Michele Di Stefano - L'altro Hotel
LP on Xing (XONG collection XX19) out September 2025, order at www.soundohm.com/product/laltro-hotel-lp and at www.lespressesdureel.com/EN/ouvrage.php?id=12212&menu=2
Collector's edition available at www.soundohm.com/product/laltro-hotel-art and at shop.flash---art.it/products/michele-di-stefano-l-altro-hotel.

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Xing presents L’altro Hotel by Michele Di Stefano, nineteenth release of XONG collection - artist records. The release is on white vinyl, in a limited and numbered edition of 150 copies, including a collector's edition of 20 with a set of pseudo-exotic photo-postcards taken by the artist, with original notes and memos.

L’altro Hotel by Michele Di Stefano brings together, in a lucid and amusing way, fragments of a vast collection of voice memos collected by him from around the world as a catalogue of localized sounds, precise moments of personal experience. The processing of the album consisted in converting these diaristic recordings into pieces of 'placed music’, inspired by phantom theories on non-selective listening (a form of 'nearby music') and presented as a radio program now in its fiftieth episode. Michele Di Stefano, the radio host, contextualizes them according to the canons of music journalism: title, band or artist, anecdotes relating to the creation of the song, recording techniques, ethnomusicological fantasies and other scattered news. The result is an escape from field recording and travel literature, arriving at a more complex territory, where fiction and reality conspire to immerse the restlessness of travel in a haze condensed by the imaginative power of sound. The author exposes, through these very credible fake news, a 360-degree vision of making art. The hits of unlikely artists such as Marina Lee Orghad or Jonathan Evelos are intertwined with a mix of atmospheres, landscapes, perspectives that connect Tunis to the Parisian Marais, the Reserva Nacional Tambopata in Peru to the trams of Rome and the rivers of Botswana...

Michele Di Stefano is a choreographer, performer and founder of mk, a group active in the international scene since 2000 with a vast corpus of shows, choreographic environments and evolutionary systems based on dynamic research, travel literature, sound and meteorology. Central figure of Italian dance, he is considered an explorer that constantly redefines the relationship between individual projects and the general horizon of movements. Besides live performances, he has an intense activity of lecturing, workshops and experimental proposals.
He was associated artist at the Teatro di Roma (2020-21) and at Milan Triennale (2022-24). He has received numerous awards and choreographic commissions for his activity (Silver Lion for innovation in dance at the Venice Biennale 2014, Ubu Award 2019, Danza&Danza Award 2018 and 2020, Ubu Special Award 2021). Since 2025 he is part of the curatorial team of Short Theatre Festival in Rome. Di Stefano also published the book Autonomous agents and multi-agent systems (Quodlibet 2012) together with Margherita Morgantin, a text of choreographic instructions and climate reports. www.mkonline.it

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voice, texts Michele Di Stefano, recorded locations Le 15 - Central Tunis and Avenue Habib Bourguiba Tunis, Chott el Jerid and Hotel El Mouradi Douz Tunisia, Tram 5 Rome, Agiofarago Gorge Crete, Via Fanfulla da Lodi Rome, Traghetti Grimaldi Lines ferry Salerno-Palermo-Tunis, Santa Severa Train Station Rome, Marais Paris, Tambopata Research Center - Reserva Nacional Tambopata Peru, Khwai Concession - Okavango Delta Botswana, mix and master by Pasquale Savignano, cover photo by Michele Di Stefano, artwork by Xing, printed by handle with care Berlin.

XX19: Michele Di Stefano - L'altro Hotel - beside - excerpt side B 1

XX19: Michele Di Stefano - L'altro Hotel - aside - excerpt side A

XX19: Michele Di Stefano - L'altro Hotel - beside - excerpt side B 2

XX19: Michele Di Stefano - L'altro Hotel - beside - excerpt side B 3

Poetry, performance, and moments of quiet singalong. Zahna Siham Benamor offers 47 minutes of mystery, softness, and playful presence.

