Magna Graecia

Ancient Ruins by Anna Motterle

Magna Graecia was the name given to the southern Italian territories colonised by the Greeks around the 8th century BC.  Having found myself listening to a lot of Greek experimental music, from my favourite Cypriot minimalist Evagoras Karageorgis to Tasos…

Minimalismo Mediterraneo

Tracklist Giusto Pio – ‘Motore Immobile’ (Motore Immobile, Cramps 1979) Alvin Curran – excerpt from Side A (Canti e Vedute del Giardino Magnetico, Ananda 1975) Lino Capra Vaccina – ‘Canti delle Sfere’ (Antico Adagio, Nō 1978) Luciano Cilio – ‘Primo…

Claudio Rocchi – Suoni di Frontiera

I first discovered Claudio Rocchi through my father’s vinyl collection, which featured his Il Volo Magico N. 1  LP as one of his most prized possession. As a small-town hippy and prog enthusiast teenager in the early 70s, my father…