Paesaggio Residuo by Leonardo Metz

"Paesaggio Residuo" is the second album by Leonardo Arneis Metz, part of a research project that deconstructs the pollution caused by renewable energy in the landscape of Alta Tuscia, documenting the sonic transformations generated by the expansion of large wind farms. Through field recording techniques, the noise produced by wind turbines has been captured and analyzed as an element of territorial change and collective perception, where sound becomes a tangible trace of transformation.

The research focuses on the area between Alta Tuscia and Bassa Maremma, with particular attention to the Arlena di Castro Wind Farm. To date, the province of Viterbo has already exceeded the renewable energy production targets set for 2030, yet the phenomenon shows no signs of stopping: large companies continue to exploit a territory that has already given much.

Divided into three movements, the album blurs the boundary between soundscape and musical composition, exploring and reflecting on how the energy transition reshapes not only the environment but also the social identity of provincial life and the memory of place. The speed of technological progress leaves no room for pause or for accepting the province as a distinct territory; instead, it projects us directly toward accepting its transformation.

Leonardo Arneis Metz is an electronic musician originally from Tuscania and currently active in Rome. He is the founder and creative director of Hyperacustica and Malditerra Records, platforms through which he promotes his projects and curates events in collaboration with Italian and international artists.

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