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$14.36

back in stock as of
may 11th, 2007

first in stock on
may 23rd, 2006

file under:
sound-research
free-improv
guitar-themed

bowindo (italy) #bw 05 cd

giuseppe ielasi / renato rinaldi “oreledigneur” compact disc

(no tracklisting)

bowindo press release...

oreledigneur is the duo of giuseppe ielasi and renato rinaldi.

their collaboration started in 1998 with the release of the cd "may 15th" (fringes) with domenico sciajno and gino robair, followed by the first oreledigneur lp (co-released by fringes and fusetron), in collaboration with alessandro bosetti.

on this cd, they are credited as playing 'big and small objects and instruments'. we can hear guitars (motorized, activated, and even conventionally played and filtered via tapeloops), field recordings (close miked small motors, working machines, nature and whatever), small percussion. the last section was recorded live in the open air, with the essential contribution of stefano pilia on loops and double bass. recorded between 2002 and 2003 and assembled in the summer of 2003.

$15.96

back in stock as of
february 8th, 2012

first in stock on
october 25th, 2010

threads:
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plunder-phonic
digital-musics
beat-research
electro-acoustic-composition

dekorder (germany) #dekorder 44 lp

giuseppe ielasi “(third) stunt” long playing record

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october 2010 release ; third installment in this set of turntable / cut-up pieces from inveterate musical innovator giuseppe ielasi, “made in early 2010” ...

this series has been putting me in a great place, translating the lexicon of ca. 2000 a.d. dance music (sub-bass pulse, clipped plunderphonia) into a more free-timed, upper-poly-rhythmic axis that’s far more transfixing than standard 4/floor fare ... visionary stuff.

dekorder press release...

[043]
giuseppe ielasi "(third) stunt" lp
(limited edition of 400)

release date: october 15, 2010

"(third) stunt" is the final part of a trilogy started in 2008 with the "stunt" ep on schoolmap. the series only source material is one turntable and a large selection of vinyl records; pulses and rhythms being the main organisational/compositional principles. ielasi focuses on the (audible) physical gesture of actually playing these records, a technique borrowing heavily from turntablism in hip-hop music, in contrast to the more anthropologic sampling techniques of plunderphonia. the hands-on process is important and remains audible throughout the project.

aesthetically, the stunt series has been a refreshing departure from the music ielasi has previously been identified with. there's an unexpected emphasis on rhythmic pulses, and the balance between repetition and variation as well as the overall compositional structure is very close to the structures usually found in modern dance music, making these tracks a very personal and unique sample- and texture-heavy interpretation of skeletal deep house and asymmetric cold funk.

like all previous volumes "(third) stunt" has been mastered and cut by rashad becker at dubplates & mastering, berlin and the cover photo has been shot by italian artist amedeo martegani.

giuseppe ielasi was born in 1974. he made his first marks as an improvising guitarist collaborating with the likes of thomas ankersmit, dean roberts and playing live with phill niblock, oren ambarchi, martin siewert, jerome noetinger and many others. from 2007 on, his main interest has been in site-specific solo performances, sometimes still using guitars as a primary sound source but integrating microphones and multi-channel speaker systems in order to create complex networks for sound diffusion in relationship to space. in 1998 he founded the "fringes" label (closed in 2005) and he co-founded schoolmap records in 2006.

his major solo works have been released on the 12k and häpna labels.

$13.44

back in stock as of
november 15th, 2011

first in stock on
december 18th, 2003

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
digital-musics

erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 020 cd

giuseppe ielasi / domenico sciajno “right after” compact disc

at a greater distance (6:13)
honey (to sg) (3:55)
two main rooms (11:32)
the "still" or moving image (9:42)
three main rooms (8:48)
bracket (2:55)
(painted) wooden base (6:37)

erstwhile press release...

giuseppe ielasi: electronics
domenico sciajno: electronics and programming

giuseppe ielasi and domenico sciajno are both prominent members of the italian electroacoustic improv scene, not only as musicians, but also as concert promoters and organizers.

