I have just came back from Tallinn, a gorgeous town located in the northern part of Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. I was there with Chiara, my girlfriend, as she had to work at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre for an event called METRIC (modernizing … Continua a leggere Hammer and Sickle
My first Belgian record, so to say, is now available, and that’s an atypical one. When I moved out to Brussels a while ago, I connected with my friend, musician Emiliano Deferrari (who relocated here in 2014). It felt natural to meet up and play something together. We discovered a common interest towards free form improvisation and … Continua a leggere New release: Emiliano Deferrari, Marco Machera
It's been an eventful summer. I have moved to Brussels, in Belgium. I'm slowly starting to work on music again - so many things have happened, that have kept my mind elsewhere. I'm enjoying a semi-voluntary retirement from live performances. I do like playing live, but I have always thought of myself more as the … Continua a leggere En terre étrangère
I have spent the first half of June in the United States - once again in Seattle, a city I really love. I was there to play with TROOT, the epic progressive rock orchestra lead by American pianist Tim Root, and to play shows with EchoTest. I did write about TROOT before - you might … Continua a leggere Sailing the seas of prog
This is a Mexican saying, that literally translates to "full stomach, happy heart": it sums up my recent travels to Mexico pretty well. A short escape for EchoTest, crammed in between Julie Slick's busy touring schedule with Adrian Belew, with shows and clinics in Mexico City and the beautiful town of Morelia. It was my … Continua a leggere Barriga llena, corazón contento
