Turbo Sud: South Italian Traditional Rhythms and Their Encounters with Electronic Music

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Turbo Sud: South Italian Traditional Rhythms and Their Encounters with Electronic Music
Turbo Sud: South Italian Traditional Rhythms and Their Encounters with Electronic Music
Agostino Quaranta

Taking cues from his interdisciplinary and research-based project Turbo Sud, visual artist and music producer Agostino Quaranta unearths the almost forgotten memories of electronic experiments made with pizzica pizzica, in the Southeast of Italy.

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Design: Marina Benetti
Photo: Giovanna Martelloni, Ernesto Fumarola
Sound: Dario Blasi

Things You Have Taught Me: A Letter of Love and Gratitude to Franco Battiato

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Things You Have Taught Me: A Letter of Love and Gratitude to Franco Battiato
Things You Have Taught Me: A Letter of Love and Gratitude to Franco Battiato
Marco Mancassola

London-based Italian writer Marco Mancassola reflects on his personal relationship with the oeuvre of renowned Sicilian art pop musician Franco Battiato.

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Design: Marina Benetti
Sound: Francesco Fusaro

Italy’s Unseen Foreigners and Immigrants

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Italy’s Unseen Foreigners and Immigrants
Italy’s Unseen Foreigners and Immigrants
Justin Olivier Salhani

Life in Milan through a foreigner’s eyes: A mix of indifference to the Other, social invisibility, and Italy’s dependence on cultural artifacts imported from overseas.

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Design: Marina Benetti
Photo: Justin Olivier Salhani
Sound: Francesco Fusaro

2021: Duality

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2021: Duality
2021: Duality
Vanja Kovačević

This episode of our 2021 video series is a musical conversation between two piano players. The video looks for situations of duality in the spaces around us. In finding each other, the protagonists find new hope for the second year of the pandemic.

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Design: Vanja Kovačević
Sound: LP Duo

You Are Here! Episode 1: Worldliness and Unruliness

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You Are Here! Episode 1: Worldliness and Unruliness
You Are Here! Episode 1: Worldliness and Unruliness
Hannes Seidl

In the first episode of the podcast series «You Are Here!» trumpeter Paul Hübner meets two keyboard players, Liz Kosack and Christoph Ogiermann, for a shared musical indulgence.

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Design: Ji Youn Kim/form fellows
Sound: Liz Kosack, Christoph Ogiermann, Paul Hübner, Hannes Seidl

You Are Here! Episode 2: Raindrops and Windows

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You Are Here! Episode 2: Raindrops and Windows
You Are Here! Episode 2: Raindrops and Windows
Hannes Seidl

In the second episode of the podcast series «You Are Here!» trumpeter Paul Hübner connects with performance artist David Helbich, on electronic instruments, and Koto player Naoko Kikuchi.

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Design: Ji Youn Kim/form fellows
Sound: David Helbich, Neoko Kikuchi, Paul Hübner, Hannes Seidl

You Are Here! Episode 3: Fragility and Responsibility

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You Are Here! Episode 3: Fragility and Responsibility
You Are Here! Episode 3: Fragility and Responsibility
Hannes Seidl

In the third episode of the podcast series «You Are Here!» trumpeter Paul Hübner invites Oud-playing singer Kamilya Jubran and the composer Oxana Omelchuk, who rocks one of the first portable analog synthesizers.

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Design: Ji Youn Kim/form fellows
Sound: Kamilya Jubran, Oxana Omelchuck, Paul Hübner, Hannes Seidl

You Are Here! Episode 4: Reduction and Extension

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You Are Here! Episode 4: Reduction and Extension
You Are Here! Episode 4: Reduction and Extension
Hannes Seidl

In the fourth episode of the podcast series «You Are Here!» trumpeter Paul Hübner meets two sound-obsessives: Drummer Etienne Nillesen and electronic musician and spoken word artist Elsa M’bala.

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Design: Ji Youn Kim/form fellows
Sound: Elsa M’Bala, Etienne Nillesen, Paul Hübner, Hannes Seidl

You Are Here! Episode 5: Where Are We?

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You Are Here! Episode 5: Where Are We?
You Are Here! Episode 5: Where Are We?
Hannes Seidl

At its close, the podcast series «You Are Here!» opens up new perspectives: For the last episode, thirteen musicians, artists, composers, journalists, scholars, and philosophers answer the question «Where are we right now?»

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Design: Ji Youn Kim/form fellows
Sound: Hannes Seidl

2021: Malam Berkah

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2021: Malam Berkah
2021: Malam Berkah
Gabber Modus Operandi

This episode of our 2021 video series is a dinner conversation by the electronic music duo Gabber Modus Operandi, taking place in Denpasar, Indonesia. They talk about Bali, toxic tourism, colonialism, and also some good news around the locals.

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Sound: Gabber Modus Operandi

Nothing Is Complete

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Podcast
Nothing Is Complete
Sol Rezza, Franco Falistoco
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Design: Gabriel Massan
Sound: Tatiana Heuman