Clot Magazine

Il Santo Bevitore is the artistic alter ego of the Italian born London-based musician, producer and sound engineer Nicola Serra, who is also known for being the founding curator of London's experimental music festival Dronica. The following mixtape is shared on the occasion of his recent debut release for Opal Tapes ‘Water and Tears’. “The mixtape includes tracks from my album as well as music from artists who inspired, either directly or indirectly, the album process”, shares Il Santo Bevitore. To have worked on the album with 11 other musicians and artists, who contributed their vocals and a variety of instruments, shows extraordinary determination to experiment with new ways of working on the recording process, while still on unstable grounds during the past two years of the pandemic. The sound on the album is heavily processed thanks to that and as a result creates an extensive depth of soundscapes, which immerse the listener into the voyage under the artist’s spell. ‘Water and Tears’ has been inspir