ALEXEI BORISOV - STEFANO BERTOLI - LUCA FERRO - DYING PLANTS SESSIONS

Zeromoon, 2024
[experimental, musique concrete, sound art, noise, improv, drone]

Alexei Borisov

Born in Moscow on December 7, 1960. Borisov graduated from the Moscow State University where he had studied History and Arts. His controversial performing career (as a guitarist) began in the Center new-wave group, in 1980. Next year, he formed the Prospekt mod-band (with Dmitry Matsenov), and re-modeled it in 1985 as the shifting Notchnoi Prospekt with then-partner Ivan Sokolovsky. After the dissolution of the band in the mid 1990s, he surfaced then in the "noise reconstruction and techno acoustics" duo F.R.U.I.T.S. with Pavel Zhagun (also known as Piezo) and in various art/noise/industrial/impro acts like Sever, Joint Committee, Atomic Bisquit Orchestra, New Russian Alternative, Gosplan trio and more.
He and his previous associate, the experimental Finnish sound-sculptor and journalist Anton Nikkila, established in 2000 their own N&B Research Digest label. Since 2003 Borisov curates international festival of experimental music "Noise and Fury" at the DOM Cultural Centre in Moscow (www.dom.com.ru).
Among his other collaborations are the joint projects with KK Null (Japan), Jandek (USA), Jeffrey Surak (USA), The New Blockaders (UK), Ilpo Vaisanen (Finland), Kurt Liedwart (Russia), Olga Nosova (as Astma duo) (Russia/Germany), Katya Rekk (Russia), Sergey Letov (Russia), Alexei Tegin (Russia), Sergei Kostyrko (Russia), Ilia Belorukov (Russia), Dave Phillips (Switzerland), Else Vandeweyer (Belgium), (Joke Lanz and Jonas Kocher (as Radical we Muzak Septet) (Switzerland), Franz Pomassl (Austria), Mia Zabelka (Austria), Thomas Buckner (USA), Benjamin Skepper (Australia), Anton Mobin (France), Jelena Glazova (Latvia), Sergei Kasich (Russia/USA), Igor Levshin (Fake Cats Project), A-Spirale (Italy), Annalisa Pascai Saiu and Emilio Berne (Italy), Dario Fariello (Italy), Philippe Petite (France), Peanbo (with Varvara Andreeva and Eugeny Pechenkin), Georgy Orlov-Davidovsky (Russia ), Tikhon Kubov (Russia), Pakhom (Russia) and many more. Borisov also collaborates with different video and multi-media artists, photographers, poets, dance companies, performance groups, theatres and film directors. He also works as a DJ in clubs and on different radio stations in Russia and abroad, and contributed as a journalist to some Russian and international web sites, magazines and newspapers.
He is portrayed in the 2013 music documentary Elektro Moskva.

Stefano Bertoli

Born in Italy in 1969, since almost forty years he has been split between a career as a Musician and one as a Sound Engineer, Sound Designer and host of Clinics on unusual electronic instruments Among his best-known studio works we mention Yugasanti, under the moniker of KHN'SHS recorded live together with the Russian combo Phurpa and Theda Bara Vs Dr.Caligari, together with the Soprano Antonella Suella with the Moniker of AndromacA. As a soloist he proposes abstract musical environments using unconventional electronic instruments together with magnetic tapes and contact microphones, manipulated in real time without any base or sequencer. The latest CD entitled "A Certain Amount of Atonality" was released on May 26, 2022 for Dream Machine Temple.

Luca Ferro

Sound designer, performer and audio artist, born in Italy in 1992. He has been working in sound design since the age of 14, out of pure passion, and graduated from NAM in Milan years later. Active since 2012 as a singer and keyboardist for the psychedelic stoner doom metal band "Satori Junk" and founder in 2019 of the experimental collective "I Giardini di Bosch", he has already performed several dates with his solo project, festival participations, a tour as a support act for Ryosuke Kyiasu (JPN) and Alexei Borisov (RU), 4 albums released with the Industrial Ölocaust Recordings record label and a more recent one for Unexplained Sound Group made in collaboration with the ambient duo Phoanogramma.

1. No Water 04:40
2. Parasites 03:56
3. Sage's Lament 04:22
4. Chlorophyll Reflections 08:56
5. Humidity 08:15
6. Sadistic Sun 03:10
7. Root DNA 07:08

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