Stornelli Salentini

Figghia Mia Tu N'esci A Balla

Ninna Ninnaredda

Pizzica Pizzica

Lu Tirullalero

Fimmene de petre

This mix includes recordings found online from the student intifada, specifically from university student encampments and rallies in solidarity with Palestine that have been taking place in major cities in southern Italy, including Bari, Napoli, Palermo, Cosenza, and Catania. The broadcast also contains music, including unreleased songs for Palestine, political songs, and releases from 2024 on various international compilations for Palestine, including: ENOUGH! by @dreaminglive, We Will Stay Here - Music for Palestine by Love Boat Records & Buttons, RESIST COLONIAL POWER BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY by @purpletapepedigree.

All the field recordings come from the following Instagram accounts: Giovani Palestinesi Palermo, Giovani Palestinesi Napoli, Centro Culturale Handala Ali, Udap01948, Scirocco Collettivo Unipa, Intifada Studentesca Bari, Cambiare Rotta Bari, Rete Studentesca Palestina Napoli, Studentx Palestina Catania, Aula Studio Liberata Cosenza, FGC Calabria, Potere Al Popolo Cosenza, GC Cosenza, Collettiva Medusa. Except from two recordings gently provided by Melis Epistrefopolous.

Music by Julia Boutros, Nicolas Jaar, Jerusalem In My Heart, Sara Persico, Mayssa Jallad, Melis Epistrefopolous, Maimaimaikr, Rabih Beaini, AGOSTINO, 0comeups.

Turbo Sud / Radio Alhara (Intifada Studentesca in South Italy) 10th June 2024

Inspired by Angela Davis's essay "Are Prisons Obsolete?", this mix explores a recurring and equally stigmatised and controversial theme in South Italy's music landscape: the prison system and the suffering of detention. Davis advocates for a society without prisons, challenging traditional notions of crime and punishment. Starting from those notions, this radio show aims to dive into South Italian music culture and its historical perspectives on imprisonment, navigating through its contradictions and complexities, intertwined with the dramatic and systemic social inequalities of this side of the country: extremely high unemployment rates, low wages, informal economy, undocumented work, and the oppressive shadows of organised crimes. 

The mix features Neapolitan music such as Sceneggiata and Neomelodico, folk revival alongside political songs, the OST of the underground cult movie "Mery Per Sempre", and now-forgotten ethnographic recordings of jail chants passed down orally in Sicily and Puglia. While these songs all confront the theme of detention, they are seldom juxtaposed, as they are by artists and informal performers coming from very diverse historical periods and social class backgrounds. The show aims to resonate with Davis's vision of a fairer future where equality, safety, justice, and well-being of all can and must be fostered also through the abolition of prisons.

Turbo Sud / Radio Alhara (A' Libertà / Are Prisons Obsolete?) 15th July 2024

This episode focuses on the discography of the Neapolitan rap duo Co'Sang, to celebrate their highly anticipated return with a new album titled Dinastia after a twelve-year hiatus. Formed by rappers Luchè and Ntò in 1995, Co'Sang played a pivotal role in the rise of Italian Hip Hop. Their signature style was defined by the use of the Neapolitan language and their raw portrayal of life in the city's marginalised neighbourhoods, in a period where Naples was hit by dramatic events like the waste management crisis and the infamous Scampia Feud—a bloody conflict between Camorra factions for control of the drug trade in the early 2000s.

Co'Sang's music seamlessly blended the gritty aesthetics of gangsta rap with deeply local stories, featuring a mix of old-school hip-hop beats and stark depictions of street life in Naples and Southern Italy. Their first two albums recounted stories of poverty, systemic neglect, Camorra violence, police brutality, and state oppression, offering a powerful voice to the struggles faced by those living on the city's fringes.

