Giuseppe Ielasi
Giuseppe Ielasi, narozen v roce 1974, žije a pracuje v italském Miláně. Od roku 1988 hraje na kytaru a pohybuje se v oblasti improvizované hudby, kde dlouhodobě spolupracuje např. s Alessandrem Bosettim, Ingarem Zachem, Michelem Donedou Deanem Robertsem. Živě vystupoval společně s Taku Sugimotem, Jeromem Noetingerem, Brandonen Labellem, Phillem Niblockem či Orenem Ambarchim. Jeho nahrávky vyšly u vydavatelství jako Erstwhile, Bowindo, Kning Disk, Sedimental (jeho první sólové album Plans), Hapna (alba s/t a Gesine), 12K (alba August a Aix). Album August bylo nominováno na Qwartz Electronic Music Awards v kategorii Experimental/Research v roce 2007 a objevilo se v seznamu nejlepších nahrávek za rok 2007 dle magazinu The Wire.
Born in 1974, lives near Milan since 1990. Started playing guitar in 1988, and worked for many years in the area of 'improvised music' (long term collaborations with Renato Rinaldi in the duo Oreledigneur, Thomas Ankersmit, Michel Doneda, Ingar Zach, Dean Roberts). Between 1997 and 2006 he has performed live with Taku Sugimoto, Jerome Noetinger, Mark Wastell, Martin Siewert, Nmperign, Brandon Labelle, Nikos Veliotis, Alessandro Bosetti, Gert-Jan Prins, Phill Niblock, Oren Ambarchi, and many others. From 2007 on, his main interest has been in site-specific solo performances, still using guitars as primary sound sources but integrating microphones and multi-channel speaker systems in order to create complex networks for sound diffusion in relationship to space. He recently started a collaboration with Austrian video artist Michaela Grill (US tour in 2007, participations at the Rotterdam Film Festival, Evolution Festival in Leeds, FilmSoundFilm in Marfa,TX) and is more and more involved in performances and installations with Renato Rinaldi and Armin Linke (ZKM Karlsruhe, Villa Romana Florence, Kunsthalle Berlin, Festival della Scienza Genova).
