Mana named his new album after an iconic, meaningless phrase from Fellini's 8 1/2

Mana’s latest album, Asa Nisi Masa, is out on Hyperdub in September.

Its Daniele Mana’s second album in as many years for Kode9’s label, following 2019’s Seven Steps Behind. The Italian artist recorded the 12-track record late last year up through May 2020, mostly during quarantine.

He took the title from the iconic nonsense phrase Asa Nisi Masa, from Federico Fellini’s 1963 film 8½. Musically, it looks back to Italian classical and soundtrack music of the ’70s and ’80s, Jon Hassell’s groundbreaking Fourth World experiments and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s 2017 album async.

Listen to the opening track, “Spin And Loops.”

Tracklist
01. Spin And Loops
02. Move The World’s Clock

03. Shrive Alone

04. Dormi Bene

05. Eterna Corrente

06. Berber Pendulum

07. Disordine al Disordine

08. Tentacle Daemon

09. Pausa

10. Two Islands

11. I’m Not Here

12. Mania

Hyperdub will release Asa Nisi Masa on September 11th, 2020.