ielasi started playing guitar in 1988, and began exploring the art of improvised music soon after. in 1998 he founded the well-respected fringes label, in order to document his own work as well as that of other artists. in addition to his work on fringes, he has recorded for such labels as leo and sonoris. earlier this year, he released a superb solo cd-r on a small greek label, absurd. he has performed live with taku sugimoto, jerome noetinger, dean roberts, thomas lehn, michel doneda and brandon labelle.

sciajno began his career as an acoustic bassist and composer, studying acoustic and electronic composition with gilius van bergeijk and double bass in the royal conservatory of den haag in holland. in 2000, he released a sublime solo bass disc on fringes entitled broken bridge. he has collaborated with such artists as alvin curran and joel ryan, and sat in briefly with mimeo when the all-star electronic orchestra performed in bologna this past may.

ielasi and sciajno met in 1997, while searching for similarly minded musicians with which to collaborate. they began working in trio with ruggero radaele, later expanding to an acoustic quartet with christian alati, as documented on their leo lab release. over the last few years, ielasi and sciajno have each moved separately towards a vocabulary of pure electronics. in july of 2001, ielasi and sciajno met in palermo for a few days of intensive working and recording, the results of which are documented here.

right after compiles a series of perfectly crafted miniatures, featuring jagged shards of melody, slowly advancing crackles rippling with latent energy, and impeccably integrated techniques. the dazzling packaging was entirely created by nyc designer friederike paetzold.

$13.31

back in stock as of
august 23rd, 2008

first in stock on
august 9th, 2007

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
guitar-themed

formed.records (usa) #formed 105 cd

giuseppe ielasi / ekg “group” compact disc

detach (13:02)
(11:55)
(providence-middletown) (14:31)
(6:21)
umweg (15:30)

formed.records press release...

formed 05: giuseppe ielasi / ekg : group

reworked from live material captured on their 2005 tour of the us, group documents the creative possibilites of post-composing from improvised music. the result is a refinement of the group's live playing, preserving the dialogic quality of the original music while carefully underscoring the underlying ideas that animate it.

$17.36

back in stock as of
april 7th, 2008

first in stock on
april 13th, 2007

korm plastics (netherlands) #kp 3023 cd
brombron (netherlands) #brombron 08 cd

giuseppe ielasi / howard stelzer “brombron 08: night life” compact disc

ruin 1 (7:22)
ruin 2 (7:12)
ruin 3 (4:54)
losing our taste for the nightlife (10:42)

korm plastics press release...

howard stelzer / giuseppe ielasi - brombron 08: night life
korm plastics kp 2023
cd only
release date: january 1st 2006

korm plastics is proud to present the eigth release in the brombron series. originally a co-production between staalplaat and extrapool, it is now hosted by co-curator frans de waard. in the year 2000 frans de waard and extrapool started the brombron project. two or more musicians become artists in residence in extrapool, an arts initiative in nijmegen, the netherlands, with a fully equipped sound recording studio. these artists can work in a certain amount of time on a collaborative project; a project they always wished to do, but didn't have the time or the equipment to realize.

"i was introduced to giuseppe ielasi over email in 1999 or 2000 (i don't remember presicely), by a guy who ran a music magazine in italy called blowup. he was writing about cds on my label, intransitive, and suggested that i get in contact with his friend giuseppe, who was starting a label called fringes in milan. giuseppe and i exchanged some cds of our music, corresponded for awhile, and discovered that we had much in common.

giuseppe came to the us to promote his "right after" album with domenico sciajno, and we got along immediately. we're about the same age, have a similar temperament, play a similar sort of music, are from a similar kind of background, are excited about records, we love to eat, we're both kinda nerdy... yeah, giuseppe is my kind of guy! we had spoken about collaborating at a few points over the years, but somehow it just never happened, probably because we're so busy with our various projects and labels. so when i was offered a brombron residency, i thought it would a perfect opportunity to spend some time hanging out and playing music with giuseppe.

