Økapi - Chant Dans Le Style De Mozart - Messiaen Experiment

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illàchime quartet is an instrumental ensemble founded in naples (italy) by fabrizio elvetico and gianluca paladino. it joins electronics and acoustic instruments. it gathers sounds and noises from the surroundings as well as scattered fragments of acoustic memories, which form the texture for the interventions of the musicians along rough and terse lines, often improvised. final target: to intrigue and to seduce the audience by means of an unconventional, highly kinematic sonic experience.

the band released its eponymous first album in 2004, then a contribute on the vol. 9 of bip_hop generation series (previous volumes of this compilation contained tracks by artists as murcof, scanner, mira calix, phonem). another release is planned for a compilation by the dublin-based label psychonavigation records.
the second album (february 2009), i'm normal my heart still works, is released by the italian labels fratto9/underthesky and lizard. some international artists have given their contribution to the album: mark stewart (voice of pop group and maffia), graham lewis (voice and bass player of wire), rhys chatham (avantgarde musician from new york) and salvatore bonafede (one of the most well-known italian jazzists).

through the last two years, the music of illachime quartet has stimulated imagination in other musicians. amongst them: mark stewart again, dirk dresselhaus a.k.a. schneider tm, retinat.it (a band that releases for the chicago based label hefty records), domenico sciajno (an electronic performer/composer who has worked with alvin curran, kim cascone, tim hodgkinson, cor fuller and many others) and emanuele errante (karaoke kalk, apegenine), and FERC (a side project by fabrizio elvetico from illachime and rossella cangini, an experimental vocalist from turin). the result is a new remix album out now (july 2012), named "sales".

Økapi is Filippo Paolini, an Italian turntablist and sample cutup artist. Filippo has recorded several solo albums, as well as recording in the duo Metaxu and with the trio Dogon. He has performed live for national Italian State radio broadcasts (RAI) with renowned avant-turntablist, Christian Marclay and collaborates with numerous international artists such as Mike Cooper, Peter Brotzmann, Mike Patton, Matt Gustafson, Zu, Damo Suzuki, Andy EX, Kawabata Makoto, Metamkine…
ØKapi's album releases illustrate his unique and edgy use of turntables and computer beyond the hip-hop school of chopped up music, creating music that veers from orchestral to lounge with quirky experimental electronics that maintain a delicate and spacious sound throughout.


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2019 Dates:
 
24-05 - Taurus Connection (IT)
31-05 - Sound & Vision Festival (IT)
07-06 - Fusion Point Festival (IT)
14-06 - Children Workshop TV (IT)
21-06 - Crack Festival (IT)
22-06 - Teatro Poliziano (IT)
03-07 - Master of Puppets Festival (CZ)
11-07 - Waha Festival (RO)
25-07 - Own Spirit Festival (SP)
29-07 - Ozora Festival (HU)
06-08 - Modem Festival (HR)
13-08 - Wao Festival (IT)
29-08 - 7Chakras Festival (IT)
30-08 - Hadra Festival (FR)
06-09 - Ethereal Decibel Festival (FR)
15-12 - Mexico City (MX)
27-12 - Universo Paralelo (BR)

booking and info:
www.okapi.it
info@quadrabooking.com
booking@slap-press.com
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The Økapi is a mammal which was only discovered in 1901 by an acousmatic engineer. It lives wild in the forest of the Itur Region in Upper Zaire. It was named the Okapia Johnstoni and it also commonly known as the "Daft Giraffe of the Forest". One of its strangest characteristics is that it is the only known mammal to wash out its own ears with its tongue: just to catch the weird melodies of nature! He adores those ferocious and vindictive chants that make him sway like ... and he fights relentlessly for the domination and hegemony of incorrect and unlistenable music. He hates talking about music and certain music purists of the Forest are definitely not his friends! In recent years he has played for Dogon tribal rituals and for those more intimate Metaxu deliriums, but he is considered a solitary mammal and consequently has only published one anthem to protophony for a small label of the American prairies.

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Økapi - Chant Dans Le Style De Mozart - Messiaen Experiment

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