Sxrrxwland - Cattedrale

What this video is

Released in mid-2018, 'Cattedrale' sits within the flourishing of Roman underground collectives that were redefining Italian rap and trap by fusing it with electronic production, art-school visual culture, and post-internet aesthetics. Asian Fake, the releasing label, served as a hub for this movement. Sxrrxwland's approach — treating the band as an art collective spanning music, fashion, photography, and visual…

Why it matters

Represents a significant artifact of the Italian trap-electronic underground that preceded broader mainstream acceptance. Sxrrxwland's integration of art-collective practice into music video production distinguishes this work from contemporaneous Italian trap videos, positioning it closer to…

The director

Tremila is the creative director and producer within the Roman art-music collective Sxrrxwland (also known as Sorrowland), signed to the Italian experimental label Asian Fake. Operating simultaneously as a musician and visual director, Tremila embodies the…