Paolo Cantù / Makhno

Paolo Cantù / Makhno

Italy

Makhno is the one-man project of Paolo Cantù, self-taught musician, who plays the guitar and whatever else he can get.

He began to play as a member of the experimental band Tasaday, after which he was among the founders of the rock band Afterhours from ’86 to ’90 and in ’92 in the seminal Six Minute War Madness. In the same years he founded the band A Short Apnea, another piece of hystory of the italian undergound scene.

He continue to play with Tasaday in their ’00 renaissance and in various side-project as Four Gardens in One, End of Summer, Damo Suzuki’s Network and EAReNOW and with the duo project with Xabier Iriondo, Uncode Duello.

The Phonometak Series # 10 is his solo debut, following by the full lenght LP Silo Thinking under the moniker Makhno, as for The Third Season, out in 2015 and Leaking Words out on March 15th.
All his albums are composed, played and recorded by himself, with a circle of guests.

More than 25 records and hundreds of live in Italy and Europe. Live and studio collaborations with Tupelo, Polvere, Damo Suzuki Network, Wu Fei, Rhys Chatam, Hysm?Duo, The Great Saunites, Anatrofobia etc. 

In 2021 Paolo compose the soundtrack of the docufilm Viaggio nel Crepuscolo directed by Augusto Contento, selected at the 78ª Mostra del cinema di Venezia

wal200
12inch LP

Leaking Words

43 Minutes / 8 Tracks
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12inch LP

The Third Season

39 Minutes / 8 Tracks
wal161
Digital

Nevadagaz / She’s Beyond Good And Evil

08 Minutes / 4 Tracks
wal155
12inch LP

Silo Thinking

36 Minutes / 8 Tracks
wal150
10inch LP

Phonometak Series #10

26 Minutes / 6 Tracks
Phonometak Series 10

Compilations

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12inch LP
/ 42 Minutes / 11 Tracks

TracceXX

Wallace Records Radio

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/ 31 Minutes

Fake Summer - A Side

Gerda
Anatrofobia
Paolo Cantù / Makhno
3tons
The Rambo
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/ 41 Minutes

Power Tricks

Fuzz Orchestra
Paolo Cantù / Makhno
Plasma Expander
Uncode Duello
Agatha
Satantango