| Sabato 5 Aprile 2003 >> DISCOVERSION @ Zo Culture - Catania | DISCOVERSION
Zo "Centro Culture Contemporanee"
P.zzale Asia, 6 - 95129 Catania - Italy
tel/fax: +39 095 533871
website:www.zoculture.it
e-mail: info@zoculture.it
discoversion website:
www.discoversion.com
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DISCOVERSION e' un ciclo di serate dedicato alla dance-culture nelle sue multiformi versioni/visioni. Incursioni dalle parti del dancefloor, seguendo le tracce di suoni, mode, spazi, tempi e persone che ne hanno segnato la storia. La nuova edizione di questo anno si caratterizza come una serie di eventi scandita da temi ogni volta diversi e dai grandi nomi del djing italiano e straniero accompagnati dalle immagini dei migliori vj nazionali. Gli appuntamenti si articoleranno tra i due spazi principali del Centro Culturale Zo, caratterizzati da proposte artistiche ed atmosfere differenti: una sala dedicata al dancefloor, cuore pulsante della serata e del teatro dell'esibizione dei dj e dei live-acts; l'altra riservata al chill-out, ritmi piu' lenti e dimensione rilassata con allestimenti curati da giovani artisti catanesi performance, spettacoli, proiezioni e musica d'ambiente.
DISCOVERSION is a series of parties dedicated to the dance culture in its many-sided versions/visions. Forays in the dancefloor planet, following the sound/fashion/beat-tracks of those who left their mark in the story of music. This year's new edition is characterized by a series of events under always different themes and by the big names of Italian and foreign Djing together with the screenings by the best national Vjs.
The parties take place in the two main rooms of the Zo Cultural Centre, each characterized by different artistic proposals and atmospheres: The dancefloor room, core of the event and performing stage of Djs and live-acts, and the chill-out room, with slower rhythms and a relaxed dimension with dressings by young local artists, performances, shows, screenings and ambient music.
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Sabato 5 Aprile 2003 h.23
DISCOVERSION & SoFar preview proudly present:
->dancefloor:
resident dj > Kikko Solaris
special guest > ILIC (Dj Set)
special guest > JOLLY MUSIC (Live Set)
special guest > MARCO PASSARANI (Dj Set)
I Jolly Music, gruppo di Roma che da qualche anno si muove nel panorama della dance elettronica piu' d'avanguardia, sono composti da un musicista/programmatore ed un dj/produttore che si chiamano rispettivamente Mario Pierro e Francesco de Bellis. Il loro esordio discografico avviene nel 1996 come MAT101 su Nature Records, progetto di dance sperimentale con sapori che vanno dall'electro alla musica dei videogiochi senza disdegnare uno sguardo al pop. Dopo un paio di singoli ed un ottimo album, MAT101 diventa immediatamente uno dei piu' freschi ed originali prodotti della scena underground elettronica italiana. Passano circa tre anni e i MAT101 danno vita ad un nuovo progetto dove altre influenze ed atmosfere trovano spazi ben piu' ampi: il nuovo nome e' Jolly Music. Di conseguenza MAT101 viene temporaneamente ibernato e il nuovo, JOLLY MUSIC, finalmente prende il volo con un paio di singoli ed un album che mostrano chiaramente come il nuovo suono sia ben piu' aperto, spaziando dalla disco psichedelica al soul, dall'electro all'hip hop. Un vero e proprio frullato di sonorita' che viene immediatamente riconosciuto in Inghilterra come una delle novita' piu' interessanti del 2000. L'originalita' della musica dei Jolly Music in poco tempo apre loro le porte del mondo musicale meno sotterraneo, tant'e' vero che qualche mese dopo l'uscita su Nature Records dell'album "Jollybar" e' l'Illustrious records (nuova etichetta dance della Sony UK) a farsi viva con una proposta di licenza per il suddetto album. In attesa della nuova edizione di "Jollybar" i Jolly Music stanno completando nuove versioni dei loro brani collaborando con diversi artisti contemporanei tra i quali citiamo Erlend Oye dei Kings of Convenience... Da ricordare inoltre i lavori come solisti che stanno vedendo luce sulla nuova sub label della Nature che si chiama Pigna...e piu' avanti sulla Nature stessa (Mario Pierro e' Raiders of the Lost ARP mentre Francesco de Bellis e' Francisco). www.jollymusic.com
Per ulteriori informazioni visitare: www.finalfrontier.it www.illustriousrecords.com
It's like one thousand records broken down into one, describes lanky Mario Pierro of the music he makes with fellow Roman Francesco de Bellis. Indeed this Italian duo spend an inordiante amount of time digging out ancient vinyl in secondhand emporiums. It was this hobby which caused the pair to land a regular half hour slot on a local radio show in 1998. Playing only second hand records from 60s, 70s and 80s they called the show 'Around the world in 33rpm' (in Italian, of course). Explains Mario: "It was a giant mixture of records that Francesco assembled on an old tape deck. Then we started taking these mad cassettes and putting them into a computer to add more effects. We wanted to explore the sound of broken needle or a guitar. Soon we started using samples and making music like that