last gigs for MASSIMO VOLUME – “Aspettando i Barbari” tour

14-11-2014 ROMA (ITALY) – Blackout
15-11-2014 BOLOGNA (ITALY) – TPO
19-11-2014 PARIS (FRANCE) – Ciaognari Enoteca Italiana
20-11-2014 AMSTERDAM (NETHERLAND) – Ot301
21-11-2014 HAMBURG (GERMANY) – Tba
22-11-2014 BERLIN (GERMANY) – Studio Frevo
23-11-2014 BOLZANO (ITALY) – Sudwerk

53 USA gigs tour with IL SOGNO DEL MARINAIO

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wed/sep 10 – the casbah – san diego, ca thu/sep 11 – the echo – los angeles, ca fri/sep 12 – bottom of the hill – san francisco, ca sat/sep 13 – the catalyst (atrium) – santa cruz, ca sun/sep 14 – velvet jones – santa barbara, ca mon/sep 15 – strummer’s – fresno, ca tue/sep 16 – the blue lamp – sacramento, ca wed/sep 17 – wow hall – eugene, or thu/sep 18 – doug fir lounge – portland, or fri/sep 19 – capitol theater – olympia, wa sat/sep 20 – tractor tavern – ballard, wa sun/sep 21 – the hop – spokane, wa mon/sep 22 – neurolux – boise, id tue/sep 23 – urban lounge – salt lake city, ut wed/sep 24 – larimer lounge – denver, co thu/sep 25 – slowdown – omaha, ne fri/sep 26 – the bottleneck – lawrence, ks sat/sep 27 – gabe’s oasis – iowa city, ia sun/sep 28 – turf club – st. paul, mn mon/sep 29 – high noon saloon – madison, wi tue/sep 30 – schubas tavern – chicago, il wed/oct 1 – the duck room at blueberry hill – st. louis, mo thu/oct 2 – the hi-tone cafe – memphis, tn fri/oct 3 – zanzabar – louisville, ky sat/oct 4 – the basement – columbus, oh sun/oct 5 – the magic stick – detroit, mi mon/oct 6 – the grog shop – cleveland heights, oh tue/oct 7 – the brillobox – pittsburgh, pa wed/oct 8 – sportsmen’s tavern – buffalo, ny thu/oct 9 – the low beat – albany, ny fri/oct 10 – showcase lounge at higher ground – s. burlington, vt sat/oct 11 – port city music hall  – portland, me sun/oct 12 – great scott – allston, ma mon/oct 13 – the outer space (ballroom) – hamden, ct tue/oct 14 – fete lounge – providence, ri wed/oct 15 – the bell house – brooklyn, ny thu/oct 16 – mercury lounge – new york, ny fri/oct 17 – johnny brenda’s – philadelphia, pa sat/oct 18 – the camel – richmond, va sun/oct 19 – black cat (backstage) – washington, dc mon/oct 20 – the casbah @ tremont – charlotte, nc tues/oct 21 – the royal american – charleston, sc wed/oct 22 – the earl – e. atlanta, ga thu/oct 23 – jack rabbits – jacksonville, fl fri/oct 24 – high dive – gainesville, fl sat/oct 25 – alchemy tavern – mobile, al sun/oct 26 – one eyed jacks – new orleans, la mon/oct 27 – fitzgerald’s – houston, tx tue/oct 28 – red 7 – austin, tx wed/oct 29 – club dada – dallas, txthu/oct 30 – vzd’s – oklahoma city, ok fri/oct 31 – low spirits – albuquerque, nm sat/nov 1 – crescent ballroom – phoenix, az

