Technostalgia is what composer Fernando Manassero calls the need to bring back a sense of imagination and freedom to technology. «The longest song» – the new piece in his «Technostalgia» series – is a journey back in time through retro-futurism combining vintage synthesisers, tape recorders, and vaporwave. It’s an archaeological search for the lost sounds of a golden tech era, allowing audiences to relive the feelings associated with the genres of their time, even if they never experienced them first-hand…
World premiere on 02.02.25 at Sonic Matter Festival Zürich
Fernando Manassero and HYPER DUO «The longest song – Technostalgia series 4» (2025) for analogue vintage synthesizers, sensor drums, turntables, samplers and tape recorders
Gilles Grimaître – analogue vintage synthsizers / Julien Mégroz – sensor drums / Fernando Manassero – turntables, samplers and tape recorders / Léa Martinez – light / Maxime le Saux – sound direction