Turbo Sud / Radio Alhara (Co'Sang Special) 9th September 2024

A one-hour DJ set I recorded for the monthly DJ Plant Texture Rinse FM radio show. Thank you Dona for inviting me over!

https://www.rinse.fm/episodes/dona-aka-dj-plant-texture-14-05-2024-0000/

Earwax at Rinse FM - 13th May 2024 (DJ Plant Texture Invites)

TOMA KAMI X ROSY REY ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ BLADE / IO T'ASPETTO ₊˚ʚ ᗢ₊˚✧ ﾟ. (MASHUP)

Ninnë ninnë ninna nannë: One Hour of South Italian Lullabies features ethnomusicological field recordings, Neapolitan, Calabrian, Pugliese, and Sicilian music from the 60s and 70s, as well as contemporary folk revival, weaving together devotional litanies, lullabies for children, and antiwar songs.

'Ninnë ninnë ninna nannë', un'ora di ninne nanne del sud Italia' include registrazioni etnomusicologiche, musica napoletana, calabrese, pugliese e siciliana degli anni '60 e '70 e brani folk revival contemporanei, intrecciando litanie devozionali, ninne nanne per bambini e canzoni contro la guerra.

Tracklist:

Anna Palmisano - Ninna Nanna (registrazione di Massimiliano Morabito)
Anonimo - Ninna nannë (registrazione di Remigio De Cristofaro)
Anonimo - Ninna nanna (registrazione di Sandrino Di Nardo)
Luigi Infantino - Ninna Nanna Nacaredda
Rosa Balistreri - Nna nanna di la guerra
Media Aetas di Roberto De Simone - Ninna Nanna per Taniello
? - Ninna Nanna (From 'Son Sei Sorelle di Roberto De Simone')
Mario Merola - Ninna Nanna Napulitana
? - Nia Nia
Maria Moramarco - Ninna nanna bambëniddë (registrazione di Otello Profazio)
Rosa Balistreri - Avò
Concetta Agosta - Ninna Nanna (registrazione di Alan Lomax)
Teatrogruppo di Salerno - Ninna Nanna
Pompeo Stillo - Ninna Nanna Calabrese
Rosa Balistreri - La Siminzina
Mandolini di Taormina - Ninna Nanna Siciliana
? - Antica Ninna Nanna Montecalvese
Carmela Buffa Calleo - Ninna Nanna [Ninne nanne Siciliane (mixtape of 1995)]
Carmela Buffa Calleo - Sant'Antuninu quannu era malatu
I Cantori di Carpino - Ninna Nanna
Valerio Daniele, Alessia Tondo - None None Nanna
Alfio Antico - Ninna Nanna del Caprone

Turbo Sud / Radio Alhara 'Ninnë ninnë ninna nannë / South Italian lullabies', 9th December 2024

Turbo Sud is back with a special guest mix by @canti_magnetici, an underground record label based 'somewhere in South Italy', founded in 2015 by Gaspare Sammartano, Andrea Penso, and Donato Epiro. 

Canti Magnetici is a project that began a decade ago when all three founders lived in Puglia, in the South East of Italy. As Donato recounted to me, in those days, they used to meet at Andrea's trullo, (a traditional Apulian dry stone hut with a conical roof) in Ostuni, to discuss music, shape the vision for the label, assemble tapes, and cook together.

Curated by Donato Epiro (@donatoepiro) and Gaspare Sammartano (@flashflood_g), now the sole founders continuing the project, the show will take you through the label's distinctive catalogue, which explores natural and cultural phenomena, states of being, and scientific ideas through unconventional sounds, words, and imagery. Expect a variety of ambient, industrial noise, tape music, spoken words, experimental Electronic music, or a field recording recorded in Aliano (Matera, Basilicata) and released as part of "Carnevale di Aliano (Uscita delle Maschere Cornute)" in 2021.

Donato Epiro is a biologist, composer and musician, working with a mixture of influences in which electronic scores made up of sounds from online archives, videos, tapes, samples, and acoustic, analogue and digital instrumentation are intertwined with ecological, anthropological and fantastic themes. 

