Mentre suonavo, il mio registratore a cassette rotto ha accidentalmente cominciato a registrare. Il motorino batte sulla testina quasi a creare una sorta di warp/metronomo. Che sorpresa trovare la registrazione ed ascoltarne il risultato!
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While I was playing, my broken tape recorder accidentally started recording. The engine beats on the head a becomes a sort of warp/metronome. What a surprise when I've found this recording and listened to the result!

Enjoy!

Prepared Drums Through A Broken Tape Recorder

What happens to a small electronic motor, fixed to a metal plate over the cymbals, amplified by a piezo and processed by pitch and delay.

Small Engine

Interview&Live @ Radio Lab

Piero La Rocca - prepared guitar
Riccardo Napoli - prepared drums

Recorded at Sunthetic studio, Catania, 2nd June 2019.

Piero La Rocca Riccardo Napoli @ Sunthetic Studio pt. 2

Piero La Rocca Riccardo Napoli @ Sunthetic Studio pt. 1

Batterista dal '97 di HC-B, Flügge, Nursery Quarter, Black Box Nation, Music For Eleven Instruments, Tropical Death, ha da sempre esplorato gli ambiti della composizione e dell'improvvisazione, con una vocazione per la ricerca timbrica e l'ibridazione dello strumento.
Nell’ultimo anno, accompagnato dalla sua batteria preparata, ha collaborato e condiviso il palco con diversi musicisti e performers tra cui:  Alessandro Grasso, Alix Tucou, Cane Capovolto, Mara Rubino, Michael Fischer, Mike Henz, Salvatore Fallico, Santi Costanzo, Stefan Nussbaumer, Vincenzo Drago.
A settembre fonda Accidentale Trio con Santi Costanzo ed Alessandro Grasso, una formazione dedita all’improvvisazione radicale ed all’utilizzo di strumenti non convenzionali. 
A novembre e dicembre cura le musiche di “Face Art”, trasmissione televisiva dedicata agli artisti contemporanei siciliani.

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Drummer since 1997 in HC-B, Flügge, Nursery Quarter, Black Box Nation, Music For Eleven Instruments, Tropical Death, has since always explored composition and improvisation domains, working mainly on timbre research and percussions hybridisation.
In the last year, with his prepared/amplified drums, collaborated and shared the stage with many musicians and performers as Alix Tucou, Cane Capovolto, Mara Rubino, Michael Fischer, Mike Henz, Salvatore Fallico, Stefan Nussbaumer, Vincenzo Drago, taking part to many festivals as Impromeet, Rara Festival, Vibr’azioni, Luce Finita Fest.
In november and december 2018 woked as composer and music curator for “Face Art”, a television broadcasting about sicilian contemporary artists.