A friend I hadn't seen in years wrote to me: "I'm coming to Foligno because a band I've been looking for a live show by is playing there, and I found out they'll be performing at Holydays!" We danced right in front of the speakers just like we did 20 years ago in Bologna!
Gas 0095 is an album of experimental ambient techno released in 1995 by Mat Jarvis. The record combines dark atmospheres, minimal rhythms and immersive soundscapes, becoming a cult of 1990s underground electronica
He will be back in Umbria shortly... in the meantime, let's enjoy his new masterpiece.
Across ten tracks, Euphoria Bound builds an ambitious and uncompromising sonic spectrum.
The approach here is more direct than recent releases, with textures that build up and disintegrate
An example of fusion of classical and electronic music, introducing for the first time the Moog synthesizer in Europe. Listening this album is a fantastic journey between Western music and Indonesian influences. I recommend the track “Ketjak”!
Gerry Read certainly did not invent sampling, but through sound manipulations in which old soul/house vocals are unrecognizable he uses it in innovative and engaging ways. He cuts micro-phrases almost brutally, deconstructs and reconstructs them into minimal, hypnotic loops until they are transformed into rhythm. His sound is rough and imperfect, with no climax or "big moments"-just extreme repetitions and microscopic changes that generate an upbeat and powerful hypnosis on the dance floor.
Rediscovery of the day: "Never Stop" by Chilly Gonzales.
Minimalism, hypnotic groove, a simple idea carried through to the end: keep going. A track that flows unhurriedly but never stops. Still relevant, still necessary.
The Ambrosian Vanguard was born in Paris on a cold day in late two thousand and ten, from the twisted minds of Stefano Galli and Roberto Tardocchi. After a rapid phase of experimentation, Maestro Ambrosiano was added. With the arrival of vocalist Matteo Maestripieri, L'Avanguardia Ambrosiana reaches its final lineup, completed only with the entry of Sara Luzzi, sublime voice, into the group.
Dj Iommi, Andrea Grillini drums, Alfonso Santimone keys LIVE @ FILLA, Bologna 2.01.2026
The musical project uniting Andrea Grillini, Alfonso Santimone and Tommaso Meletti (aka DJ Iommi) was born as an expanded ambient performance, a sonic territory where their respective artistic trajectories converge in a free and layered dialogue.
The encounter between these three musicians brings together worlds that are only apparently distant: the timbral and structural research of electronics and ambient, the physical and dynamic approach of drums, and the use of keyboards and live effects co
