Italian heavy psychedelic fuzzbringers Carcaño released their second album, By Order of the Green Goddess (review here), through respected purveyors Clostridium Records in early 2021. It looks like it was a warm, sunny day that the Reggio Calabria four-piece took to Parco Ecolandia — Ecolandia Park — in order to record a live set in an amphitheater carved into a hill. Sunny enough that the sound recording gear of Ottavio Leo is tucked away back under an umbrella for shade, in any case. As it’s currently well below freezing where I am and the boiler clicked off for some reason last night, I’ll note that the apparent warmth is perhaps a bit more of an escape from winter as I wait for the heat to come back on.

The group — guitarists Elmore Penoise (also vocals and synth) and El Pez, bassist/synthesist Ugo “The Doc” and drummer Max “The Mind” — are spread out across a kind of makeshift stage, playing tracks from the record like the languid, exploratory feeling “I Don’t Belong Here” or the more raucous opener “Riding Space Elephants,” which kind of is what it sounds like. They had previously posted “Riding Space Elephants” from the set, which is reasonable considering the quality they were able to capture in sound and video, but the full 28-minute stretch hasn’t been unveiled until now. Fancy.

Grooves abound, heavy abounds, space abounds. Abound abounds. In a manner wholly unpretentious, the band put their listener in a nodding mindset while a multi-camera, drone-inclusive shoot cycles through one shot to the next, edited in rhythm but not necessarily locked to the changes of each song; more concert film than music video. In the age of livestreams, etc., Carcaño represent themselves and the album well, and if you ever wanted an advertisement for the kind of fun you might have been a heavy rock or heavy psych drummer, look no further than Max “The Mind”. He’s putting in work, no doubt about it, but golly he looks like he’s having a good time doing it. And bonus points for the Neurosis shirt, dude. Do it in style.

If you haven’t heard By Order of the Green Goddess, it’s streaming below in full. Tracks there are organized by “Day” — “Day 1…” “Day 2…” and so on — whereas the live set seems to dispense with that, but everything the band plays comes from the latest album, so the clip is a cool way to get introduced in any case. Certainly beats working on a lazy Friday.

Enjoy:

Carcaño, ‘Live at Ecolandia Park 2021’ full set premiere

Video by Saverio Autelitano
photography Fabio Itri
Sound Recording by Ottavio Leo (RecOnBlack)
Clostridiumrecords

Recorded Live at Ecolandia Park

From https://turismo.reggiocal.it/: “Air, fire, water, and earth. These four elements identify the technological environmental amusement park called Ecolandia. It is a place where the beauty of the landscape blends with important activities that promote culture, social interaction, and the environment. Hence, therefore, the reference to the four thematic areas as ideal links to Greek mythology on the one hand, and, on the other, to a model of sustainable and participatory development.”

Setlist:
Riding Space Elephants
Green Grace
I Don’t Belong Here
Wasted Land

Carcaño are:
Elmore Penoise – Voice & Guitar/Synth
El Pez – Guitar
Ugo “The Doc” – Bass/Synth
Max “the Mind” – Drums

Carcaño, By Order of the Green Goddess (2021)

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Clostridium Records website

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