CIANI PIERMARIO

Alias: TRAX 0982 / TRAX 0983

sound sculpture / visual art / punk / sound installation / psychedelic / avant-garde / sound art / experimental / collage art / noise / contemporary art / nonmusic / networking / abstract surrealism / fluxus

One of the founders of TRAX label along with Vittore Baroni and Massimo Giacon, graphic artist Piermario Ciani (1951-2006) was also the mind behind "virtual" rock band Mind Invaders, and, from 1994, one of the founders of the Luther Blissett multiple name project, officially ended in 1999. In 1996 he also cofounded with Vittore Baroni the publishing firm AAA Edizioni. Founder member of LT. Murnau and the multidisciplinary project TRAX.

DEATH TRICHECO

mail art / musique concrete / performative art / abstractism / ambient music / avant-garde / experimental / collage art / noise / nonmusic / networking / surrealism / industrial music / fluxus / drone music

DEATH TRICHECO

>>>Industrial music since 1988<<<

LINE UP:

Matteo “torcy” Torcinovich: Voice, Tapes, Keyboards
Alvise “elvis” Guadagnino: Tapes, Guitar, Keyboards
Antonella “dinamo” Potente: Voice, Improbable instruments
 

DT WAS BORN IN 1988. WAS AN INDUSTRIAL EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC COMBO FROM VENICE, ITALY. THEY WORK MOSTLY ON STUDIO RECORDING.

THEIR STUDIO RECORDING (TRAVARIZA STUDIOS) WAS COMPOSED OF SIMPLE AND CHEAP INSTRUMENTATION: A LITTLE CASIO KEYBOARDS SK1, ONE ELECTRIC GUITAR WITH SOME ANALOG DELAYS AND COMPRESSORS, HOMEMADE PERCUSSIONS, A CHEAP ACUSTIC GUITAR AND A MICROPHONE MADE WITH A HEADPHONES.

TO RECORD THE SOUNDS, THEY USED TWO DOMESTICS STEREO CASSETTE DECKS, OVERDUBBING THE TWO STEREO CHANNELS ON ONE (LEFT + RIGHT REVERSED IN ONE VARIOUS TIMES), THIS MODUS OPERANDI PROVOKES AN INEVITABLE ‘RUSTLING SWISH’ TYPICAL OF ALL THE RECORDINGS OF TD. FOR THAT REASON IN 1989 DT DRIPPED THE THEORICAL MANIFESTO OF MUSIC FOCUSED ON THE BUZZING OF SOUND, A SORT OF PRAISE TO THE USE OF LOW-FI TECHNOLOGIES FOR DIY MUSIC.

DT WAS PART OF A MORE COMPLEX AND ARTICULATED PROJECT THAT INVOLVED OTHER ARTISTS COMMITTED IN THE REALIZATION OF VIDEO CLIPS, THEATER, POEMS, COMICS, PUNK ROCK.

THIS ARTISTIC CORPORATION WAS NAMED PRODUZIONI TECNOFOBICHE.

MASSIMO GIACON

Alias: TRAX 0982 / TRAX 0983

sound sculpture / visual art / sound installation / psychedelic / abstract symbolism / avant-garde / sound art / experimental / noise / contemporary art / networking / conceptual art

Massimi Giacon, born in Padova 1961, has been working as a comic strip maker, illustrator, designer, artist and musician since early 1980. He was also a founding member of Italian group Spirocheta Pergoli and founded TRAX label along with Vittore Baroni and Piermario Ciani. Massimo Giacon was born in Padua (Italy), in 1961. In 1979 he started publishing comics on a regular basis in the major specialized magazines (Frigidaire, Linus, Alter, Dolce Vita, Cyborg, Nova Express, Blue), soon becoming one of the points of reference for the “bizarre” comics. In 1980 he started a music activity that drove him to create several indie music bands. He has since concentrated on his musical activities as solo artist. In 1981, together with Vittore Baroni and Piermario Ciani he took part in the multimedia network projet TRAX, the forerunner of the future activities of subversive Luther Blisset. Then he began a constant artistic-performing activity which led him to a series of exhibition events in Italy, America, Greece, Portugual an Switzerland. In 1985 he took an interest in design and launched into a collaboration with some of the major architecture offices in Milan (Sottsass, Mendini, Thun). He also created designs for the well-known brands such as Memphis, Swatch, Artemide, Alessi. He designed carpets, laminated materials, illustrations for fashion magazines, web sites, fabrics, virtual carachters, TV theme songs, ceramics, and is now working for videogames, various editorial projects, new design objects and art exhibitions. giaconmaximus@gmail.com

TELEPHERIQUE

abstractism / ambient music / electroacoustic / experimental / networking / abstract surrealism

Klaus Jochim, Danijela Jochim & Rene Jochim The project Telepherique began in 1989 with the intention to explore processes and working with people of different cultures. They started with mail-art projects, co-operations, and communication with people all over the world. Basically, Telepherique is Klaus, Danijela and Rene Jochim, from Würzburg, Germany, but there were others that became members of Telepherique, because of the massive collaborations and projects: Ulf Harr, Echart Seilacher, Harry Lüftl, Stefan Au, Stefan Alt and Karin... The name Telepherique is the french word for funicular railway. This name was chosen because of the intention gaining a view from a higher level.

TRAX 0982

Alias: TRAX 0983 / MASSIMO GIACON / CIANI PIERMARIO / VITTORE BARONI

sound installation / abstractism / avant-garde / sound art / experimental / collage art / contemporary art / networking / conceptual art / fluxus

TRAX is a multidisciplinary project founded by: Vittore Baroni Piermario Ciani Massimo Giacon Trax (1981-1987) was an 80s label founded by Piermario Ciani, Vittore Baroni and Massimo Giacon from Spirocheta Pergoli. It was an open networking project that connected over 500 artists and musicians from different countries, producing records, audiomagazines, xerographies, comics, t-shirts, exhibitions and so on.

TRAX 0983

Alias: TRAX 0982 / MASSIMO GIACON / CIANI PIERMARIO / VITTORE BARONI

sound installation / abstractism / avant-garde / sound art / experimental / collage art / contemporary art / networking / conceptual art / fluxus

TRAX is a multidisciplinary project founded by: Vittore Baroni Piermario Ciani Massimo Giacon Trax (1981-1987) was an 80s label founded by Piermario Ciani, Vittore Baroni and Massimo Giacon from Spirocheta Pergoli. It was an open networking project that connected over 500 artists and musicians from different countries, producing records, audiomagazines, xerographies, comics, t-shirts, exhibitions and so on.