Zahna Siham Benamor @ Drift Radio 21-08-25

Rat Park – a meditation on intimacy, pleasure, Chemsex, cruising and shame.
It’s called Rat Park after the radical 70’s research that showed that having strong social ties and feeling like you belong might be part of stopping or lessening addictive behaviours.
https://duckie.co.uk/events/rat-park
BLOOD 
Conversations, songs, performance provocations targeting love, community, ritual and healing intention at London’s ongoing Chemsex epidemic.
In February 2025 Duckie produced four Saturday afternoon sober events in what is colloquially known as the Tina Triangle.  An area of South London where men host and attend prolonged sex parties using Tina / Crystal Meth, Methedrone, GHB, MDMA, Ketamine alcohol and most drugs.
This podcast contains explicit references to drug use, recreational sex, addiction and recovery.
Host: Scottee https://scottee.co.uk/	
Special guests: Aunty Kells @auntie-kell.bsky.social
& Ignacio Labayen de Inza from the charity, Controlling Chemsex https://controllingchemsex.com/
Podcast production & interviews: Bruce Guthrie
Music: Simon Deacon / Gay Liberacé Front https://www.gold.ac.uk/music/staff/deacon/ 
Artists in residence: Neil Bartlett https://www.neil-bartlett.com/ Zack Mennell https://zackmennell.com/ and Rhys’s Pieces https://www.rhyshollis.com/rhys-pieces
Creative Lounge: Robin Whitmore https://www.instagram.com/robinwhitmorelondon/?hl=en  & Precious Pearl 
You also heard live songs from Frank Bertoletti https://www.mandy.com/u/frank-bertoletti/
Audio Consultant: Rosa Eaton Audio https://www.rosaeaton.com/ 
Video: Julian Langham https://julianlangham.co.uk/
For LGBTQ+ support and counselling go to https://londonfriend.org.uk/antidote/
Antidote is the UK’s only LGBTQ+ run and targeted drug and alcohol support service. Set up in 2002, we work with both drug and alcohol users and healthcare professionals. We’re here to give non-judgemental free advice and support delivered by highly trained staff and volunteers – all of whom identify as LGBTQ+ and who have a good understanding of the pressures and problems that come with recreational drug or alcohol use.
It was produced in February 2025 by Duckie and was Funded by National Lottery Awards for All.
© 2025 Avonside Studio & Duckie.co.uk

Ep2 Duckie's Dirty 30: Ratpark - Blood

Rat Park – a meditation on intimacy, pleasure, Chemsex, cruising and shame.
It’s called Rat Park after the radical 70’s research that showed that having strong social ties and feeling like you belong might be part of stopping or lessening addictive behaviours.
https://duckie.co.uk/events/rat-park
SPUNK
Conversations, songs, performance provocations targeting love, community, ritual and healing intention at London’s ongoing Chemsex epidemic.
In February 2025 Duckie produced four Saturday afternoon sober events in what is colloquially known as the Tina Triangle.  An area of South London where men host and attend prolonged sex parties using Tina / Crystal Meth, Methedrone, GHB, MDMA, Ketamine, alcohol and most drugs.
This podcast contains explicit references to drug use, recreational sex, addiction and recovery.
Host: Scottee https://scottee.co.uk/	
Special guests: Stewart Who https://www.instagram.com/djstewartwho/
Jamie HP https://jamiehp.co.uk/
Julian Yang 
Podcast production & interviews: Bruce Guthrie
Music: Simon Deacon / Gay Liberacé Front https://www.gold.ac.uk/music/staff/deacon/
Artists in residence: Neil Bartlett https://www.neil-bartlett.com/ Zack Mennell https://zackmennell.com/ and Rhys’s Pieces https://www.rhyshollis.com/rhys-pieces
Creative Lounge: Robin Whitmore https://www.instagram.com/robinwhitmorelondon/?hl=en & Precious Pearl
Audio consultant: Rosa Eaton https://www.rosaeaton.com/ 
Video: Julian Langham https://julianlangham.co.uk/
For LGBTQ+ support and counselling go to https://londonfriend.org.uk/antidote/
Antidote is the UK’s only LGBTQ+ run and targeted drug and alcohol support service. Set up in 2002, we work with both drug and alcohol users and healthcare professionals. We’re here to give non-judgemental free advice and support delivered by highly trained staff and volunteers – all of whom identify as LGBTQ+ and who have a good understanding of the pressures and problems that come with recreational drug or alcohol use.
It was produced in February 2025 by Duckie and was Funded by National Lottery Awards for All.
© 2025 Avonside Studio & Duckie.co.uk

