Elio Martusciello (born 23 November 1959,
Naples
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,
Italy
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) is an Italian
experimental music
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composer
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Etymology and Defi ...
and performer, principally on
guitar
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and
computer
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. He has studied
photography
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with
Mimmo Jodice
Domenico "Mimmo" Jodice (born 24 March 1934, in Naples) is an Italian photographer. He was professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli from 1970 to 1996.
Life and career
Since the 1960s Jodice worked with many artists of various styles ...
and
visual art
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with Carlo Alfano, Armando De Stefano and Rosa Panaro. He is a self-taught musician/composer and teaches "
electronic music
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" at
Conservatory of Music
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,
Napoli
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
,
Italy
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. His compositional aesthetics are derived from
acousmatic Acousmatic sound is sound that is heard without an originating cause being seen. The word ''acousmatic'', from the French ''acousmatique'', is derived from the Greek word ''akousmatikoi'' (ἀκουσματικοί), which referred to probationary p ...
issues, but in addition to acousmatic composition he composes for instruments and live electronics,
sound installation
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, multi-media works,
audiovisual art
Audiovisual art is the exploration of kinetic abstract art and music or sound set in relation to each other. It includes
visual music, abstract film, audiovisual performances and installations.
Overview
The book ''Art and the Senses'' cites th ...
and
computer music
Computer music is the application of computing technology in music composition, to help human composers create new music or to have computers independently create music, such as with algorithmic composition programs. It includes the theory and ap ...
improvisation
Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...
. He lives in
Napoli
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
,
Italy
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.
Main collaborations
He has worked with improvising musicians such as
Ana-Maria Avram
Ana-Maria Avram (1961–2017) was a Romanian composer, pianist, conductor and musicologist.
Biography
Avram was born in 1961 in Bucharest, Romania.Schell Michael. "Women in (New) Music: Remembering Ana Maria Avram (1961–2017)", Second Inversio ...
,
Natasha Barrett,
Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne (born January 4, 1954) is an American banjoist, guitarist and music critic.
Life and career
Chadbourne was born in Mount Vernon, New York, but grew up in Boulder, Colorado. He started playing guitar when he was eleven or twel ...
,
Alvin Curran
Alvin Curran (born December 13, 1938) is an American composer, performer, improviser, sound artist, and writer. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and lives and works in Rome, Italy. He is the co-founder, with Frederic Rzewski and Richard ...
,
Chris Cutler
Chris Cutler (born 4 January 1947) is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Best known for his work with English avant-rock group Henry Cow, Cutler was also a member and drummer of other bands, including Art Bears, Ne ...
,
Iancu Dumitrescu
Iancu Dumitrescu (born 15 July 1944) is a Romanian avant-garde composer.
Life and works
Dumitrescu was born in Sibiu, Romania. He received a master's degree in composition in Bucharest, where his teachers included Alfred Mendelsohn. Later, ...
,
Michel Godard
Michel Godard is a French avant-garde jazz and classical musician. He plays tuba and the predecessor of the tuba, a brass instrument known as the serpent.
Career
At 18, Godard was a member of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio-France. He has ...
,
Tim Hodgkinson
Timothy "Tim" George Hodgkinson (born 1 May 1949) is an English experimental music composer and performer, principally on reeds, lap steel guitar, and keyboards. He first became known as one of the core members of the British avant-rock group ...
,
Thomas Lehn
Thomas Lehn (born 1958 in Fröndenberg) is a German piano and synthesizer player active in free improvisation and contemporary music.
Lehn has recorded with Marcus Schmickler, Keith Rowe, John Butcher, Phil Minton, Phil Durrant, Radu Malfatt ...
,
Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris,
Jerome Noetinger
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,
Tony Oxley
Tony Oxley (born 15 June 1938) is an English free improvising drummer and one of the founders of Incus Records.
Biography
Oxley was born in Sheffield, England. A self-taught pianist by the age of eight, he first began playing the drums at se ...
,
Roberto Paci Dalo,
Evan Parker
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Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free ja ...
,
Giancarlo Schiaffini
Giancarlo Schiaffini is an Italian jazz trombonist and tubist most associated with avant-garde music, free improvisation and free jazz. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Schiaffini has worked with such artists as Mario Schiano, Lol Coxh ...
,
Mario Schiano
Mario Schiano (20 July 1933 in Naples – 10 May 2008 in Rome) was an Italian alto saxophonist and soprano saxophonist associated with avant-garde/free jazz.
He was born in Naples. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Schiano recorded with ...
,
Z'EV
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, and others.
Bands
Ossatura
with Fabrizio Spera and Luca Venitucci
Schismophonia
with Mike Cooper
Taxonomy
with Graziano Lella and Roberto Fega
Bindou ensemble
with
Ana-Maria Avram
Ana-Maria Avram (1961–2017) was a Romanian composer, pianist, conductor and musicologist.
Biography
Avram was born in 1961 in Bucharest, Romania.Schell Michael. "Women in (New) Music: Remembering Ana Maria Avram (1961–2017)", Second Inversio ...
