Teapot Industries

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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:[1]Template:Quote

Band members

Official members
Matilde Illiano playing Drums
Andrea Lomuscio playing the Arcadetar

Instruments

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.[2]

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 and King Crimson, Pink Floyd, the ballads of Deep Purple, Empire of the Sun's synthpop, and Muse.[2] 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 programmatic piece that introduces the listener to Teapot Industries' music.[3]

Lyrics

The Teapot Industries Corporation is obviously a reference to the authority and dominance of religions. The lyrics frequently deal with the awakening from dogmatic slumber, in particular He, Religion Town and Bertrand. Teapot Industries Inc. proposes itself as a handbook for this awakening.[1]

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 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.[4]

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 1010118 meters away, we could discover an entire universe identical to ours.[5] In particular Like to Be Alone, Pt.2 is about having sex with your doppelgänger.

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Use in media

  • Vieillesse Time has been used for an alternative version of the 6th season trailer of the TV series Skins.[2]
  • 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

Teapot Industries playing as opening act for Sonja Kristina and Oak[2]
Teapot Industries live at Circolo degli Artisti in 2014

Albums

  1. Bertrand (Introduction) – 2:16
  2. Bertrand (Album Version) – 3:07
  3. Carphology (Album Version) – 5:27
  4. Like To Be Alone, Pt.2 – 3:35
  5. Vieillesse Time – 3:55
  6. Rob The Cradle – 3:47
  7. Bag and Baggage – 3:39
  8. Vieillesse Time (Live) – 6:48

EPs

  1. Like to Be Alone, Pt. 2 – 3:33
  2. Introduction – 0:58
  3. Rob the Cradle (Live) – 4:15
  4. He (Live) – 4:03
  5. Jesus' Money (Live) – 4:36
  6. Vieillesse Time (Live) – 6:48
  1. He (Demo) – 2:43
  2. Rob the Cradle (Demo) – 3:17
  3. Religion Town (Demo) – 4:39
  4. Vieillesse Time (Demo) – 3:56
  5. Bag and Baggage (Demo) – 2:48

Singles

  • 2014: Vanessa Laino ft. Teapot Industries – Dioniso (Life Sentence Rec.)
  • 2015: Teapot Industries – Bertrand (remixes) (Katana Sounds)
  • 2016: Carphology (Katana Sounds) – 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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  5. ↑ Tegmark, Max, "Parallel Universes." Scientific American, May 2003: 40–51.
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