Marco Visconti
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Italy
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band XP8
XP8
XP8 is an Italian electronic group. The band started in 2001 as a trio, composed of Marco Visconti, Marko Resurreccion, and singer Paul Toohill....
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Biography
Visconti was born in RomeRome
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, Italy
Italy
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.
Moved to Bologna
Bologna
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, Italy
Italy
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in 2006, he is also a DJ focused on Industrial Dance music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
, and the Industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
scene in general.
He formed XP8
XP8
XP8 is an Italian electronic group. The band started in 2001 as a trio, composed of Marco Visconti, Marko Resurreccion, and singer Paul Toohill....
in 2001 with Paul Toohill and Marko Resurreccion
Marko Resurreccion
Marko Resurreccion is the current vocalist and lyricist for the Italian EBM band XP8. He has been a member of XP8 since 2001. He currently resides in Rome, Italy....
. Visconti is contributing to the band with synth production, arrangements, and promotion.
In 2006, he joined two other acts, Unter Null
Unter null
Unter Null is an Aggrotech music project formed in 1998 by the then 17 year old Erica Dunham, in Seattle, USA. , she is based in Portland, Oregon.-Overview:...
and Grendel
Grendel (band)
Grendel is a Dutch music group formed in 1997. Their music is in the Aggrotech genre. Their name originates from Beowulf.There also exists an unrelated Finnish powermetal band called Grendel, which released three albums so far .-History:Grendel started out with VLRK , and...
, as member of the live lineup of each band.
The collaboration with Unter Null did not last long, as he left the band after 6 months on October 28 after a concert held during the Swedish Tinitus Festival: the split was on friendly terms.
Visconti's collaboration with Grendel
Grendel (band)
Grendel is a Dutch music group formed in 1997. Their music is in the Aggrotech genre. Their name originates from Beowulf.There also exists an unrelated Finnish powermetal band called Grendel, which released three albums so far .-History:Grendel started out with VLRK , and...
ended in 2009 to allow him to concentrate once again more on XP8.
In early 2007, he was then recruited by VNV Nation
VNV Nation
VNV Nation are a British/Irish electronic music band originally from Dublin, Ireland and Essex, United Kingdom and now based in Hamburg, Germany. They combine elements of electro-industrial, trance, synthpop and electronic body music . The members are Ronan Harris and Mark Jackson...
as keyboard player for their Judgement world tour. At the end of the tour he returned to Rome, where he currently resides.
In 2008 he joined the Faderhead
Faderhead
Faderhead is a German electronic music producer from Hamburg, Germany.-History:After releasing the track "The Protagonist" as a one-off compilation entry on the Advanced Electronics Vol. 3, Faderhead received a deal with Accession Records/Indigo to release his debut album FH1 in 2006...
live band, and provided additional production to the song "Another Dead Boy" on Faderhead
Faderhead
Faderhead is a German electronic music producer from Hamburg, Germany.-History:After releasing the track "The Protagonist" as a one-off compilation entry on the Advanced Electronics Vol. 3, Faderhead received a deal with Accession Records/Indigo to release his debut album FH1 in 2006...
's third studio album "FH3
FH3
-Credits:* Written, produced, recorded, & mixed by Faderhead* All lyrics by Faderhead* Mastered by James Meeker at Lava Room Recording...
", and then to the songs "Baby Firefly" and "Beautiful Freak" on the follow-up, "Black Friday". Visconti received countless nicknames since he joined Faderhead
Faderhead
Faderhead is a German electronic music producer from Hamburg, Germany.-History:After releasing the track "The Protagonist" as a one-off compilation entry on the Advanced Electronics Vol. 3, Faderhead received a deal with Accession Records/Indigo to release his debut album FH1 in 2006...
, the most well-known being "The Lord" (or "The Bad Bad Lord", "Lordy" or "The Meatlord Mogumbe Visconti").
Visconti's other interests include Thelema
Thelema
Thelema is a religious philosophy that was established, defined and developed by the early 20th century British writer and ceremonial magician, Aleister Crowley. He believed himself to be the prophet of a new age, the Æon of Horus, based upon a religious experience that he had in Egypt in 1904...
, Gnosticism
Gnosticism
Gnosticism is a scholarly term for a set of religious beliefs and spiritual practices common to early Christianity, Hellenistic Judaism, Greco-Roman mystery religions, Zoroastrianism , and Neoplatonism.A common characteristic of some of these groups was the teaching that the realisation of Gnosis...
, Voodoo and chaos magic
Chaos magic
Chaos magic is a school of the modern magical tradition which emphasizes the pragmatic use of belief systems and the creation of new and unorthodox methods.-General principles:...
, and since the late 90s he's been very active in the Italian neo-pagan scene, translating various texts and books in his own language and collaborating to the Italian Pagan Pride Day
Pagan Pride Day
Pagan Pride is a movement among the American Neopagan community to provide a positive public image of Neopagans and Neopaganism.Local Pagan Pride groups sponsor "Pagan Pride Day" festivals, usually in public locations such as city parks or university campuses...
project. Italian's science-fiction and counter-culture author Francesco Dimitri, also a well-known neo-pagan, was inspired by Visconti's online persona to create Dagon, a signature characted featured in Dimitri's novels.