Listen! MadeRadioArt Anthology | Sergio Armaroli & Steve Piccolo
Gruen 222 | Audio CD (+ Digital) | Digital > [order]
A dismal moment, try not to think about it so many of us, so restless, a dull chapter worth skipping, mind numbing. Constantly talking, when all we really wanted to do was…
As usual perhaps, daily impressions of unremitting danger make people seek refuge in futile obsessions with furniture, food and clothing. Endless words, irritating until we stopped saying them, then sorely missed. A conjunction of multiple evils that could have been avoided, had it only been seen as profitable to do so. Nagging prevail hedonistic to the point of dulling their efficacy.
At the same time we are so lethal, so outright mean, predictable impulses never seriously dealt with due to laziness. We are so out of touch with reality, but not in a good way, not anymore… many people claim to perceive the crisis as a sudden onslaught, though that is in no way objective or justifi able.
It was the first time in history that awareness of manipulation of information could go hand in hand with incredible amounts of often valid and accurate communication: the situation, I am sorry to say, was and probably is much worse than anyone could have imagined.
An omen is a premonitory sign interpreted as a hint of future happy or unfortunate events. I have nothing against myths and legends, particularly if they have poetic qualities or are entertaining. But is it still possible to revive things that have gotten tired over time? Why should the unruly auditor always have to adapt to our whims? Below apparently and even surface lurks a foreboding that cannot be escaped.
UNSPOKEN
We live in a time when the agency of the creator is rapidly losing its importance and the agency of the user or consumer, the auditor, the hearer, becomes paramount. It is a struggle of will, of volition, striving to be active, not passive. It is also a question of critical mass, hyper- ubiquity, surplus, overkill, economics, ecology. Of excess quantity and – in many ways – of excess quality, not any lack thereof. (Steve Piccolo)
CD 01
01. Sergio Armaroli ExploringNoiseNeon [01:04]
02. Sergio Armaroli ExploringNoise 1/4 CableGroundLoop Static [01:04]
03. Sergio Armaroli RITUEL [07:52]
04. Sergio Armaroli Lo(0)g1ElectronicsVersion [03:45]
05. Steve Piccolo I Love You (2007) [05:05]
06. Sergio Armaroli La cantatrice con capelli 1 [01:27]
07. Sergio Armaroli From Artaud:My Cry in The Stairwell [01:45]
08. Sergio Armaroli Chantait Apollinaire [01:32]
09. Sergio Armaroli pour l’Homme Libre [02:02]
10. Steve Piccolo The Rebirth Of Discourse [06:48]
11. Sergio Armaroli Je suis un homme qui se cherche [02:03]
12. Steve Piccolo Smog in Hollywood [00:27]
13. Steve Piccolo stutter [00:41]
14. Steve Piccolo stutter 1 [01:07]
15. Sergio Armaroli La cantatrice con capelli 2 [00:29]
16. Steve Piccolo Nathalie Vienna Mono [16:16]
CD 02
01. Steve Piccolo, Tornelli alla Bolognese [1:49]
02. Sergio Armaroli, Exploring Noise Two [1:04]
03. Steve Piccolo, You can’t see the forest for the trees [4:19]
04. Sergio Armaroli, Harrier ToPrologue [0:45]
05. Steve Piccolo, As I was saying (2) [3:03]
06. Sergio Armaroli, ExtraReason: Profili [4:47]
07. Steve Piccolo, As I was saying (1) [2:16]
08. Sergio Armaroli, Interlude [1:51]
09. Steve Piccolo, The breakdown of club culture [3:04]
10. Sergio Armaroli, Prologue | Fui ingannata [5:02]
11. Steve Piccolo, Face in the crowd (1) [3:22]
12. Sergio Armaroli, ErrorLand Extract[4:10] (Steve Piccolo, voice; Fritz Hauser, percussion with video Trommel mit Mann)
13. Steve Piccolo, Grumbling masters of the universe [2:18]
14. Sergio Armaroli, Extra(Sound)Reason: comeCoda [3:21]
15. Steve Piccolo, The last audience [0:50]
16. Sergio Armaroli, ZEROHistoire(s)Livre AboutSyria [2:44]
17. Steve Piccolo, Stella [0:38]
18. Sergio Armaroli, ScribblerText | Nel Nero [1:06]
19. Steve Piccolo, Plausibly good but certifiably fake news (possibly self-fulfilling) ((for Monaco art fair shuttle)) [2:15]
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Germany / 2025 / Gruen 222 / LC 09488 / UPC 198588361931