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Giancarlo Di Chiara and Monococ Release Hypnotic Minimal Techno EP Supernatural Activity

Naples-based Giancarlo Di Chiara has a three-track EP on Music4Aliens; Bandcamp lists the title 06:27 plus two Monococ collaborations, described as "hypnotic, stripped-back club textures."

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Giancarlo Di Chiara and Monococ Release Hypnotic Minimal Techno EP Supernatural Activity
Source: music4aliens.bandcamp.com

Naples-based producer Giancarlo Di Chiara has a three-track EP titled Supernatural Activity on the Music4Aliens Bandcamp page. The release is described in reporting as leaning on "hypnotic, stripped-back club textures and minimal techno dramaturgy," and Bandcamp’s tracklist gives concrete timings and credits for each cut.

Bandcamp shows the tracklist as: "Giancarlo Di Chiara - Supernatural Activity" at 06:27, "Giancarlo Di Chiara, Monococ - I loose that dream" at 06:27, and "Giancarlo Di Chiara, Monococ - Alone" at 05:41. Tracks 2 and 3 are credited to "Giancarlo Di Chiara, Monococ" on the page, which makes Monococ the named collaborator on two of the three pieces as presented in the release metadata.

That collaboration attribution on Bandcamp conflicts with a Music4Aliens Instagram post that reads, "This week we deliver a collaborative EP between Giancarlo Di Chiara and INLINE, something nice, in between minimal and techno. Out now. Link." The Bandcamp credits and the Instagram caption therefore point to different partner names - Monococ on the Bandcamp track credits and INLINE in the social copy - a discrepancy the label or artists will need to clarify for liner-note accuracy.

Music4Aliens frames the release from its Naples base with promotional copy visible on its Bandcamp profile: "M4A releases minimal, psytech, peak time and underground techno" and "We discover talents. We deliver top quality music and samples. The place for your best track. We are Music4Aliens." The label page also lists festival support names in its bio, including Richie Hawtin, Amelie Lens, Dubfire, Joriis Voorn, and Indira Paganotto, which situates the EP within the imprint’s existing minimal and underground techno positioning.

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The Bandcamp page shows retail UI fragments and related items that contextualize the release: a subscription prompt reading "Subscribe Now €15 EUR/month or more," shopping-cart fragments ("subtotal USD," "taxes calculated at checkout"), and thumbnail names visible on the release page such as 3PerRichie, dlite, Anndy B, Keekos, and tarahoward. Related releases highlighted by Music4Aliens include "Sample Pack - Music4Aliens Minimal & Techno Vol. 2 by Giancarlo Di Chiara" with the caption "Second edition of our lucky sample pack series Minimal & Techno by Giancarlo DI Chiara Music4Aliens," plus VA compilations and Acutek’s "Combat EP," which carries a Bandcamp New & Notable note dated May 22, 2023.

The release metadata lacks an explicit release date and a catalog number in the captured fragments, and the original report truncates mid-sentence after "positions itself as a f," leaving that phrase incomplete. For now, Bandcamp’s on-page credits are the primary public record: three tracks with exact durations and Monococ listed on two tracks; the Instagram caption naming INLINE remains an unresolved discrepancy pending label or artist confirmation.

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