“Bologna for Palestine – Non-Stop Electroacoustic Improv” documents a live music relay with 17 musicians based in Bologna in support of the Palestinian population.
A three hour performance condensed into 20 excerpts that showcase the vital experimental scene of the city, from elegiac ambient bliss to pummeling noise, technoid mutations, sinister jazz, spoken word transfigurations, low thump grooves, vocal manipulations, desert guitars, alien IDM and collective chants. Furious, enraged and on point.
Musicians:
Laura Agnusdei, tenor sax, live electronics
Agnese Banti, music tapes, live electronics, voice
Daniele Carcassi (Collettivo Minus), modular synth
Fera (undicesimacasa), live electronics
Simone Grande, electric guitar, live electronics
Ich Bin Bob, live electronics, percussions
Kat (So Beast), voice, live electronics
Carlo Marrone, no input, live electronics
Leonardo Melchionda, electric guitar
Dario Moroldo, semi modular synth, live electronics
Guglielmo Pagnozzi, alto sax, voice
Stefano Pilia, baritone guitar, live electronics
Sly (So Beast), percussion, live electronics
Giulio Stermieri, Farfisa organ, live electronics
Ceci Stacchiotti, bansuri, live electronics
Andrea Trona, synth
Reda Zine, voice, aouicha, live electronics
The event took place on Saturday January 13th, 2024 at DAS in Bologna and was curated by musicians and friends Agnese Banti and Laura Agnusdei for the associations Grabinski Point and DAS – Dispositivo Arti Sperimentali.
The initiative was in collaboration with Arci Bologna (“Con altri occhi” campaign) and ARTISTS AGAINST APARTHEID global movement. It was documented by the filmmaking group Lele Marcojanni and was live streamed by Impulse Response on Fango Radio (Italy) and Radio Alhara (Palestine). It raised money for the community of Khan Yunis thanks to a direct connection with Canadian/Palestinian reporter Mansour Shouman.
releases April 13, 2024
Maple Death Records
Track 1: reading by Agnese Banti
Track 2, 15: voices from the first day of ICJ hearings in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel in Gaza (Jan, 11 2024)
Track 7: poem by Fadwa Tuqan
Track 8: written by Nass El Ghiwane
Track 9: written by Giulio Stermieri
Track 16: improv on Ed McCurdy
Recorded by Daniele Lambertini (immòto recordings) on 13th January 2024, at DAS – Bologna
Cut and edited by Laura Agnusdei, Agnese Banti, Andrea Trona
Mastered by Ivan Pjevcevic
Artwork: Maria Sole Barzacchini e Fera
Poster of the event: Mariagloria Posani
Concert technique: Ich Bin Bob, Andrea Trona
Thanks to: Il campo innocente, Marta and Valerio Vitalini, Flavia Zaganelli