DESTROY DUBAI

BIOGRAPHY

Destroy Dubai is the pseudonym of Alessio Capra (Mantova, 13 gennaio 1979), italian musician and composer, active since the second half of the 90s in numerous alternative, punk and hardcore underground bands.

In 2001 he starts the power trio Super Elastic Bubble Plastic with Gionata Mirai (Super Elastic Bubble Plastic, Teatro degli Orrori) and Gianni Morandini, a project that keeps him busy for more than ten years and with which he publishes three albums (The Swindler, 2005 – RedLed Records/Self; Small Rooms, 2006 – RedLed Records/V2 Records/Edel; Chances, 2008 – Super Fake/Metatron Records) and two Eps (Acoustic On Air, 2005; Chances to Live, 2009), leading him to play in various national and European tours.

In 2008 he joins Pazi Mine, together with Sara Ardizzoni (Dagger Moth, Cesare Basile e Camminanti, Massimo Volume, A Bad Day), with whom he publishes in 2010 the self-titled album (Pazi Mine, 2010 – A Buzz Supreme/SuperFake) and with which he plays until 2012.

Between 2011 and 2014 he divides his attention between music and video art with the Shiroppo Film Studio collective, making videoclips for Italian indie artists and taking care of the visual side of the performances of some of the most important DJ of the national and international scene (Frankie Knuckles, Derrick May, Ellen Allien, Nina Kraviz, Claudio Coccoluto, Alex Neri).

In 2014 he experiences a rejection towards music and the music industry. This leads him to a long period of crisis, inactivity and silence that lasts until 2017. The public worshops of the Stimmung project developed by the artist Stefano Arienti make him discover a new musical perspective, casting him far from his origins towards new musical languages. This research brings him back to activity towards the end of 2019, with the realization of his latest musical project, Destroy Dubai.

The resulting album ([+][-][ ][+-], 2025 – Tenrec/SuperFake) is the processing of rarified compositional elements that pass through a stratification of field recording, sampling e looping. This exploration, together with other techniques, allows him to discover a renewed expressive will.

ALBUM COVER

TRACKS

ALBUM INFO

After years of silence and research, Destroy Dubai, aka Alessio Capra, returns with a work at the boundaries of experimental music: [+][-][ ][+-]. This album, created in the shadows and left to settle, is neither a product nor a manifesto but rather sound stripped of its function, left to vibrate until it dissolves. Through field recordings, sampling, and layered loops, the work gives life to a sonic exploration that defies traditional definitions.

The album unfolds through rarefied soundscapes and evanescent melodies, with a structure in constant dissolution. Emptiness and silence become key elements—not as mere subtraction but as a necessary response to a system that thrives on excess and self-referentiality. The album comes to life thanks to the unexpected intervention of the TENREC label, which convinced Destroy Dubai to make it public, rescuing it from a personal limbo.

compositions and arrangements by Destroy Dubai “Alessio Capra”

mixing by Destroy Dubai “Alessio Capra” & La Fabbrica Sospesa “Sebastiano Confetta”

mastered by La Fabbrica Sospesa “Sebastiano Confetta”

label TENREC and SUPERFAKE

VIDEOCLIP

The videoclip for Capricious Men Must Die accompanies the album’s release, extending its concept into the visual realm. Directed by Matteo Masali, aka The Sick Oscillator Boy, the video is entirely created through photogrammetry and depicts a drummer frozen in front of a musical composition without percussion. Immersed in an environment suspended between the real and the digital, the protagonist becomes a living sculpture, frozen in an action never completed. The absence of beats and pulses turns time into an undefined element, generating a tension between sound and stillness.

The video is part of an aesthetic and technological exploration that blends artificial intelligence, digital manipulation, and visual distortions. Masali, a video artist, editor, and AI visual designer, is the co-founder of Supernova, a Milan-based creative duo working between fashion and visual storytelling. His unique approach brings immersive and unconventional visual experiences to the project.