Enrico Coniglio ~ Songs from Ruined Days

Enrico Coniglio is a Venetian sound artist, creating pieces out of washed-out drones and ambient guitar loops while integrating them into Continue reading →

Liminaria / Interferenze 2022

I spent 23 June – 3 July 2022 in rural southern Italy as artist-in-residence as part of the Liminaria / Continue reading →

Sonic Topographies of the South

Sonic Topographies of the South: Rural Futurity as Resonance and Dissonance One of my earliest sonic memories is of the Continue reading →

Franco Battiato: all the records and all the songs

In recent years, audiences in the United States have finally been discovering the Italian artist Franco Battiato. Battiato’s reputation has Continue reading →

Americans in Rome

AMERICANS IN ROME Musica Elettronica Viva’s Trastevere Commune by Valerio Mattioli from Superonda: Storia Segrete della Musica Italiana (2016), pp Continue reading →

Dropping Out Into Music: The Audience as Orchestra

Dropping Out Into Music: The Audience as Orchestra Edith Schloss The Village Voice (August 7, 1969), Pg. 27. Rome – Continue reading →

FaravelliRatti ~ Lieu

Lieu is the debut from the collaborative pair FaravelliRatti. As the name might indicate, the members of the duo are Continue reading →

Comments on Rock

Comments on Rock Luciano Berio One evening, many years ago (maybe 15), in the house of Roberto Leydi, I heard Continue reading →