Rock Cafe Rome, 10 Dec 2013]]
During live shows the band uses custom-built instruments, like the [[Arcadetar]] and [[ThereminPi]], designed by Teapot Industries themselves and other collaborators.
[[Andrea Lomuscio]] usually performs using a custom-built purple piano, the [[Arcadetar]], and a pedalboard to trigger chords; being able to play a bass part, a chord pattern, a lead instrument and a vocal part contemporaneously. No pre-recorded sequences are used during live performances.<ref name=rocklab>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocklab.it/2013/07/22/dirty-keyboard-2-officine-west-coast-motocicli-mod-teapot-industries/|title=Dirty Keyboard #2 – Officine West Coast, motocicli e mod: Teapot Industries inc.|website=Rocklab.it|date=22 July 2013|accessdate=20 November 2020}}</ref>

==Musical style==
Teapot Industries' sound has been described as a combination of various genres, including a psychedelic version of [[Jeff Buckley]], the prog of [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] and [[King Crimson]], [[Pink Floyd]], the ballads of [[Deep Purple]], [[Empire of the Sun (band)|Empire of the Sun]]'s synthpop, and [[Muse (Band)|Muse]].<ref name=rocklab/> 
The main peculiarity is the absence of a verse-chorus structure, with frequent key and tempo changes in the same song. This characteristic is directly taken from the 70's prog-rock, as mentioned before, but Teapot Industries go further corrupting the prog-rock sound with alternative and electronic ones, and always keeping the songs very short. It's not just a chance that ''Relligion Town'' contains many musical references, it is a [[pastiche]] and a [[Manifesto|programmatic]] piece that introduces the listener to Teapot Industries' music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atomheartmagazine.com/teapot-industries-tra-pink-floyd-e-genesis/612|title=TEAPOT INDUSTRIES: Tra Pink Floyd e Genesis|website=Atomheartmagazine.com|date=10 May 2012|accessdate=20 November 2020}}</ref>

===Lyrics===
The Teapot Industries Corporation is obviously a reference to the authority and dominance of religions. The lyrics frequently deal with the awakening from [[Immanuel Kant|dogmatic slumber]], in particular ''He'', ''Religion Town'' and ''Bertrand''. ''Teapot Industries Inc.'' proposes itself as a handbook for this awakening.<ref name=quadriproject/>

''Vieillesse Time'' is about a terminally ill man who spent all his money to fulfil his last wish: spending his last days in orbit. This is the first case of euthanasia in space. The American poet and painter [[Jonathan Clark (painter)|Jonathan Clark]] realized a [[triptych]] based on ''Viellesse Time'', interpreting the song as the end of the pain as a consequence of an ethereal vision. He exposed this work in a local hospital in [[Kentucky]], USA as a form of ''Art-Therapy''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.easygig.it/dbfile/press/2609_20140309011549press.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 June 2014 |archive-date=25 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725175435/http://www.easygig.it/dbfile/press/2609_20140309011549press.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the moment Teapot Industries have not released an official explanation of ''Bag and Baggage'' lyrics, so different interpretations are plausible.

''Like to Be Alone, Pt.2'' is about [[multiverse]] travels. If we could travel enough far, about <math>10^{{10}^{118}}</math> meters away, we could discover an entire universe identical to ours.<ref>Tegmark, Max, "Parallel Universes." Scientific American, May 2003: 40–51.</ref> In particular ''Like to Be Alone, Pt.2'' is about having sex with your [[doppelgänger]].

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The [[triptych]] based on the emotive quality of ''Viellesse Time'' realised by [[Jonathan Clark (painter)|Jonathan Clark]] in 2012.
}}

==Use in media==
*''Vieillesse Time'' has been used for an alternative version of the 6th season trailer of the TV series [[Skins (TV series)|Skins]].<ref name=rocklab/>
*''Like to Be Alone, Pt. 2'' and ''Vieillesse Time (Live)'' are part of the OST of [[Odyssey: On the Lands of Sam Neill]] directed by [[Matthieu Blomme]] in 2015
*''Carphology'' is included in the short movie ''Afterparty'' by [[Kieran Wall]], while ''Vieillesse Time'' has been used for its trailer in 2016

== Discography ==
[[File:Teapot Industries playing as opening act for Sonja Kristina and Oak.jpg|thumb|Teapot Industries playing as opening act for [[Sonja Kristina]] and Oak<ref name=rocklab/>]]
[[File:Teapot Industries live in Rome.jpg|thumb|Teapot Industries live at [[Circolo degli Artisti]] in 2014]]

=== Albums ===
* 2017: ''[[Teapot Industries Inc.]]'' <small>(TripWire Records)</small>
# ''Bertrand (Introduction)'' – 2:16
# ''Bertrand (Album Version)'' – 3:07
# ''Carphology (Album Version)'' – 5:27
# ''Like To Be Alone, Pt.2'' – 3:35
# ''Vieillesse Time'' – 3:55
# ''Rob The Cradle'' – 3:47
# ''Bag and Baggage'' – 3:39
# ''Vieillesse Time (Live)'' – 6:48

=== EPs ===
* 2014: ''[[Teapot Industries Goes Live]]'' <small>(Ware-Labs / AWAL)</small>
# ''Like to Be Alone, Pt. 2'' – 3:33
# ''Introduction'' – 0:58
# ''Rob the Cradle (Live)'' – 4:15
# ''He (Live)'' – 4:03
# ''Jesus' Money (Live)'' – 4:36
# ''Vieillesse Time (Live)'' – 6:48
* 2011: ''[[Teapot Industries Inc. (2011 - Demo)]]'' <small>(Ware-Labs / AWAL)</small>
# ''He (Demo)'' – 2:43
# ''Rob the Cradle (Demo)'' – 3:17
# ''Religion Town (Demo)'' – 4:39
# ''Vieillesse Time (Demo)'' – 3:56
# ''Bag and Baggage (Demo)'' – 2:48

=== Singles ===
*2014: Vanessa Laino ft. Teapot Industries – ''Dioniso'' <small>(Life Sentence Rec.)</small>
*2015: Teapot Industries – ''Bertrand (remixes)'' <small>(Katana Sounds)</small>
*2016: ''Carphology'' <small>(Katana Sounds)</small> – Artwork by [[Mark Kostabi]]

=== Videos ===
*2015: ''Bertrand (Paki Palmieri Main Mix)'' – directed by Juan Behrens
*2016: ''Carphology feat. Matthew Rubinstein'' – directed by Teapot Industries in collaboration with [[Mark Kostabi]]
*2016: ''Bertrand (Album Version)'' – directed by Matthieu Blomme

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.teapot-industries.com Official Website]
* {{MusicBrainz artist|id=2e35b0e8-58ae-4f4d-bf5a-6f704140ff2d|name=Teapot Industries}}

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