MASSIMO VOLUME “Aspettando i Barbari” TOUR 2013-2014

31-10-2013 RAVENNA – Bronson / 02-11-2013 LIVORNO – The Cage / 08-11-2013 RONCADE (TV) – New Age Club / 09-11-2013 MOSCIANO SANT’ANGELO (TE) – Pin Up / 15-11-2013 BRESCIA – Latteria Artigianale Molloy /16-11-2013 FIRENZE – Auditorium Flog / 21-11-2013 ROMA – Black Out / 22-11-2013 NAPOLI – Casa della Musica Club / 23-11-2013 CONVERSANO (BA) – Casa delle Arti / 29-11-2013 MODENA – Vibra / 30-11-2013 VERONA – Interzona / 05-12-2013 SEGRATE – MILANO – Circolo Magnolia / 07-12-2013 MARGHERA (VE) – La Tempesta @ Centro Sociale Rivolta / 13-12-2013 TORINO – Hiroshima Mon Amour / 14-12-2013 BOLOGNA – Estragon / 22-12-2013 SANTARCANGELO DI ROMAGNA (RN) – Teatro Lavatoio / 21-02-2014 MEZZAGO (MB) – Bloom / 22-02-2014 SANT’ANDREA ALLE FRATTE  (PG) – Urban /01-03-2014 AREZZO – Karemaski / 05-03-2013 RENDE (CS) – Teatro Auditorium Unical @ Campus di Arcavacata / 06-03-2014 PALERMO – I Candelai / 07-03-2014 CATANIA – Barbara Disco Lab / 08-03-2014 TITO (PZ) – Auditorium Cecilia Centro per la Creatività / 15-03-2013 PADOVA – Mame / 28-03-2014 BOLOGNA – Locomotiv / 04-04-2014 TORINO – Spazio 211 / 12-04-2014 PORDENONE – Naonian Concert Hall / 18-04-2014 TANETO DI GATTATICO (RE) – Fuori Orario / 29-04-2014 MACERATA /01-06-2014 GUASTALLA (RE) – Handmade Festival / 13-06-2014 CHIUSI (SI) – Lars Rock Fest / 21-06-2014 BOLOGNA – Bolognetti on the Rocks / 24-06-2014 SESTO SAN GIOVANNI (MI) – Carroponte / 25-06-2014 ROMA – Airport One / Roma  Vintage @ Ex Aeroporto F. Baracca / 26-06-2014 VICENZA – Festambiente / 11-07-2014 LA SPEZIA – Spazio Boss 2014 / 19-07-2014 MARINA DI RAVENNA (RA) @ Hana-Bi / 28-07-2014 OLEVANO ROMANO (ROMA) – Radiolevano Eco Fest / 29-07-2014 BENEVENTO – Arena Arco del Sacramento / 02-08-2014 ZEVIO (VR) – Goose Festival @ Cortile del Castello / 06-08-2014 PESARO – Rocca Costanza / 06-09-2014 ROVERETO DI NOVI (MO) – Rockereto Festival

BELFI_GRUBBS_PILIA trio is presenting the new album “Dust & Mirrors” in UK!

05.06.14 @ Cafè Oto, London
07.06.14 @ Arnolfini, Bristol
08.06.14 @ Fuse Art Space, Bradford

In Zaire 2013 end of summer tour

18-09-2013 BERLIN @ White Rabbit / 19-09-2013 COPENHAGEN @ Jazzhouse / 20-09-2013 MALMO @ Get Daun / 21-09-2013 GOTHENBURG @ Truckstop Alaska / 03-10-2013 BOLOGNA @ Lokomotiv / 05-10-2013 TORINO @ Blah Blah

“The Wired Salutation” by Angela Bulloch and David Grubbs performed by BGP trio in Berlin @ HAU on 18/08/2013

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upcoming tour june 2013 for BGP trio

4-06 OSLO @ Blaa / 5-06 BERGEN @ Utmark-Landmark / 6-06 BERLIN @ Haus Ungarn / 7-06 STUTTGART @ Club Shocken / 8-06 LYON @ Sonic / 9-06 PARIS @ Point Ephemere / 10-06 LONDON @ Cafè Oto

we will present the new DAVID GRUBBS record THE PLAIN WHERE THE PALACE STOOD and some new material of the trio

