Mattia Onori aka HRNR is a sound engineer, sound designer, electronic music composer, and audio professional in the fields of film post-production, special audio, and sound art.
While studying for his degree in audio production, Mattia has written articles for the online electronic music magazine Soundwall and produced various sound design works for movies, some of which landed at Berlinale International Film Festival. Later in 2020, his name is found amongst the credits of well-known Netflix series, for which he worked as a recording engineer (German dubbing).
On constant search for new ways of expression through sound, HRNR rejects the rigidities of classic composition and programmatically intends to break the rules. His eclectic work develops out of the obsession for analog gear and modular synthesizers. In the unique soundscapes of his experimental electronics, ambient and techno nuances, drony sceneries, and noisy influences are poised in between a natural analog sound and cumbersome one. His DJ/live hybrid sets represent his search of balance out of the expressive limits of reproduction. With his live sets, he offers the quality and unexpected timber of his modular synthesis only.
His debut EP 'Pale' is out on Lett Records in 2018. Two new releases on South Korean Artscope are planned for Winter 2020.
Moreover, together with Hanna Maria, he is co-founder of Melantónia, a collective of artists working in the field of sound and visual arts adapted to ambient and experimental music. Coming from different artistic backgrounds, its members pursue the common goal of creating unusual soundscapes through experimentation with acoustic, electroacoustic, and electronic instruments. Mattia contributes steadily to its artistic direction and participates in it with his own music production.
Mattia Onori and Hanna Maria also work together on a new approach to sound, seen not only as a form of art but also as a form of education. By uniting their individual professions for a common purpose, they produce and perform a melancholic ambient sound that integrates angelic voices with instrumental experimentation. After the live debut of their show 'Innere Unruhe' for the label Vaagner, Hanna Maria & Mattia Onori released music for Grand River's 'One Instrument' and are currently working on the first record of Melantónia itself, with remixes by Plants Army Revolver and Feral.
https://soundcloud.com/hrnrmusic
https://soundcloud.com/melantonia
