Matteo Gualeni's 'Hotel Infinito' Merges Acoustic Drumming with Digital Spatiality

Milan-based experimental drummer and sound designer Matteo Gualeni, under the moniker Missing Ear, has released the album 'Hotel Infinito' on an unspecified date. The album is conceived as a spatial continuum, blending acoustic drum recordings with digital processing to create a structure that reorganizes itself in real time. It references IDM, post-breakcore, and deconstructed clubbing palettes, framed by two quieter thresholds. The concept draws on Hilbert's paradox of the infinite hotel and Albert Bregman's Auditory Scene Analysis, where the listener actively selects which sonic thread to follow. Gualeni collaborated with Berlin-based director Alessandra Leone, who developed visuals for live performances that emphasize spatial navigation over synchronization. The live show begins in pitch black to heighten auditory sensitivity, then gradually reintroduces light and image without a fixed 1:1 correspondence. Leone's visuals trace an arc from Hilbert's infinite architecture to the infinite scroll of digital content, embodying perceptual overload and resistance through intentional listening. The album is available on Bandcamp. Gualeni cites discovery platforms like Bandcamp, Nina Protocol, Subvert, Bleep, Boomkat, RA, and Pitchfork, but trusts personal recommendations most. He emphasizes dedicated listening, often in early morning hours, as a radical act against fragmented attention.