The BGP trio @ Center Pompidou performing “The Wired Salutation” by David Grubbs and Angela Bullock, visual and lights by Angela Bulloch, photo credit by Hervè Veronese

BEAUTIFUL AFRICA record out now on Nonesuch and 2013 european tour with ROKIA TRAORE’

BEAUTIFUL AFRICA on Nonesuch record 

CHICAGO READER review by Peter Margasak

“Remarkable Malian singer and songwriter Rokia Traore has demonstrated a consistent desire to expand the reach of her sound since she first emerged on the global circuit in 1998, slowly adding Western instruments and influences to her gently cycling but insistent music. In fact, electric guitars elbowed out traditional n’goni, acoustic guitar, and balafon on her fourth and most recent album, Tchamantché (Nonesuch), from 2009. Still, I wasn’t prepared for the force electric guitars exert on her forthcoming Beautiful Africa—due from the same label on April 9—which marks a major transformation and a huge step forward artistically. The circular patterns remain at the heart of her music and her deeply soulful voice is generally as pretty, vigorous, and nuanced as ever, emphasizing certain melodic lines or words with shape and inflection rather than volume. But the flesh on that rhythmic skeleton is much different.

The record was produced by longtime P.J. Harvey collaborator John Parish—who has a record of his own film music due from Chicago’s Thrill Jockey imprint on April 16 called Screenplay—and he also plays guitar on it. The beats are played on drum kit (by Seb Rochford of Polar Bear, who also played on the debut album by Fatoumata Diawara) and human beatboxer Jason Singh rather than the usual calabash and tam-tam, and the main guitar parts are played by Italian musician Stefano Pilia, known better for his membership in 3/4 Had Been Eliminated and working with David Grubbs than for his involvement in African music. But boy does it all work. The complexion and edge of the music has changed, but Traore hasn’t—but she does bust out some very different cadences on today’s 12 O’Clock Track, the aggressive, backbeat-propelled “Beautiful Africa.” I’ve only listened to the album once, but it sure feels like something I’ll be coming back to all year.”

APRIL  10 @ EMB, SANNOIS – FR / 11 @ TV5 , PARIS – FR / 12 @ Noisiel Ferme du Buisson – FR / 13 @ Cully Jazz, CH / 15 @ France Inter, radio, PARIS, FR /16 Chorus 92 / Avant Seine, COLOMBES – FR / 17,18,19 Petit Bain, PARIS – FR / 20 @ Den Atellier, LUXEMBOURG – LU

MAY 10 @ Druga Godba Festival, LJUBLJANA – SL /  12 @ Womad, CACERES – SP / 14 @ MADRID (tbc) – SP / 18 @ Afro-Pfingsten Festival, WINTERTHUR – CH / 20 @Band on the wall , MANCHESTER – UK / 21 @ NORWICK & NORFOLK Festival – UK / 23 @ Cargo , LONDON – UK / 24 @ HAEY Festival- UK  / 

JUNE 21 @ CHIASSO – CH / 24, 25 HARSTAD – NO / 26 @ OSLO – NO / 29 @ GLASTONBURY -UK

JULY 3 @ Cognac Blues Passion – FR / 5 @ ROSKILDE – DK  / 6 @ BARCELONA – SP / 11 @ ARLES – FR / 15  @ Auditorium, ROMA – IT / 17 @ Villa Arconati, MILANO -IT / 19 @ VIEILLES CHARRUES – FR / 20 @ Fnac, PARIS / 21 @ COLOURS OF OSTRAVA – TCH / 23 @ NUITS DE FOURVIERE’ – FR / 25 @ SINES – PT / 26 @ NUITS ATYPIQUES, LANGON  / 27 @ WOMAD – UK / 28 @ PALEO festival – CH

AUGUST 2 @ CROZON -FR / 3 @ Festival Nuits Secretes , AULNOYE – AYMERIES – FR / 4 Festival ESPERENZAH – BE / 5 @ STOCKHOLM – SE / 7 @ MALMO – SE / 8 @ theater de la mer, SETE – FR / 11 @ festival PETIT PIERRE – FR

collaboration on DAVID GRUBBS new record THE PLAIN WHERE THE PALACE STOOD upcoming soon

