Monday, November 30, 2009

SERATA A LA CORNICE DI CANTU'

'SERATA MISESTI' con Stefano Misesti e 'un'incursione' del bravissimo Max Lepratti presso spazio libri laboratorio la cornice
via per Alzate 9, Cantù
appuntamento/incontro - 5 dicembre 2009 ore 18.00


Sarà un incontro dove mostrerò i miei lavori di illustrazione, fumetti e pittura e dove realizzerò
un disegno dal vivo accompagnato dalle musiche di Max Lepratti.
Porterò con me anche alcune tele esposte alla mostra GLI INGREDIENTI DEL MONDO fatta a Taipei lo scorso maggio.

Spazio Laboratorio LA CORNICE di Cantù.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Saturday, November 21, 2009

TONGS - JAZZ WITH THE MEGAPHONE?

Serata di presentazione del nuovo disco dei TONGS (per cui ho realizzato il logo della band).
Venerdì 27 Novembre presso la Casa di Alex (Alex Extea)
in via Moncalieri 5,
Milano (zona Niguarda) - ore 22.00.

Carlo Garof: drums & percussion, objects, sinori (thunder sheet), megaphone, live electronics

Antonio Bertoni: double bass, electric bass, effects, sampler

Luca Serrapiglio: baritone sax, tenor sax, bass clarinet, lo-fi electronics


Through an explosive debut album, a trio composed of young men, already expert musicians, set the tone for a mature record, powerful and clear in its intentions, with a precise and articulated vision of how to mix jazz and rock with strength and character in an instrumental work.

The coherence and the depth of the compositions come together with melodic developments and explorations overflowing with ideas and variations which are stunning without becoming over-thought or pretentious.

Carlo, Luca and Antonio approach all of the instruments available to them, including electronic, with a freshness, skill and curiosity. They pursue tonal developments and experimentations while never losing their way, always resulting in a direct and precise objective that is above all, full of feeling.

“Jazz with the megaphone?” brings together the exhilaration of a typical jazz trio (without harmonic, acrobatic and throbbing instruments) and a disruptive attack of tried-and-true rock formations, compensating for the lack of a “voice” with all of their articulated “voices”.

Here it must be discussed the importance of the recording studio as an “added instrument”, also found in the best rock music, which is manipulated as such that all of the songs are executed in a rich, personalized style that transcends a more limited live, one-day recording.

The music lends itself to multiple listening sessions, each time revealing more details and nuances to thrill the listener.

It would be a shame to loose ourselves here in a list of musical influences, which are numerous and varied (free jazz? Jazzcore? Punk? Avant Rock? Etno? and so forth). We like to think that the Tongs have produced an album that is brusque, vital, beautiful, emotional, appeals to mind and body, with a marked identity that both evolved lovers of rock and non-purist jazzphiles can like.

“Jazz with the Megaphone” has in fact all ready received praise from some of the best musicians and personalities in the world of jazz such as: John Zorn, Chris Cutler, Massimo Pupillo (ZU), Gino Robair, Xabier Iriondo, and Gianni Mimmo.

The Tongs much prefer playing live, where their musical and theatrical creativity is liberated, giving them a chance to astonish their audience as an “assault trio”, as they like to call themselves.

www.longsongrecords.com


Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Thursday, November 12, 2009

jukebox

Illustrazione per MAG magazine.
A proposito di musica segnalo il divertente post di Diego Cajelli sulla puntata di Xfactor di questa settimana: qui.

Lanzi

Illustrazione pubblicata la scorsa domenica sul quotidiano LA PROVINCIA di Como.

Friday, November 06, 2009

SCRITTURA

I video di scuola di scrittura sul sito de LA PROVINCIA online. Sono delle brevi interviste a personaggi legati al mondo della scrittura. Prossimamente ci sarà anche un mio breve video che riguarda il fumetto.