Gaspare Sammartano is an underground musician and soundmaker. His solo work involves gathering and manipulating tapes and reflecting on the evolution of modern sampling techniques.

Turbo Sud / Radio Alhara w/ Canti Magnetici, 10th February 2025

Camilla Salvatore's show “Bammenella”, inspired by the idea of ​​a radio drama, explores the relationship between Naples, herself, and some of her friends and collaborators. Blending dialogues, vernacular and pop Neapolitan music across various genres and eras, soundtracks from her films, dramaturgy and recordings collected between 2018 and 2025—including voice notes and lo-fi field recordings from her phone—the mix unfolds as an intricate collage of emotional states, contradictions, self-examinations on love and life, and oneiric, non-linear explorations of the city. 

The title of the mix, which literally means “little girl” in Neapolitan, is derived from the song So' Bammenella 'e copp' 'e Quartiere (1912) by author and playwright Raffaele Viviani. The show features several genres, including Canzone Napoletana, 70s and 80s Neapolitan disco, Neomelodico, ballads by singer-songwriters, tape and ambient music, and early 2000s Neapolitan rap. The mix also includes intimate audio contributions from Angela De Stefano, Ciro Riccio, Davide Luigi Di Lorenzo, Germana Frattini, and Vanessa Esposito, listed in alphabetical order.

Camilla Salvatore, born in Pompeii, Naples, Italy, is a filmmaker whose work intricately weaves personal narratives with broader social themes. Raised in the Vesuvian area, she pursued a bachelor’s degree in Painting and Visual Arts at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) in Milan before completing a Master’s in Artists’ Film and Moving Image at Goldsmiths, University of London, in 2020. 

She recently released her latest film, Il Capitone (2024). Set in Napoli, Il Capitone offers a glimpse into the daily life of Vanessa, portraying the struggle to claim her place in the world. Vanessa’s coming-of-age story runs through mundane and dreamlike states, sensual dances and songs of salvation. Il Capitone touches the depths of her existence—as well as that of her mother Lina and her lifelong friend Ciro— celebrating their quest for redemption through self-expression and performing arts.

Featured songs:

1. Tony Marciano - Estate Ruffiana
2. Vanessa Esposito - Ho sognato di essere madre
3. James Senese - Bammenella/ live at Blitz di Gianni Minà
4. (Crying to)James K - Drunktrack
5. Un Inferno (excerpt) by Camilla Salvatore (15’| Italy| 2016) - sound recordist Ennio Donato, mixing Alessandro D’Aniello
6. Co’sang - Quanno me ne so juto
7. Davide Luigi Di Lorenzo - Torna a Surriento 
8. Roberto Murolo - Catarì (marzo)
9. Vanessa Esposito - Camilla è Napoli
10. 20 Settembre (excerpt) by Camilla Salvatore (9’, Italy, 2018-2021) sound and mixing by Renato Grieco
11. Sergio Bruni - Palcoscenico (live)
12. Ciro Riccio - Sfregio
13. Pasquale Manzella - ‘Na sera ‘e maggio
14. Franchino (excerpt) by Camilla Salvatore (15’| Italy| 2015) with Luca Grassano
15. Sal Da Vinci - Guagliò
16. Permanent Exile (excerpt) by Camilla Salvatore (15’ | Italy/UK | 2020) sound and mixing by Renato Grieco, with Germana Frattini
17. Roberto Murolo - Voce ‘E Notte
18. Ciro Riccio - Il mare a Ponticelli
19. Enzo Moscato - L’urdema canzona mia (Rasoi, Mario Martone, 1993)
20. Maria Nazionale - Storie Peccerelle
            
+ recordings collected between 2018-2025

Turbo Sud / Radio Alhara w/ Camilla Salvatore ('Bammenella'), 10th March 2025

A new guest mix by Donato Epiro and Gaspare Sammartano, who run @canti_magnetici, the South Italian label already featured in the February episode. This special broadcast has been programmed in response to Holy Week, as it includes traditional funeral music from the Holy Week processions in Taranto.

