SEC_ is the guy behind Toxo Records and the musical projects related. He plays a personal system of devices composed by Revox tape recorder, no- input feedback, laptop and electrmagnetic devices. Preserving a strong sense of the shape out of the practices of improvisation, he mixes concrete musique and rythmical non-structures, always gambling on the control and the unexpected. |
SEC_ laptop, processed tapes, analog synth, radio |
Francesco Gregoretti: drums |
Francesco Gregoretti is a drummer/ percussionist focused on
sound-oriented improvisation. He uses various combinations of drums,
objects and amplification systems to create his personal sound world
made of nervous and unpredictable rhythms, drones, noises… |
Fritz Welch is a drummer, percussionist and vocalist determined to stretch the escalator of possibilities into the bloodshot eye of results. He was a founding member of NYC noise improv unit Peeesseye and the crypto-conceptual sci fi cover band Asparagus Piss Raindrop. He has performed in theatre pieces created by Ultimate Dancer, Maarten Seghers and Moya Michael. He currently plays in EGO DEPLETION (with Adam Campbell), Dome Riders (with Armin Sturm, Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh and Mike Parr Burman), Zoming Flakes (with Iain Findlay-Walsh and Louise Ahl), and has ongoing duo collaborations with Olivier Di Placido, Mariam Rezaei and Aniela Piasecka. A longtime Brooklynite of Texas origins, Welch is now based in Glasgow, Scotland.... |
is a collaborative effort consisting of Francesco Tignola and Giuseppe Esposito, active in Naples, in the south of Italy. Their sound research is based on a massive use of field recordings in a strict compositional perspective and clever breaks of "music"; their gigs usually hit audience for depth and dynamism. |
Olivier Di Placido is a french guitarist. ”During the years he has
developed an absolutely unique approach to his instrument, being able to
play it like a turntable, a synthesizer or a gamelan orchestra.
Interested in discovering all the possibilities of the guitar, including
the most hidden ones, Olivier has litterally invented a new and hybrid
instrument, with unfixed neck and moving pick-up.”(Flussi festival 2014) |
P'ex: guitar, prepared guitar, metals |
P'ex: guitar, prepared guitar |