the method we chose was to first proceed to the closest coffee shop for a breakfast of cheese and meat sandwiches (me) and cookies (giuseppe), then we'd record improvisations for a few hours until lunchtime. i primarily used cassette tapes and giuseppe used a guitar, but we also both played synths and electronic doodads and microphones, and i made some tape recordings around the city that i brought back in to our improvisations. our minds were open, and we experimented without deciding in advance what sort of album we might be making. we'd then take a long walk, go to the nijmegen record shops (where plurex records are still cheap!), have some lunch, maybe also a snack, and then start to edit out the good bits from the morning. we'd also add some effects and change some parts, use the recordings as source material in a small way. then we'd return to the record shops to buy the records we hesitated on in the afternoon, have some dinner and relax. the next day, we'd wake up, have coffee, and do it again. our pace of working and comfort matched quite well. for the final few days of the residency, we started to piece together our bits until they worked as compositions. then we edited some more until the album emerged.

about the title.... we gave a duo concert at extrapool as part of the requirements of our residency. there was an art opening happening at the same time, so the gallery was packed with people. it was a lot of fun, but it also made us both feel a bit strange; we're somewhat awkward in social situations, and didn't know anyone at the extrapool party except for frans and roel meelkop, who drove out from rotterdam. after our set, we split to go get more fried dutch snacks. along the walk, we talked about how we used to go out to parties more often when we were younger, but now we aren't even so old and we generally enjoy staying at home where it's quiet, listening to records and reading. giuseppe was reminded on the song by arthur russell, "losing my taste for the nightlife". maybe we are. or, maybe that's just how we felt on that evening. it doesn't matter, really, i suppose."

- howard stelzer. cambridge, ma (usa) december 2005

$12.61

back in stock as of
march 2nd, 2011

first in stock on
august 23rd, 2004

threads:
modern-psych
electro-acoustic-improvisation

kranky (usa) #krank 063 cd

dean roberts “be mine tonight” compact disc

all pidgins sent to war, palace of adenaline v and e.e. / disappearance on the grandest of streets
smash the palace and what nerves you got
letter to monday

2003 album by dean roberts featuring contributions from giuseppe ielasi, christian alati, and 3/4hadbeeneliminated members valerio tricoli & antonio arrabbito.

kranky press release...

artist: dean roberts
title: be mine tonight
catalog #: krank063
formats available: cd
release date: nov. 17, 2003

be mine tonight is a recording of songs. slow, often wrenching songs where the brush of a cymbal, a voice or a plucked string can have great impact. through arrangement, processing and editing dean roberts has crafted out rock that presents listeners with familiar forms as it challenges them with oblique gestures. improvisational and electronic strategies are ably utilized to push the dimensions of rock songs played by a group of people together in one room.

be mine tonight is the very first production of a young engineer and composer valerio tricoli, a rising name in the world of improvisational music. it was recorded in bologna , italy from dec. 2000 to dec. 2002. giuseppe ielasi, of fringes recordings and a legend of italian improvisational guitar, contributed prepared guitar, as did christian alati. the deft drumming by antonio arrabbito marks his recording debut. roberts played acoustic and electric guitars, piano, percussion, bass, harmonium and glass harmonica.

$11.27

back in stock as of
september 22nd, 2005

first in stock on
june 21st, 2005

file under:
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guitar-themed
minimal-drones

last visible dog (usa) #lvd 075 cd

renato renaldi “hoarse frenzy” compact disc

(40:10)

one continuous 40-minute piece from renato rinaldi, previously known for his duo with giuseppi ielasi as “oreledigneur” (three records on bowindo, fringes, and fusetron.) a completely gorgeous mix of “concrète” atmospherics (each instrument was recorded in a different setting; bird & wind sounds mix with ringing telephones, etc...), minimal prepared/processed acoustic guitar playing, harmonium drones, and muttered vocals; all coming from a mind-set not too far from the jewelled antler universe (specifically the blithe sons.) awesome.

last visible dog press release...

renato rinaldi is hoarse frenzy.
giuseppi ielasi plays outdoor acoustic guitar in the first section.
manourin string trio plays harmonics on violin, viola and cello in the last section.
other instruments are acoustic and unplugged electric guitars, dulcimer, harmonium, organ, piano, objects, microphones and vocals.
often the tracks of each section are recorded in different places.

recorded during the summer of 2003 in oreno di vimercate, vienna and italy in various places very close to the slovenian border.
mixed in medves in october 2003.
thanks to giuseppi ielasi, daniela toneatto and all the medves people.
very special thanks to michael moser for his piano and house and to loris vescovo for his guitar.

