Bellows
Members: Nicola Ratti, Giuseppe Ielasi
220 Tones
Last copies...Die Schachtel is proud to present 220 Tones, a disc that points out a  crucial change in the artistic life of the well-known guitarist and composer Nicola Ratti. This brand new dimension strengthens the craftsmanship to which this a…
(third) Stunt
This new Ielasi album is the final part of a trilogy started in 2008 with the “Stunt“ EP on Schoolmap. The series only source material is one turntable and a large selection of vinyl records; pulses and rhythms being the main organisational/compos…
Lieu
FaravelliRatti is a duo comprised of Nicola Ratti (guitar) and Attila Faravelli (computer) who play with a tower of different prepared speakers and a taper recorder in between them. The idea is to fed speakers with different languages in the same spa…
15 CDs
restocked: Analogue synth and field recordings, re-played through CDJs. Starting out as an improvising guitarist in the late 1980s, Giuseppe Ielasi's current work is mainly studio-based compositions utilising records and CDs, and creating pieces f…
Tools
restocked...Tools is the latest creation from Italian experimentalist Giuseppe Ielasi. While Ielasi's work over the years as a guitarist and drone artist has become highly regarded his work on 2009's Aix (12k1051) completely broke that mold, turne…
15tapes
RESTOCKED, brand new Giuseppe Ielasi CD on his own Senufo art editions: “15tapes” is a suite of 15 short pieces, very different in character and dynamics, edited from improvisations on various tape machines. the music was recorded during the year 200…
Ode
Brand new solo release for guitarist Nicola Ratti with his languid, disarming sound of small and gentle gestures and loping rhythms, often repeated and subtly shifting in an impressionistic vision founded on traditional elements. Merging guitar, pian…
![I/D/V 02 [GUITAR]](https://cdn.soundohm.com/data/products/2023-10/R-1861828-1248508255-jpeg.jpeg.500.jpg)
I/D/V 02 [GUITAR]
A series of 7” records of 1 minute tracks and lock grooves. Focus of each volume is on one particular instrument and on the ways in which invited artists address the specifics of duration as defined by the given format. Duration here is not considere…
(another) stunt
(another) Stunt is the second part of a trilogy started in 2008 with the ‘Stunt’ EP on Schoolmap: the series is based on the use of one turntable and a large selection of vinyl records as sources for raw material, and pulses/rhythm as main organisati…
Stunt
‘Stunt’ is the first in a series of three EP’s which represent an interesting stylistic departure from Ielasi’s previous work. The series is focused on the use of one turntable and a large selection of vinyl records as sources for raw material, and p…
From the Desert Came Saltwater
Italian-born multi-instrumentalist and architect, Nicola Ratti, presents his debut for Anticipate. Nicola's music can best be described as warm, subtractive rock, whereby he reduces guitar figures and piano passages into quiet explorations of the hid…
Zondag
The Dutch word zondag translates as Sunday in English and indeed these improvisations were recorded in a single day, a Sunday in January 2005. Quite in contrast with the speed of the recording, the recordings themselves were then shelved for no less …
august
12k presents the latest solo work from Italian composer Giuseppe Ielasi. August is the 4th full-length cd from Ielasi following his critically acclaimed debut Plans (Sedimental, 2003) and the stunning Gesine and s/t (Häpna, 2005, 2006).August takes a…
Flore de cataclysmo
This trio features very distinct musical personalities and caught us off guard simply by its appearance at all, but we sure did smile when we heard it as we knew it would pack the goods. Both Zach (percussion) and Doneda (reeds) lay sturdy frameworks…
Bellows
Giuseppe Ielasi and Nicola Ratti: guitars, percussion, turntables, electronics. Recorded and mixed in april-may, 2006. Collages by Michel Doneda. "Another gem from the Kning Disk catalogue, this album by Giuseppe Ielasi and Nicola Ratti takes up a li…
Night life
Korm Plastics is proud to present the eigth release in the brombron series. Originally a co-production between Staalplaat and Extrapool, it is now hosted by co-curator Frans de Waard. In the year 2000 Frans de Waard and Extrapool started the brombron…
Right after
Right After is a remarkably subtle album of duo electronics by two relatively young Italians with roots in avant-garde improvisation. While Giuseppe Ielasi began his career as a guitarist and Domenico Sciajno was an improvising bassist of note, both …
Plans
Ulrich Böttcher: percussion, electronics. Uwe Buhrdorf: clarinet, electronics. Ulrich Phillipp: bass, electronics. Since 1994 Maxwells Dmon has been playing improvised music with electro-acoustic instruments. The trio works beneath the surface of cle…
s/t
Following last year's incredible 'Gesine' comes Italian experimental guitarist Giuseppe Ielasi's latest full-length, an album which may come as something of a surprise to fans of his earlier work. The obvious inclusion of electronic elements comes at…