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2012 album by Tomat 01-06 June studio Tomat 01-06 June, album cover.jpg March 5, 2012 June 1, 2010–June 6, 2010 Superbudda Studio (Turin) Noise music Ambient music Electronica Monotremecheck Template:Infobox album Category:Pages using infobox album with conflicting parameters image; cover 01-06 June is the debut solo album by Italian musician Davide Tomat (of the rock band N.A.M.B. it), under the mononym Tomat. A space-themed concept album, it was recorded by Tomat over the first six days of June 2010 and was released on March 5, 2012, through Monotreme Records. Background Davide Tomat became known as the leader of the rock band N.A.M.B. it and a side project called Niagara. He recorded a few solo songs in 1997, but abandoned the project. Tomat later began improvising alone for long periods during his time with N.A.M.B., describing the results as "interesting." This motivated him to record a full solo album.https://www.losthighways.it/2012/04/16/intervista-davide-tomat/ Trascendere dai meccanismi che ci inchiodano a terra per migliorarci come esseri umani: intervista a Davide Tomat. Katia Arduini LostHighways.it April 16, 2012 August 26, 2026 it Recording and production 01-06 June was recorded over the first six days of June 2010, during which Tomat locked himself in his studio to record in total exile. He entered what he described as an "almost unconscious state", leading him to believe that "perhaps some energetic echo of events from the past or some recurring astral conjunction had somehow influenced me on that sonic journey". While researching on Wikipedia, Tomat learned about the variety of space-related events that transpired over those six days throughout history. He then matched up the historical events with the moods of the songs he had created. Tomat initially recorded seven hours of music, of which 36 tracks were crafted. This was later reduced to 11 songs, which were then mixed and mastered in Berlin.https://www.mescalina.it/musica/news/1928/mariomartini TOMAT - Il videoclip di TITAN in esclusiva su Noisey (music by VICE) Mario Martini Mescalina.it October 14, 2013 August 26, 2026 it Each of the 11 songs on the album was therefore named after one of these events, ranging from the Montgolfier brothers' first public demonstration of their hot air balloon on June 4, 1783, to the 2012 transit of Venus on June 6, 2012. I improvised for six days straight with my voice filtered through loopers, Kaoss pads, laptop, delay, and also my guitar and my Moog, synchronizing all the various loopers so that all the sound material I produced was always in sync. –Tomat describing his recording process. Artwork According to Tomat, the cover art for the album was "based on a pixel treatment of images that represent the ordered diffraction of X-rays all having the same energy through a crystalline sample of DNA." He said the idea for the artwork came from a book called Powers of Ten that he read at age 10. Tomat also compared the concept to his album, which was "passed through digital effects that dissected the continuous signal into a discrete signal using the digital sampling technique." He added that "space is discrete, digital, and not analog, like pixels in images and digital sampling in music."https://redefinemag.net/2012/tomat-1984-music-video-director-gabriele-ottino-interview-italy/ TOMAT – “1984” Music Video (w/ Director Gabriele Ottino & Musician Davide Tomat Interview) Redefine Vee Hua June 14, 2012 August 26, 2026 Release and promotion 01-06 June was released through Monotreme Records on March 5, 2012, via CD and digital download.https://www.monotremerecords.com/01-06-june 01-06 June Monotreme Records August 26, 2026 Tomat released a music video for "1984" later that month, directed by his bandmate and frequent collaborator Gabriele Ottino. It was the first solo music video of his career. As described by Redefine, the video "mixes archival footage of events between June 1st and June 6th, 1984, glitch and pixel elements, and modern day footage of the musician into a brightly-colored visual slideshow." According to Ottino, "Its aesthetics of reality [...] is invaded by visual glitches and pixel errors that almost suggest a transition between the lived-in reality and a data bank of auxiliary memory." Tomat later released a music video for "Titan" in 2013. It was similarly directed by Ottino.http://noisey.vice.com/it/you-need-to-hear-this/video-premire-tomat-titan VIDEO PREMIÈRE: TOMAT - TITAN Virginia W. Ricci Noisey October 9, 2013 August 26, 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20140112225934/http://noisey.vice.com/it/you-need-to-hear-this/video-premire-tomat-titan January 12, 2014 dead Critical reception 01-06 June AllMusic 4 5 God Is in the TV 4.5/5 PopMatters 7/10 The Skinny 3 5 Ned Raggett of AllMusic rated the album four out of five stars. He wrote that it "falls somewhere between dreamy ambient pop formalism and something else entirely -- every time it seems like one can get an exact handle on either a song or the album as a whole, Tomat takes it a little somewhere else."https://www.allmusic.com/album/01-06-june-mw0002297632 01-06 June Review AllMusic Ned Raggett August 26, 2026 A 4.5-out-of-five review in God Is in the TV described it as "expansive textured layers of white-noise electronica [...] interlaced with a varied synthesis of aching, drifting and swooning vocals", adding that Tomat "warrants praise for unassumingly, and with a fanfare, crafting an effective immersible listening experience".https://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2012/04/04/tomat-01-06-june-monotreme-records/ Tomat – 01-06 June (Monotreme Records) God Is in the TV April 4, 2012 August 26, 2026 In a review for PopMatters, Steven Spoerl rated the album a seven out of ten. He described it as "a dense record, overflowing with ideas. Fortunately, they’re mostly good ones, and while Tomat does take the listener to the edge more than once and constantly tests their patience, what he’s delivered here is an album that’s difficult to forget." Spoerl also speculated that it could "become a curiosity that elevates itself to cult favorite in years to come"; and concluded that it was a "genuinely fascinating debut from a fairly exciting new artist who’s provided us with some conversation-starting music that’s pretty damn good."https://www.popmatters.com/157921-tomat-01-06-june-2495856185.html Tomat: 01-06 June PopMatters Steven Spoerl May 14, 2012 August 26, 2026 In a mixed review, The Skinny's Sam Wiseman awarded the album three out of five stars. He wrote that "the conceptual dimension to 01-06 June feels fairly superficial", though "[m]usically [...] it wrings moments of beauty and sublimity from its spartan origins". He concluded that it "may be somewhat confused, but its erratic-yet-intuitive style often yields unexpected rewards."https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/tomat-01-06-june Tomat – 01-06 June The Skinny Sam Wiseman April 3, 2012 August 26, 2026 Track listing 01-06 June track listing CE-2 4:31 Radio 6:59 Donaticomet 9:26 Soyuz 3:43 Jupiterasteroid 9:46 Montgolfier 6:20 Lovelyplace 3:52 Venus 7:13 1984 5:15 Soyuz11 4:37 Titan 7:35 References Category:2012 debut albums Category:2010s concept albums