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Aliases: Claudio Rocchetti
Syrian Edge
*2023 stock. 150 copies limited edition* Claudio Rocchetti succeeds in sublimating incoherent masses of noise and excerpts of daily routines: reinterpreting these acoustic signals through tape manipulation, he crafts sonic matter unheard before and yet somehow familiar, like ghosts from the past resurfacing from white noise, reflections on the mirror of memory, stratified into new euphonic languages.
Syrian Edge is the first act of Panorama – a triptych investigating the work of Claudio Rocchett…
Island Within An Island
*2023 stock. 150 copies limited edition* In the second act of Panorama, Claudio Rocchetti idealize self-discovery, embarking on a journey through a land once thriving and now stripped of every meaning.
Like a silent observer, he wanders through the meanders of a pale and intangible non-place, witnessing the residual memories of an urban cemetery: abandoned and decrepit structures, whose skeletons remain as a symbol of a lost daydream. Imperceptible frequencies of deafening silence leak the image…
Thy Eyes, The Betrayal
*2023 stock. 150 copies limited edition* Thy eyes, the betrayal is the third and final chapter of the Panorama trilogy by Claudio Rocchetti. A narrating voice leads the way through the rooms of an imaginary museum, an idealized path through life. Similarly to an endless crescendo, the ambience gradually becomes emptier. Distant voices and noises fall far away, out of reach. The choir becomes silent, solitary.
Memory binds past and present together, certainly influenced by the surrounding environ…
Labirinto Verticale / As long as you come to my garden
This special bundle includes the fifth and sixth LPs in Die Schachtel' “Decay Music” series: Claudio Rocchetti “Labirinto Verticale” and Damāvand “As Long As You Come To My Garden”.
Goldberg Variations
To the so-called experimental music audience, Claudio Rocchetti is widely known as an incessantly active avant musician (apart from his main solo project he is also part of 3/4HadBeenEliminated, Olyvetty, power quartet In Zaire, and brand new duo Geodetic along with Jukka Reverberi — just to name few of his side projects and collaborations), though he’s ever increasingly expanding his investigation into the fields of writing (Il cuore delle formiche) and installation (The Promised Garden).…
Kennedy Pantheon : Alte Meister
Claudio Rocchetti is one of the key figure in the european experimental scene. An enthusiastic traveler and a deep resercher, Rocchetti had created his strong sonic universe made by fragile melodies and electro acoustic incursion. Kennedy Pantheon : Alte Meister is a time travel made by field recordings, stolen tales, historical documents and interviews, the composition is vivid and filmic, mixing real memories and fictions combining sounds far meaningfully and in time. The result it lies not in…
Broadcast #01
100 copies Soundtrack composed for Live Arts Week 2012 that took place in Bologna from 25.04.12 to 29.04.12, compiled by Claudio Rocchetti and Matteo Castro. Tapes are meant to be reproduced simultaneously, in loop..
Some Songs
Songs. Not Really. It's more about ghosts.The Ghost of the Song. Or we can substitute a more meaningful term: memory of song. Sound lost in space, refractions. Irregular shapes, exploring, engaging the void. A very uncommon work from Claudio Rocchetti, with strange experimental songs with a "folk" touch and field recordings. Featuring Stefano Pilia on guitar (from In Zaire and Massimo Volume). Limited edition of only 200 copies with a silkscreened jacket and silkscreened blank side of the vinyl.…
The Carpenter
The work of Claudio Rocchetti is a deep plunge into thick sound, investigating its innermost workings. Using a variety of devices such as turntables, audio cassettes, samplers, radios, and microphones, often incorporating other objects and traditional instruments, Berlin-based Rocchetti builds compelling structures that employ sound as sheer matter, mass, and impact. The tarry, mesmerizing hues that characterize his “music objects” are grounded in layers of sound detritus.From techno rhythms to …
Phonorama
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 re-shaped and re-composed in Berlin by Valerio Tricoli and Riccardo Benassi. Phonorama is a live electronics happening generated from improvisations by 20 musicians to create a collective soundtrack. One long environmental suite involving some of the …