- Roberto Musci
"Roberto Musci" was born in
Milan (Italy) on 03/27/1956 and studied saxophone and guitar. From 1974 to 1985 he travelled around the world to study African, Indian, and Near & Far Eastern music, to make field recordings and collect musical instruments.He recorded LPs and CDs for different European labels (Raw Materials, Recommended records, Victò, Lowlands,Island Records ). He composed and played music for videos (Studio Equatore , Miguel Soares) , commercial spots (Levi's , Nike,Bulgari ,IBM , United Way), dance ( Tanzfabrik Berlin ,LosAngeles Choreographer & dancers), live soundtracks for silent movies (Regen and The bridge directed byJoris Ivens , Phantom of the Opera directed byRupert Julian ,Vampyr directed byFriedrich Wilhelm Murnau , Manhatta directed byPaul Strand ,Safety Last! directed byFred C. Newmeyer withHarold Lloyd ,Der Golem directed by Carl Boese andPaul Wegener , Saturnino Farandolà directed by Marcel Perez and Luigi Maggi,The Crowd directed byKing Vidor , Belfagor directed by Henri Desfontains,), poems (with Massimo Cavallaro for Piera degli Esposti), and theater (with Massimo Cavallaro forAntonio Albanese ). He made soundtracks for movies (with Giovanni Venosta) forSilvio Soldini movie " L'aria serena dell'Ovest", Alessandro Amaducci's movie " Spoonriver", Stefano Canzio's video "Sua Intermittenza", Andrea Gropplero's movie "Pidjin", Monica Castiglioni's movie "Rita incontra una amica")He makes videos for italian musicians (Walter Prati,Giancarlo Schiaffini ,Lilliana Bacolini, Morgan, Massimo Cavallaro) and for European musicians (with Massimo Mariani for percussionist Arnold Marinissen)He broadcast ethnic music from radio stations (Rai, Radio Popolare).At the 32nd Bourges International Festival he performed the piece " Music for Labyrinths " for voice & electronics at Maison de la Culture ICEM Serie : Federation Italy 01/06/02.He played in studio and in live concerts with many Italian and European musicians like: Giovanni Venosta, Claudio Gabbiani, Walter Prati, Giorgio Magnanensi, Massimo Mariani, Roberto Zanisi, Tiziano Tononi,Daniele Cavallanti (Aktuala ),Moni Ovadia ,Chris Cutler ,Jon Rose ,David Moss , Steve Piccolo,Elliott Sharp , andKeith Tippett .Discography
*The Loa of music (Raw Material,1983)
*Water Messages on desert sand (with Giovanni Venosta)(Recommended Records,1986)
*Urban & tribal portraits (with Giovanni Venosta)(Recommended Records,1988)
*A noise, a sound (Recommended records,1990)
*Rer Quarterly vol 2 (Recommended Records,1991)
*Loosing the orthodox path (with Giovanni Venosta & Massimo Mariani)(Victò 1993)
*Debris of a loa (with Claudio Gabbiani)(Lowlands records,1995)
*Quang-go voice (with Giovanni Venosta)(Island Records, 1999)
*Massimo Cavallaro 's Giù al nord /Uomo (music for Antonio Albanese theatrical pieces (RP,1999)
*Steel water light (with Chris Cutler,Jon Rose,Claudio Gabbiani)(Recommended Records 2001)
*Claudio Gabbiani's Night nursing (Auditorium records,2003)
*Art Bears revisited (with Giovanni Venosta & Massimo Mariani)(Recommended Records,2004)
*The day after the end of world party (with Massimo Mariani and Steve Duncan)(Auditorium records,2005)Books
Plunderphonics,Pataphysics & Pop Mechanics by Andrew Jones (Safpublishing.co.uk)
External links
* [http://www.rmusci.com Official web site]
* [http://www.cematitalia.it/servizi/bio.php?lg=ita&cat=comp&id=172 Cemat]
* [http://www.tanzfabrik-berlin.de TanzFabrik]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/dance/p7a_reprev.html LoasAngeles Choreographer & Dancers]
* [http://www.studioazzurro.it Studio Azzurro]
* [http://migso.planetaclix.pt Miguel Soares]
* [http://www.rermegacorp.com Recommended Records]
* [http://www.victo.qc.ca/ Victò]
* [http://islandrecords.com/site/promo/premieres/index.htm Island records]
* [http://www.mindyourownmusic.co.uk/keith-tippett.htm Keith Tippet]
* [http://www.jonroseweb.com/index.html Jon Rose]
* [http://www.ccutler.com/ccutler/ Chris Cutler]
* [http://www.massimomariani.eu/ Massimo Mariani]
* [http://www.massimocavallaro.it/ Massimo Cavallaro]
* [http://www.moniovadia.it/content/ Moni Ovadia]
* [http://www.scaruffi.com/oldavant/moss.html David Moss]
* [http://www.undo.net/stevepiccolo/index.cgi Steve Piccolo]
* [http://www.panix.com/~esharp/Elliott Sharp]
* [http://www.nexusworkshop.com/ Tiziano Tononi & Daniele Cavallanti]
* [http://www.claudiogabbiani.com/ Claudio Gabbiani]
* [http://www.giorgiomagnanensi.com/ Giorgio Magnanensi]
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