$17.36

new to stock as of
april 7th, 2008

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
electro-acoustic-composition
digital-musics
modern-composition
playback-music
analogue-synth
guitar-themed

port (japan) #pt 003 cd

roel meelkop / giuseppe ielasi / howard stelzer / frans de waard “zondag” compact disc

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untitled (3) (9:00)
untitled (4) (7:20)
untitled (5) (7:09)
remixed by evala (7:05)

... stellar sunday-afternoon extrapool session featuring howard stelzer, giuseppe ielasi, frans de waard, and roel meelkop improvising with their chosen tools (roel & frans on analogue synths, howie on cassette tapes, giuseppe on guitar) - certain warm crackle resounds throughout - excellent rainy-day listening ...

port press release...

title : zondag
artist : roel meelkop + giuseppe ielasi + howard stelzer + frans de waard
cat no : ptcd003
format : cd
total : 42'22"

roel meelkop : roland sh101
giuseppe ielasi : guitar, electronics
howard stelzer : cassettes
frans de waard : korg ms20

recorded on a sunday in january 2005 at geluidwerkplaats extrapool, nijmegen, the netherlands

mixed by frans de waard, march 2005
revised by roel meelkop, june 2007
mastered by kimken at kimken studio 2007
designed by port (supported by graph)

a transborder collaborating album comprised of four leading figures in the world’s experimental music scene, which includes; roel meelkop whose musical activities date back to the 80's when he started thu20, and even now he still stands on the front line of holland’s electronic music scene; frans de waard, known as a representing artist in the european sound art scene thorough his projects such as staalplaat, kapotte musiek; giuseppe ielasi who organizes own label fringes recordings in italy; howard stelzer who organizes intransitive recordings in america. as if answering to their pieces, evala, an organizer of port, carefully added a bonus track by destructing and restructuring them, which came out as an outstanding remix with the ultrahigh-density. the achingly beautiful album floats between improvised and electronic music with a vibrantly disturbing quality.

$15.84

back in stock as of
april 5th, 2010

first in stock on
july 19th, 2008

threads:
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playback-music
plunder-phonic
beat-research
digital-musics
sound-art

best of 2008 !!!

schoolmap (italy) #school 4 lp

giuseppe ielasi “stunt” twelve inch single record

stunt (1) (3:30)
stunt (2) (5:05)
stunt (3) (2:50)
stunt (4) (4:10)
stunt (5) (4:10)
stunt (6) (2:00)

july 2008 release ; excellent ep of deconstructed turntablism from composer giuseppe ielasi ...

this is pretty far removed from giuseppe’s overall modus of guitar-centric compositions, although i do recognize some of the polyrhythmic underpinnings from his last few häpna-label outings (that indescribably woozy, almost free-time feeling lilt is here in droves) ... some of this material comes off as a purely anti-dancefloor take on the whole basic channel / chain reaction oeuvre (w/schoolmap even going so far as to have d&m master the record !!!) or even the automatic pulse/beat-finding efforts of other berlinite producers such as errorsmith / smith n’ hack et.al ... really nice stuff.

schoolmap press release...

schoolmap records proudly presents:

giuseppe ielasi “stunt”

format: 12” vinyl ep, full color cover, 6 tracks, 22 minutes, edition of 500 copies
cat no: school4
release date: july 7th, 2008

‘stunt’ is the first in a series of three ep’s which represent an interesting stylistic departure from ielasi’s previous work. the series is focused on the use of one turntable and a large selection of vinyl records as sources for raw material, and pulses/rhythm as main organisational principle. the basic sound material, in the form of short segments and loops or longer and more complex improvisations, was collected over the course of three months, using techniques influenced more by “turntablism”, than traditional sampling or plunderphonics. the raw sequences have then been edited and assembled in 6 tracks (more to follow...), whose structures are probably closer to house music productions than to ielasi’s more atmospheric and layered compositons from his earlier releases.

stunt was mastered and cut by rashad becker at dubplates & mastering, berlin. full color cover photo by italian artist amedeo martegani.

