Claudio Rocchetti, Fhievel, Luca Sigurta - Pocket Progressive (2005)

Claudio Rocchetti, Luca Bergero aka Fhievel and Luca Sigurta are three young Italian soundmakers who have released some strong and underrated cds/cdrs over the last few years (check out my reviews of Rocchetti's "The work called Kitano" and Sigurta's "La vera macchina d'argento" in the archive, for example). All three have also developed engaging live sets, which is relevant since this cd is an edited and processed recording of two private live performances - and altogether very different from what they'd created until now, except maybe for Rocchetti's solo concerts. Turntable, radio, electronic devices, field recordings and percussions are shaken and atomized all over, in a kind of rattling improvisation which is both very "quiet", with it pauses, gaps and silent spaces, and obstinately "noisy", for the many different layers and constant intertwining of ant-like microsounds. It's a demanding work, since no drones or "solo" instrument or main kind of playing prevails on the other - but its ultimate strength lies in this uneven and sullen nature.