David Grubbs is one of the most influential musicians of his generation: a legacy that includes such bands as Squirrel Bait, Bastro and Gastr del Sol.  Moving eccentrically forward from the straight-ahead hardcore punk of Squirrel Bait (after all, he was a wizened eighteen years old when SB called it a day) David increasingly infused his songcraft with an experimental strain, culminating in the discography of Gastr del Sol, who drew widespread interest with the ways in which they combined so-called “songs” with experimental music. Participating in the reinvigorated Red Krayola during this time exposed David to the formative tutelage of Mayo Thompson as well. But after the gradually more streamlined Gastr period concluded with Camoufleur, David’s output became more segregated; the albums of pop songs were more focusedly, more cussedly pop, and the more experimental projects (including duo recordings with Mats Gustafsson, Nikos Veliotis, and Loren Connors, not to mention the entire catalog of his Blue Chopsticks label) became more unrelenting.

Flash forward to April 16th, 2013: Drag City releases the sixth and latest David Grubbs album of songs, The Plain Where the Palace Stood, which finds David once again twining together the diverse strands of his vast interests. As in the days of Gastr del Sol, songs float in idiosyncratic yet exceptionally unhurried arrangements.  The Plain Where the Palace Stood features vocals on just four of the eleven tracks, yet the album as whole flows—breathes—effortlessly alongside the most critically acclaimed releases of his great catalog, not to mention his contemporaries and kindred artists – Oren Ambarchi, Scott Walker, Talk Talk, and Sunn O))).

This is a process begun on David’s previous pop album, An Optimist Notes the Dusk, nearly four years previous. Despite the fluid activity of collaborations, many of which have been released in the time since (and several others coming to fruition this year), patience, meditation and time were required to afford the depth and detail to The Plain Where The Palace Stood. The effect is both striking and tangible; the glass partition which all too often separates genre-spanning rock and academic experimentation shatters under Grubbs’s langourously insistent, idiosyncratic, immediately recognizable songs and arrangements. It’s 2013 and this is David Grubbs: Punkademic Godfather.

Andrea Belfi on drums, percussion and electronics
Stefano Pilia on electric and acoustic guitar
C Spencer Yeh on Violin
Attila Faravelli on electronics

out now split P. SPACCAMONTI / S. PILIA

Like a stationary air guitar. A distorted guitar, caressed, a binary rhythm. Converted. More to emotions than to chords. An intimate splitting solo. Two sides, apiece. Stefano Pilia and Paolo Spaccamonti subtract to stylize. They remove to amplify. The magic is to hold (notes) to hold (listening). “Maurizio Blatto”

 

Produced by: Escape from Today, Brigadisco  / Artwork by: Rocco Lombardi  / Screen Printed Cover by: Sericraft

| Paolo Spaccamonti |

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“Frammenti”
01. Non lacrimare
02. Fuga
03. CarapaceAll music by Paolo Spaccamonti
except ‘Carapace’ (Julia Kent)
Dario Bruna: drums on ‘Fuga’ and ‘Carapace’
Ramon Moro: trumpet on ‘Fuga’
Paolo Spaccamonti: electric guitar, e-bow
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ezra @ No.Mad Studio, Torino, Italy

| Stefano Pilia |
blindsuncrows.com

“Stand Behind The Men Behind The Wire”
01. Stand Behind The Men Behind The Wire
02. Flux In A Box
03. The Machine In The Ghost
04. Too Much Fun
05. R. Tune

(01, 05 Acustic Guitar 02, 03, 04 Electric Guitar)
Written, Recorded and Performed By S.P.
Mastered By Lorenzo Caperchi @ Red Carpet Studio
Dedicated to Zenaide Arioli, Anita Vecchini, Natalina Mereu