Claudio Rocchetti, born in Bolzano in 1976, came out of the straight-edge hardcore scene and went on to explore the many realms of noise. He played his self-described destructive DJ sets within Sonic Belligeranza, the group, label and collective that shook up the Italian underground at the turn of the 2000s, and was a member of 3/4HadBeenEliminated with Stefano Pilia and Valerio Tricoli. His own work is now the composition of cinematic musical landscapes built from rare old records, dusty analogue instruments and objects: old radios, customised turntables, gramophones, tape.
out of print LP, "These are the days" is a collection of short pieces all around of memory concept... a sort of back-up of experiences on Claudio's preferred media (tapes and vinyls). Tapes and vinyls are here used in a double way: in their common wa…
A very nice compilation distributed worldwide by Wire and produced by Xing. Fragments of Phonorama were recorded live at Raum, Bologna, in 2006-07 from two collective performances conceived by Riccardo Benassi for Xing. The original recordings were r…
Taking plaintive tones of drone music and early electronic and tape experiments, 3/4hadbeeneliminated former member Claudio Rocchetti has absolutely defined a sound, building a subtle, majestic landscape. Using awide variety of instruments (synth…
After experiencing the straight-edge hardcore scene, he began exploring the many realms of noise. He played his "destructive" djing within the group/label/collective Sonic Belligeranza. Rocchetti is now working on the composition of cinematic musical…