Ep5 Duckie's Dirt 30: Ratpark - Spunk

Rat Park – a meditation on intimacy, pleasure, Chemsex, cruising and shame.
It’s called Rat Park after the radical 70’s research that showed that having strong social ties and feeling like you belong might be part of stopping or lessening addictive behaviours.
https://duckie.co.uk/events/rat-park
PISS
Conversations, songs, performance provocations targeting love, community, ritual and healing intention at London’s ongoing Chemsex epidemic.
In February 2025 Duckie produced four Saturday afternoon sober events in what is colloquially known as the Tina Triangle.  An area of South London where men host and attend prolonged sex parties using Tina / Crystal Meth, Methedrone, GHB, MDMA, Ketamine, alcohol and most drugs.
This podcast contains explicit references to drug use, recreational sex, addiction and recovery.
Host: Scottee https://scottee.co.uk/	
Special guests: Ajamu X https://www.ajamu-studio.com/
 Keith Jarrett https://x.com/keithjlondon
 Jackson King https://www.instagram.com/itsjacksonbbz/
Podcast production & interviews: Bruce Guthrie
Music: Simon Deacon / Gay Liberacé Front https://www.gold.ac.uk/music/staff/deacon/
Artists in residence: Neil Bartlett https://www.neil-bartlett.com/ Zack Mennell https://zackmennell.com/ and Rhys’s Pieces https://www.rhyshollis.com/rhys-pieces
Creative Lounge: Robin Whitmore https://www.instagram.com/robinwhitmorelondon/?hl=en & Precious Pearl
Audio consultant: Rosa Eaton https://www.rosaeaton.com/ 
Video: Julian Langham https://julianlangham.co.uk/
For LGBTQ+ support and counselling go to https://londonfriend.org.uk/antidote/
Antidote is the UK’s only LGBTQ+ run and targeted drug and alcohol support service. Set up in 2002, we work with both drug and alcohol users and healthcare professionals. We’re here to give non-judgemental free advice and support delivered by highly trained staff and volunteers – all of whom identify as LGBTQ+ and who have a good understanding of the pressures and problems that come with recreational drug or alcohol use.
It was produced in February 2025 by Duckie and was Funded by National Lottery Awards for All.
© 2025 Avonside Studio & Duckie.co.uk

Ep 4 Duckie's Dirty 30: Ratpark - Piss

Blue Circle

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Female-led from start to finish 👑💃, the delivery is slutty, mocking, and empowered — short, sharp, and relentless, with laughs between lines that turn lust into performance art. Every hook is a command (“Pay me bitch, that’s the slut tax” 💋), every verse a taunt 💅, and every breakdown a chant of pure sexual power 🔥. This track flips shame into pride, and desire into a commodity — celebrating sex work, control, and the raw currency of lust 🎭🔗.

This is music for the bold: OnlyFans queens 👑, underground club rats 💃, fetish freaks 🔗, broke boys begging 💳💸, and anyone who knows that power can come from a laugh, a moan, or a perfectly timed tease. The Slut Tax makes cash, lust, and domination collide into one dirty, bass-heavy anthem that hits as hard in headphones as it does on the dancefloor 👠💎✨🔥.

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