In 2022, on Holy Friday, Canti Magnetici released a tape entitled Musica Lacrimosa, not credited to any artist. Behind this title, which references the text of the Stabat Mater, lies a collection of funeral marches from the tradition of their hometown, Taranto, performed by band ensembles during the processions (Misteri) commemorating the passion and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

At the time, the label offered no information about the music on the tape, limiting itself to a mention of Taranto, a photograph of the city’s port after the bombing on the night between 11 and 12 November 1940, and the recording date, 1974. It was their clear intention that the work not be perceived as an archival or documentary project. Instead, they hoped listeners would focus solely on the profound drama of the compositions and performances, somehow sounding equally remote and existential due to the nature of the procession marches and the now-deteriorated medium: an amatorial tape of field recordings, whose author remains unknown.

Today, they are presenting the work in an expanded version (which includes 45 minutes of tape recordings and a newly composed 15-minute piece) to share the sadness and sense of inadequacy that, as musicians and curators of an independent record label, they deeply feel in these historical times. Donato and Gaspare hope to create an occasion for reflection: How should art respond to the despair of the present? Especially as we live in a society increasingly accustomed to ever-growing self-referential, individualistic, hedonistic, promotional, and empty-hearted ways of life.

Listening to the decayed remnants of these old funerary compositions becomes for them a way to ponder on who we are as humans and where we continue to go wrong.

Turbo Sud / Radio Alhara w/ Donato Epiro & Gaspare Sammartano ('Musica Dolorosa'), 14th April 2025

One hour of Nightcore edits of Neapolitan pop music genre, Neomelodico. All the speed-up edits were found online and assembled together by @2sicilie. Active on SoundCloud since 2019, @2sicilie is a music producer devoted to crafting Neomelodico experimental club edits and mashups.

Turbo Sud / Radio Alhara w/ 2SICILIE ('Nightcore Neomelodico') 12th May 2025

A special show curated by Sonia Garcia (@acideyes), dedicated to Lou X: a figure as enigmatic as he is pivotal in the history of Italian rap.

The mix includes tracks and interview excerpts, created from material Sonia gathered over eleven years ago, when she wrote an article about him for Vice Italia in 2014. The title, Gerico è lontana ma a ogni passo la incontro (“Jericho is far, yet I reach it with every step”), takes inspiration from a quote by Lou X in the track La Raja. The artist is known for having repeatedly expressed solidarity with the Palestinian cause and anti-colonial resistance movements.

Sonia Garcia (@acideyes) is a dj and journalist of Quechua descent, born in Italy and based in Milan. She is the founder of SAYRI (@s4yri), an artistic platform and event format run together with Amazon and Crltxxx, celebrating the practices of artists from Abya Yala and its diaspora, with a focus on dissident identities. Her research, both in writing and music, explores notions of belonging, temporality and territorial memory.

Turbo Sud / Radio Alhara w/ Sonia Garcia ('Lou X Special')

Canti e musiche popolari del sud Italia
Folk music and polyphonies from the south of Italy

Earwax aka Domenico Petrosino is an Italian-born Berlin-based DJ and music producer. 

Earwax is known for his interpretation of Techno, spanning from repetitive rhythms, captivating melodies and dynamic grooves nestled on raw textures. He has released several solo 12" on Dolly, Tar Hallow, MORD, and more. Besides his solo works, he is part of the Sonic Propaganda duo with Rosati. 

—— Each track I have made is connected to a personal precise moment in life. Making music is like capturing a snapshot of the ongoing life. The future still needs to be lived, produced and mixed.

Booking requests: ewx.info@gmail.com

Curatorial music platform showcasing regional music styles, sonic experiments and archival audio-video materials of South Italy. Run by @agostino2801. Monthly radio show on @radioalhara on the second Monday of every month.

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New tracks tagged #South Italy