Various
Estate
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*Edition of 101* A tin can as time capsule. A season pressed into metal. Estate is the debut release from Akhet Edizioni: an assemblage of unreleased works contributed by the many artists who participated in Akhet's first year of site-specific programming in Naples' historic centre. Conceived as both artifact and reusable ephemeral, the release materializes as a limited edition of 101 tin cans designed by Canedicoda, each containing a USB microchip and other small delicacies. Photographs by Salvatore Pastore document its materiality, while digital artwork by Augusto Fabio Cerqua extends this dimension into a visual language that resonates with the conceptual framework of the project.
The 26-track compilation serves as a convergence of dissonant practices and collective gestures, traversing the volatile terrains of noise, improvised sound, avant-garde folk, experimental rap, and post-club mutations. Contributors include Aspec(t), Ausschuss, Cadaver Mike, Cecilia, Ciro Vitiello, Compsa, D.Ham, Deskulling, Eks, Elisha Morningstar, Elvin Brandhi, Eraclio, Flora Yin-Wong, Forest Factory, Franco Franco, I Jahbar, Koenraad Ecker, Las Vegan, Le Grand K, Lorenzo Abattoir, Luigi Monteanni, Miiin---Amor, Nocturnerror, Nplgnn, Nziria, Radford Electronics, Rabit, Renato Grieco, Sara Persico, Still, Talpah, Tarawangsawelas, Tati au Miel, and Yokel - each piece embodying the tension between transient environments and enduring creative dialogues.
Estate - the Italian word for "summer" - concludes Akhet's first cycle of programming. This cycle, reflecting on the impermanence of seasons, unfolded through three mini-festivals (Autunno, Inverno and Primavera) and a traveling review (Caldo Astratto). In a time when seasons melt into one another and winter feels disturbingly mild, Estate serves as a temporal marker, reimagined here amidst shifting climatic and cultural cycles.
Mastered by Heba Kadry (track 1) and Guido Marziale (tracks 2-26). Wet Vesuvio by Still features vocals by Romeo Barbaro and strings by Raffaele Cardone. Several tracks recorded at Auditorium Novecento, Naples; One4zee / Cartoonish by Yokel x D.Ham x Franco Franco recorded live at De Soring, Amsterdam.
Limited edition of 101 numbered tin cans.
