About
TU M' – Italian multimedia duo formed by Rossano Polidoro and Emiliano Romanelli in 1998. Their works include music, video and photography. They live and work in Città Sant'Angelo (Pescara, Italy).
Through a personal use of digital and analog instruments, the TU M' reveal a complex universe made up of present and past, closeness and distance, where seeing and listening become a meditative contemplation.
During the years, their compositions, well received by the critics and the public, have been released for labels including: Line (USA), Headz (Japan), Dekorder (Germany), Fällt (UK), Cut (Swiss), Ers/Staalplaat (NL) and Phthalo (USA). Together with various participations on Bip-Hop (France), Crónica (Portugal), Mute (UK), FatCat (UK), Innova (USA), Bottrop Boy (Germany), Term. (USA), Ache (Canada), CubicFabric (Japan) and others.
They have worked in various fields together with numerous musicians and artists including: Steve Roden, Simon Fisher Turner, Frank Metzger, Annja Krautgasser, Dan Warburton and others.
Their audio-visual works have been presented and exhibited in various museums and galleries including: Castello di Rivoli (Torino, Italy), Arnolfini Gallery (Bristol, UK), Macro (Roma, Italy), Stuk Art Centre (Brussels, Belgium), Kunst Meran (Merano, Italy), Centro d'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci (Prato, Italy), Università degli Studi di Napoli (Napoli, Italy), Warehouse Contemporary Art (Teramo, Italy), Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea (Monfalcone, Italy), Civica Galleria D'Arte Moderna di Gallarate (Varese, Italy), Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary (Trevi, Italy), Zelle Arte Contemporanea (Palermo, Italy), New Chinatown Barbershop Gallery (Los Angeles, USA), Pianissimo Gallery (Milano, Italy), T293 Gallery (Napoli, Italy), Batofar (Paris, France), Purple Institute (Paris, France), Neon Gallery (Bologna, Italy). And in various festivals including: ArezzoWave Festival (Arezzo, Italy), Dissonanze/Enzimi (Roma, Italy), Napoli Film Festival (Napoli, Italy), Videominuto (Prato, Italy), Sintesi Festival (Napoli, Italy) and others.
In 2002 they set up and manage for three years the net project – Tu M'p3 Soundtracks For Images – a research on the possible relationships between music and image in various cultural contexts. Over 180 musicians and composers from every corner of the world, were invited to produce an inedited soundtrack to a series of digital postcards made by TU M' themselves. The archive contains 230 freely downloadable mp3s, for nearly 12 hours of music.
In 2003 they set up the recording label – Mr Mutt – where they document the work of international composers and ensembles which explore the various shades of electronic music.
In 2003 they founded the obscure formation – MMO – Magical Mystery Orchestra; and also the musical ensemble – Steno – together with the German artist and musician Frank Metzger. In it they explore a personal world made up of second-hand music.
Since 2008 they have been working on their project – Monochromes – a collection of modular audio and video compositions for electronic chamber ensemble. Fragile atmospheric colours made of sound, light, space. The first volume of compositions was released by Line (USA). It was voted among the 15 best releases of 2009 in the area of electronic music by The Wire magazine.