Here ya go if you haven’t seen it:

https://slowdownmercury.bandcamp.com/

As an outgrowth of a nearly 20 year friendship, Paride Lanciani (guitarist/engineer) from the Piemonte region of Italy, and Chicagoan Ryan Duncan (modular synth/sound design) finally embarked on their own musical collaboration. Notwithstanding the fact that they live in different countries, and despite the raging chaos of 2020, within a few weeks the pair had assembled the raw materials for several new compositions, and realized something remarkable was beginning to coalesce.

It was immediately obvious that a couple more essential workers would have to be enlisted as a rhythm section in order to flesh the songs out. Invited out of the blue, Tony Nozero, a seasoned drummer from The Big Easy, fortunately agreed to hold things down on the drum kit with his intricate yet laid back patterns. Bringing things back home to Chicago, bassist extraordinaire Becka Joynt was ultimately sought out to weave in her magic as the final cohesive element.

Hailing from three very different cities, using technology and social media to interface, Slowdown Mercury has come together in such a uniquely serendipitous and modern way. We humbly ask that you may invite our music into your life as part of your new normal.

Related musical entities include Drums And Tuba, Burned or Buried, Maniac Du Jour, Kash, Quatre Tete, Instrumental Quarter, Transmontane, The Distances and Sick Room Records LTD.

Here is our video from the PRF BBQ.

Bought! I loved seeing the video as part of the BBQ this past weekend!

Yeah, quality work Ryan and co. I kinda got some Flying Nun vibes from that track (no relation to the flying objects in the video!)

I dig this so much. Thanks for the reminder

10 tracks have been mastered and everything sounds great. We will be releasing 2 digital EPs in the coming weeks/months as we get all our other ducks in line. Really exciting project. I think people will enjoy these songs…

Whoever recorded it did a nice job. Everything coming through clearly.

The EPs are coming out on 7/15/22! 10 tracks mastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road (Mogwai, Belle And Sebastian, New Order, Scott Walker, Brian Ferry…) and cover(s) by Jay Ryan.

Bandcamp preview/pre-order here: https://slowdownmercury.bandcamp.com/

Stay strong!

Release Day! All 10 songs are streaming on Bandcamp and posted to all the other platforms. Here are a few links to get ya started:

Bandcamp:
https://slowdownmercury.bandcamp.com

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/slowd ... 1629934203

YouTube Music:
https://music.youtube.com/channel/UC3Jb ... 5glx12UM_Q

Amazon Music:
https://www.amazon.com/music/player/art ... wn-mercury

Spotify:


I know that there is a lot going on in the world, and a whole lot of new music recently so I really do appreciate the time/engagement surrounding this little project!