,
Chris Cutler
Chris Cutler (born 4 January 1947) is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Best known for his work with English avant-rock group Henry Cow, Cutler was also a member and drummer of other bands, including Art Bears, Ne ...
, Rhodri Davies,
Iancu Dumitrescu
Iancu Dumitrescu (born 15 July 1944) is a Romanian avant-garde composer.
Life and works
Dumitrescu was born in Sibiu, Romania. He received a master's degree in composition in Bucharest, where his teachers included Alfred Mendelsohn. Later, ...
and
Tim Hodgkinson
Timothy "Tim" George Hodgkinson (born 1 May 1949) is an English experimental music composer and performer, principally on reeds, lap steel guitar, and keyboards. He first became known as one of the core members of the British avant-rock group ...
Le pecore di Dante
with
Tim Hodgkinson
Timothy "Tim" George Hodgkinson (born 1 May 1949) is an English experimental music composer and performer, principally on reeds, lap steel guitar, and keyboards. He first became known as one of the core members of the British avant-rock group ...
DA
with Paganmuzak
Xubuxue
with Pietro D'Agostino, Marco Ariano and Gianfranco Tedeschi
Selected Discography and videography
E. e M. Martusciello: meta-harmonies (
Staalplaat Staalplaat is an independent record label that is located in Amsterdam with a separate store in Berlin. Founded in 1982, the company's mission was to create a sound forum for sound artists, who write and perform new and experimental music.
Staalpla ...
, 1995)
Ossatura: dentro (
Recommended Records
Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected mus ...
, 1998)
Ossatura: verso (
Recommended Records
Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected mus ...
, 2002)
Aesthetics of the machine (bowindo, 2003)
Unoccupied areas (
Recommended Records
Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected mus ...
, 2005)
Taxonomy: A Global Taxonomycal Machine (
Ambiances Magnétiques
Ambiances Magnétiques is a Canadian record company and label started by Jean Derome, René Lussier, and others, and the artists' collective that preceded it.
History
In 1982, "guitarist René Lussier and saxophonist/flutist Jean Derome presente ...
, 2005)
Taxonomy: 10 Taxonomical Movements (
Ambiances Magnétiques
Ambiances Magnétiques is a Canadian record company and label started by Jean Derome, René Lussier, and others, and the artists' collective that preceded it.
History
In 1982, "guitarist René Lussier and saxophonist/flutist Jean Derome presente ...
, 2008)
To extend the visibility (
Recommended Records
Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected mus ...
, 2009)
Concrete songs (
TiConZero, 2011)
BetweenUs: Chamber Rites (
Die Schachtel
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Die may also refer to:
Games
* Die, singular of dice, small throwable objects used for producing random numbers
Manufacturing
* Die (integrated circuit), a rectangular piece of a semicondu ...
, 2015)
Ossatura: Maps and Mazes (
Recommended Records
Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected mus ...
, 2016)
incise (
em music, 2018)
The Ghost Album (
em music, 2020)
See also
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List of acousmatic-music composers
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* Horacio Vaggione
* Annette Vande Gorne
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Electroacoustic music
Electroacoustic music is a genre of popular and Western art music in which composers use technology to manipulate the timbres of acoustic sounds, sometimes by using audio signal processing, such as reverb or harmonizing, on acoustical instrumen ...
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Acousmatic music
Acousmatic music (from Greek ἄκουσμα ''akousma'', "a thing heard") is a form of electroacoustic music that is specifically ''composed'' for presentation using speakers, as opposed to a live performance. It stems from a compositional tradit ...
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Sound installation
Sound art is an artistic activity in which sound is utilized as a primary medium or material. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art may be interdisciplinary in nature, or be used in hybrid forms. According to Brandon LaBelle, sound art ...
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List of free improvising musicians and groups
This is a list of musicians and groups who compose and play free music, or free improvisation. In alphabetical order:
Musicians
* Susan Alcorn – pedal steel guitar
* Jason Alder – clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
* Thomas Anke ...
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Sound art
Sound art is an artistic activity in which sound is utilized as a primary medium or material. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art may be interdisciplinary in nature, or be used in hybrid forms. According to Brandon LaBelle, sound art ...
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Musique concrète
Musique concrète (; ): " problem for any translator of an academic work in French is that the language is relatively abstract and theoretical compared to English; one might even say that the mode of thinking itself tends to be more schematic, ...
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List of experimental musicians
This is a list of notable experimental musicians, in alphabetical order by surname.
A–E
*Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah – (Egypt) experimental music
*Acid Mothers Temple – Experimental psychedelic rock
* Arca – (Venezuela) Experiment ...
External links
Home pageMyspace
References
His biography on electrocd.comCEMATRecommended_RecordsConservatory of Music G.P. da Palestrinaintervista a Elio Martusciellosands-zineL'estetica dei media - Mario Costaestetica della macchina - Elio Martuscielloto extend the visibilityallaboutjazz
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Musicians from Naples
Italian musicians
Living people
1959 births
Electroacoustic music composers