in Jolly Music." Mario met Francesco in 1995 through a University friend who wore a Front 242 T-shirt. Mario came from a traditional music background, he was studying the subject, playing keyboards with jazz bands but also had a healthy interest in electronica. Francesco had been DJing since 1989 and was keen to make music. Together they formed the electronic outfit MAT101, a project they continue today. Despite their different backgrounds and appearances - there's a foot in height between the two - Francesco and Mario are likeminded. Bizarrely they share the same birthday - 8 October 1975. It's not just second hand vinyl that Jolly Music love. Francesco lives by Rome's largest market and has a huge collection of vintage sunglasses. He loves soundtracks from Italy's cinematic heyday, 60s stuff like the octopus horror flick Tentacle. Mario's passion is buying the video games consoles he always wanted as a kid. Their basement studio is a shrine to the history of cool electronics. Mario: "We're always searching through second hand newspapers because it's difficult to find keyboards now that produce the same sound as the old ones. I think we have at least twelve." It's no surprise they called an album track 'Minimoog Dreaming'. A union of disco, electronica, acid house, film soundtracks and weird sounds played out on ancient keyboards, why did they call the music 'jolly'? "You'll find a lot of jolly hotels, jolly bars, jolly tyres for your car and jolly toys in Italy", explains Mario. "All the signs for these places come from the 70s and are a bit dusty and old fashioned. The influence and atmosphere we want to put in our records is the same as those signs - dusty, broken, cool. Is Jolly Music an exercise in chic nostalgia? Mario: We're not like how beautiful is the past and today is shit. It's more like the sounds are inside you from when you were a child and you keep them in mind. Jolly Music is a celebration. We're assembling things from the past to make something new. A number of people have helped the assembly on their debut album, Jolly Bar. Kings of Convenience front man Erlend Oye asked Francesco and Mario to contribute to his forthcoming solo electro album. They ended up swapping a track with Erlend penning the lyrics for forthcoming single 'Talco Uno' - a cheeky satire on clubbing today and a surefire summer smash. For the record, Mario claims he's taller than Erlend. A surprising choice is Sonya from Echobelly on the electro tinged 'K-Fun'. Mario explains how her vocals filled the gaps "perfectly". Brit KT Tunstall delivers Bjork-style vocals to the calming 'Reversi' and Miss Kittin style stroppiness to the high energy electro disco of 'Crociera'. While Adam Burke, a half Italian/half English friend of Francesco's pays homage to 70s funk on 'Fever New'. Production duties came from New Order, Chemical Brothers legend Steve Dub. "If you listen to the drums you can tell it's him because it's powerful", reveals Marco. While commerical house music loses support by the day and electro pop is exposed as a passing trend, Jolly Music defy instant categorisation. They may use a lot of samples but they don't sound like the Avalanches. A gentler and craftier Daft Punk, their club-friendly creations are rewarding at home too. Have we unearthed the new Italian connection? We can only suggest that you tune in to their jolly world and find out for yourselves... More info: www.jollymusic.com www.finalfrontier.it www.illustriousrecords.com
Marco Passarani e' un dj e musicista elettronico che da dieci anni si muove in prima linea sul fronte elettronico dance underground italiano e non solo. Il suo percorso all'interno della scena elettronica dance e' stato sempre centrale grazie alle numerose collaborazioni internazionali e grazie al continuo lavoro che dagli inizi degli anni 90 lo ha visto muoversi nel movimento techno radiofonico romano e nel movimento dei rave capitolini sia come dj che come performer live. Le sue prime produzioni arrivano nel 1993 sull'etichetta Generator di Alan Oldham (al tempo il dj che sostitui Jeff Mills negli Undeground Resistance per il tour World Domination), poi ha creato la Nature Records e la societa' Remix Distribution the FinalFrontier (distribuzione e produzione discografica insieme ad Andrea Benedetti). Le successive collaborazioni internazionali lo hanno visto partecipare al progetto Mururoa con la Rephlex, la Interrferred Communications di IF e la Interdimensional Transmission di Ectomorph. Numerose poi sono le uscite su etichette straniere che si dividono tra la Hymen (sottoetichetta della Antzen), la Skam di Manchester, la Dub e la Clone di Rotterdam, le inglesi Leaf e Diskono ecc, per non contare i remix tra i quali citiamo quello per Adult su Clone records. Il suono (che all'inizio era piu' influenzato dall'Underground Resistance mentre nella seconda fase della produzione si e' evoluto verso soluzioni piu' electro e freestyle) E' sempre stato molto emozionale e dinamico allo stesso tempo e nel suo ultimo album ha espresso l'intera gamma del suo stile come per chiudere in maniera rappresentativa il primo ciclo di produzione ed aprirne uno nuovo, sia per la sua musica che per la sua etichetta. Il suono di Marco attualmente unisce sapori che vanno dall'electro all'hip hop, dall'industriale alla techno passando per l'ambient...una prova della ricerca che ha portato Roma all'avanguardia nel campo produttivo elettronico internazionale. Ospite al festival di Arezzo Wave 2002, Marco Passarani si e' esibito, inoltre, ai principali festival di musica in giro per il mondo assieme ai migliori rappresentanti della scena elettronica internazionale. www.finalfrontier.it
