Listen! MadeRadioArt Anthology | Sergio Armaroli & Steve Piccolo
Gruen 222 | Double CD (+ Digital) | Digital > [order]
Reviews
A dismal moment, try not to think about it so many of us, so restless, a dull chapter worth skipping, mind numbing. Constantly talking, when all we really wanted to do was…
As usual perhaps, daily impressions of unremitting danger make people seek refuge in futile obsessions with furniture, food and clothing. Endless words, irritating until we stopped saying them, then sorely missed. A conjunction of multiple evils that could have been avoided, had it only been seen as profitable to do so. Nagging prevail hedonistic to the point of dulling their efficacy.
At the same time we are so lethal, so outright mean, predictable impulses never seriously dealt with due to laziness. We are so out of touch with reality, but not in a good way, not anymore… many people claim to perceive the crisis as a sudden onslaught, though that is in no way objective or justifi able.
It was the first time in history that awareness of manipulation of information could go hand in hand with incredible amounts of often valid and accurate communication: the situation, I am sorry to say, was and probably is much worse than anyone could have imagined.
An omen is a premonitory sign interpreted as a hint of future happy or unfortunate events. I have nothing against myths and legends, particularly if they have poetic qualities or are entertaining. But is it still possible to revive things that have gotten tired over time? Why should the unruly auditor always have to adapt to our whims? Below apparently and even surface lurks a foreboding that cannot be escaped.
UNSPOKEN
We live in a time when the agency of the creator is rapidly losing its importance and the agency of the user or consumer, the auditor, the hearer, becomes paramount. It is a struggle of will, of volition, striving to be active, not passive. It is also a question of critical mass, hyper- ubiquity, surplus, overkill, economics, ecology. Of excess quantity and – in many ways – of excess quality, not any lack thereof. (Steve Piccolo)
CD 01
01 Rituel | MP3
02 LaCantatriceConCapelli | MP3
03 LaCantatriceConCapelliParte2°
04 ChantaitApollinaire
05 PourL’HommeLibreExtract
06 JeSuisUnHommeQuiSeCherche
07 ExtraReasonProfili
08 PrologueFuiIngannata
09 ErrorLandExtract
10 Extra(Sound)ReasonComeCoda
11 ZEROHistoire(s)LivreAbout | MP3
12 ScribblerTextNelNero
13 CantatriceInTheDelay
14 Space#3MiniAk
15 A-B-C (e viceversa)
16 VortexColour(s)One | MP3
17 ExploringNoiseTwo
18 HarrierToPrologue
19 Interlude
20 IncantatoRespiro
21 ScritturaleUnoAtlanteFigurato
CD 02
01 a dismal moment
02 ILoveYou
03 so restless
04 TheRebirthOfDiscourse
05 dull chapter
06 SmogInHollywood
07 constantly talking
08 Stutter
09 as usual perhaps | MP3
10 Stutter1
11 endless words
12 NathalieViennaMono
13 conjunction
14 TornelliAllaBolognese
15 nagging anxieties
16 YouCan’tSeeTheForestForTheTrees | MP3
17 predictable impulses
18 AsIWasSaying(2)
19 sudden crisis
20 AsIWasSaying
21 information
22 TheBreakdownOfClubCulture
23 omen
24 FaceInTheCrowd
25 myths and legends
26 GrumblingMastersOfTheUniverse
27 unruly auditor | MP3
28 TheLastAudience
29 Stella
30 PlausiblyGoodButCertifiablyFakeNews
51 Tracks (128’57’‘)
Double CD (300 copies)
Artwork – Szmt
Sound Art Series by Gruenrekorder
Germany / 2025 / Gruen 222 / LC 09488 / UPC 198588361931
Rigobert Dittmann | Bad Alchemy Magazin (129)
…restless …mind numbing …futile obsessions …endless words … nagging anxieties …hedonistic urges – wir sind im Krisenmodus. Konfrontiert mit a conjunction of multiple evils that could have been avoided, had it only been seen as profitable to do so. So sind Manipulation, Mythen, Legenden und Faulheit beliebter als Information und Kommunikation. Wo doch the agency of the user or consumer, the auditor, the hearer von größter Bedeutung ist und, mit meinen Worten, der verpopanzte oder verteufelte Kapitalismus längst in Konsumismus unbenannt gehört. Wenn auch nur, um den richtigen Baum anzubellen. SERGIO ARMAROLI (CD1) & STEVE PICCOLO (CD2), die zusammen Erratum als space for sound art and poetry in Mailand kuratieren, umkreisen das mit Listen! MadeRadioArt Anthology (Gruen 222, 2xCD), zwei 2016 collagierten Hörspielen aus spoken words, Theatralik, Umweltgeräuschen und elektroakustischen Klängen. Armaroli, der auf Leo Records mit Schiaffini & Sjöström, Fritz Hauser, Steve Piccolo & Elliott Sharp, Roger Turner oder Steve Day begegnete Vibraphonist, Schlagzeuger, Komponist und Improvisator, nimmt einen mit zu einer Konferenz der Tiere und der kynischen Suche nach Menschen, am hellichten Tag mit ner Taschenlampe. Gesucht wird der Homme libre, jemand wie Apollinaire. Angefangen bei einem selber: Je suis un homme qui se cherche. Mit „Fui ingannata – ich wurde getäuscht!“ könnte die Besinnung beginnen und im Galopp Error und Terror hinter sich lassen. Piccolo, der nach seiner Zeit mit Lounge Lizards in Italien ein Lebenswerk als Psychogeograph, Soundinstallateur, Poet und Performer entfaltet hat, mischt Text-Sound Art und sonor geraunte Poetry. Während vor lauter Bäumen der Wald unsichtbar wurde, bemüht er sich um die Wiedergeburt eines ins Stottern geratenen Diskurses. Mit bestechenden Sentenzen und feiner Musik führt er durch eine Wüste aus Noise und Nonsense, doch oft genug erntet die sich verheddernde Zunge Spott und Hohn. [BA 129 rbd]
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