giuseppe ielasi, born in 1974, lives and works in milan, italy. he started playing guitar in 1988, and worked for many years in the area of ‘improvised music’ (long term collaborations with alessandro bosetti, michel doneda, ingar zach, dean roberts, thomas ankersmit). he has performed live with taku sugimoto, jerome noetinger, mark wastell, martin siewert, brandon labelle, nikos veliotis, gert-jan prins, phill niblock, oren ambarchi and many others. apart from extensive solo activities, ielasi is one half of bellows (with nicola ratti) and oreledigneur (with renato rinaldi). he released music on various labels such as erstwhile, bowindo, kning disk, sedimental (his first solo ‘plans’), hapna (‘gesine’ and ‘s/t’), 12k (the critically acclaimed ‘august’, also featured in the ‘best of 2007’ list for the wire magazine).

$12.61

back in stock as of
september 9th, 2010

first in stock on
february 21st, 2007

threads:
free-improvisation
guitar-themed
minimalism-drones

sedimental (usa) #sed 048 cd

michel doneda / giuseppe ielasi / ingar zach “flore de cataclysmo” compact disc

floating on the mass of blossoms (17:02)
one wing of matter (16:45)
run fingers over turquoise (11:58)

february 2007 release by the trio of michel doneda, giuseppe ielasi, and ingar zach, recorded in the studio, 2004, vandoeuvre-les-nancy.

somewhat contrary to giuseppe’s recent maximal work, this is sparse free-improvisation, each contributing their own array of extended technique-derived sounds. the music frequently touches down onto beds of tonality, with zach’s drum kit providing texture over pulse...

a gorgeous set providing clear evidence of a telepathic link between the players. highly recommended.

sedimental press release...

flore de cataclysmo

michel doneda : soprano and sopranino saxophones
giuseppe ielasi : guitar, electronics
ingar zach : drums, percussion

recorded by françois dietz t studio ccam,
vendoeuvre les nancy, january 25th 2004.
mixed my giuseppe ielasi in 2006.
collages by michel doneda.

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this trio features very distinct musical personalities and caught us off guard simply by its appearance at all, but we sure did smile when we heard it as we knew it would pack the goods. both zach (percussion) and doneda (reeds) lay sturdy frameworks with ielasi (guitar) adding an almost alien warmth to the group sound.

intense sonic impact yet transparent and sparse enough to navigate with alert senses the whole disc has an ambitious arc that one may miss when caught in the web.

doneda's comments: "the music unfolds from known materials, offering clues. the fleeting nature of the colors, tones, dynamics and rhythm coalesce and then dissolve. often, the sound seems to dig in an invisible soil, and then the quest stop, often at a new place but then another layer appears. each musician weighing the sounds in the most real sense... perfectly independent in a unique and definitive community without specific roles or hierarchy."

all true.

$17.51

new to stock as of
july 24th, 2010

threads:
playback-music
modern-composition
electro-acoustic-composition
experimental-instruments
musique-concrète
machine-music

senufo editions (italy) #senufo#three cd

giuseppe ielasi “15tapes” compact disc

untitled (1) (0:37)
untitled (2) (0:44)
untitled (3) (2:53)
untitled (4) (0:40)
untitled (5) (1:11)
untitled (6) (0:55)
untitled (7) (1:28)
untitled (8) (1:27)
untitled (9) (1:34)
untitled (10) (1:33)
untitled (11) (0:40)
untitled (12) (1:12)
untitled (13) (2:08)
untitled (14) (0:57)
untitled (15) (1:26)

july 2010 release ; excellent set of short, mechanized miniatures from giuseppe ielasi, all sourced to records made of, on, and with various tape machines ...

senufo editions press release...

senufoedition#three : giuseppe ielasi “15tapes”
june 18, 2010

“15tapes” is a suite of 15 short pieces, very different in character and dynamics, edited from improvisations on various tape machines. the music was recorded during the year 2009, and then edited, recomposed and mastered in tübingen, april 2010.

total length 20 minutes. artwork by alessandro brivio, beautifully letterpressed by ben owen / middle press. a companion release, “15 cds”, will be out soon on entr’acte (uk)

numbered edition of 180 copies.

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