Marco Passarani from Nature Records @ Finalfrontier.it represents more than ten years of hard work and fights in the frontline of the underground of the electronic dance music scene. Passarani's journey into the electronic dance scene has always been in a central position because of the many collaborations he did: at the beginning of '90s he was involved in the roman radios techno scene and he started just after to contribute to the roman techno raves sometimes as a dj, sometimes playing live. His very first productions came out in late 1993 on Detroit based Alan Oldham label "Generator", then he created Nature Records and his own distribution and production company Remix Distribution The Final Frontier (at the beginning together with Andrea Benedetti). He started collaborations with the dutch scene (he relased on Interferred communications from Den Haag), with Rephlex (the Mururoa project contains a track made by Marco) with AntZen (the industrial post-rock German label). Lately he also collaborated with the Skam collective in Manchester (he has a 12" that features remixes of one of his tracks taken from the last album realized by Jega, Team Doyobi and Gescom) and the Clone / DUB family in Holland (he remixed the acclaimed "Hand to Phone" from Adult). His sound (which is influenced more by UR / early Detroit at the beginning and much more by electro / broken beats during the second phase) has always been very emotional and dynamic at the same time and his last works focus right on these sonic features: the sound of Marco actually brings many flavours such as electro, hip hop, industrial, techno and ambient...and that also proves the high quality of the sound that the roman electronix musicians and djs developed since the beginning of 90s, probably one of the most productive and underestimated underground scene. A new phase for him and for Nature Records has started after the release of his last album "6 Katun": Marco is back more on turntables, spinning almost everywhere in Europe and he became more "the producer" behind the stage bringing to the attention of many bands such as Jolly Music, J's Pool, Monomorph and Ambit 3 (the recent compilation "Mission 3: establishing electronix network" once again is the evidence of Marco's researches in the underground for new and exciting electronic artists). Actually he's working on new music for Nature and for the Finalfrontier's crew new label "Pigna"...expect lots of new tunes in the next season. www.finalfrontier.it
->chill-out zone: HOLOGRAMS
djs > Emiliano5Rui - dj Hora
visuals > vj Kl @t
DISCOVERSION proudly presents: HOLOGRAMS (Pt.3)
Discoversion, ovvero la sostanza che ha attivato i centri motori, e' interpretata dagli sperimentatori come una fuga dallo stato di quiete. Conseguenza di una condizione naturale che e' quella dello stare in moto, in cammino. Si sta bene dentro una macchina, con le immagini fluttuanti al di la' del finestrino anche se della distanza non riusciamo a sostenere l'immagine.
Discoversion, that is the matter which brought into action the motor centres, is felt by experimental artists as an escape from the rest. As a result of a natural condition, of being in motion, on the way. It's comfortable staying in a car, with images flowing out of the window, though we cannot stand the image of the distance.
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-> DISCOVERSION Crew:
resident djs > kikko solaris - emiliano5rui - dj hora
visuals/vjing > Kl @t
installazioni > B.J.K. (Blue Jays Kollektiv)
fabio f. - giampiero l. - rino b.
andrea r. - valeria s. - loredana c.
www.discoversion.com
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ingresso 7,00 euro - entrance € 7,00 - b4 h.24 5,00 euro with flyer
riduzione a 5 euro entro le ore 24 presentando alla cassa il pieghevole/flyer
Prossimo appuntamento next DISCOVERSION
> Sabato 12 Aprile 2003
DISCOVERSION & MTV Clubbing proudly present:
seventeenth action, resident dj: kikko solaris
special guest: THE DINING ROOMS dj set feat.
STEFANO GHITTONI & MARIA ARENA (visuals)
www.thediningrooms.org www.ishtar.it
chill-out zone > Holograms (Pt.4)
djs: emiliano5rui - dj hora
visuals: vj kl @t
installazioni: B.J.K.
Potete inviare i vostri demo e/o promo
con note biografiche ed eventuale rassegna stampa a:
Please, send your demos & promos to:
DISCOVERSION
att. Kikko Solaris
c/o Design s.r.l.
Via Pasubio, 39/41
95127 CATANIA (Italy)
>> 11. APRILE. 03 Acoustic Dub Messengers (Live Set) + Gak Sato (Dj Set) @ Scenario Pubblico
(Meltin'Folk Festival_Catania -IT) www.righttempo.net www.scenariopubblico.com
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