R o m e, e x t. n i g h t a sonic architecture concept by Gianluca Licciardi
Rome Ext. Night is a “site specific” sonic exhibition; formed by macro electronic music composition (split into 22 linked micro-compositions), designed mixing ambient sound objects (created through digital synthesizers) with background noises (traffic, voices, wind and other weather phenomena, subway trains, the flowing of the Tevere, all caught with mikes and a boom in the night-time) subsequently transformed to become in their turn sound objects. These 22 micro-compositions are impressions on (and expressions of) Rome "shot" by night, and they reflect an experience of the city as soundscape. The sound of the city in motion. The sound of the city as still. Not the daytime sound, that permeates the environment like the pervading brightness of the roman light, but the night time one, of a Rome mysterious and almost invisible.
Rome Ext. Night looks like a sonic “guide” to the city, portraying its face and telling its space in a poetical way; it’s a mere listening experience, made of contemplation, purposing the pursuit of a soundscape design: “organised sound” made to contribute to the spreading of an environmental conscience. Both sound and pace follow the general tone of the district described: nervous, urgent and fast-paced for TESTACCIO, MONTE MARIO and TERMINI/EUR; easy, placid and serene for GHETTO; meditative for CAFFARELLA, GIANICOLO and SAPIENZA; ancient and experienced for VERANO and APPIA ANTICA; mysterious for COPPEDÉ, TRAFORO and MONTI; materic and concrete for CORVIALE and TANGENZIALE EST; bright and sentimental for PONTE MILVIO. It’s a poetic translation of the city, and its task is not to support the listeners into recognizing places but to supply an unusual vision.
Rome Ext. Night is: sonic architecture; a site specific sonic exhibition; a way to get back a perception of the everyday space; a sonic document; an invisible and impalpable medium that mimes the city space; a model of the city; a space that is both recognizable and unrecognizable; the city from a sinaesthetic point of view; the space dispersal that sound sticks; the city as acousmetre; an imitation of Rome as a fragmented, variegated, balanced body; an alternative way to comprehend Rome.
Here are the details of the 22 compositions referring to Rome districts:
1. Caffarella. (07:28 pm) 2. Testaccio. (before midnight) 3. Coppedé, Piazza Mincio. (after midnight) 4. Traforo Umberto I. (10:16 pm) 5. Ghetto (Portico d'Ottavia). (09:15 pm) 6. Salita al Gianicolo. (04:23 am) 7. Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza. 8. Sopraelevata della Tangenziale est (02:20 am) 9. Nuovo Corviale. (11:40 pm) 10. Pincio. (08:36 pm) 11. Lungo il Tevere. (10:06 pm) 12. Verano. 13. Circo Massimo. (03:18 am) 14. Laurentino 38. (11:53 pm) 15. San Martino a Monti. (03:02 am) 16. Termini-Eur. (11:40 pm / 11:52 pm) 17. Appia antica. (09:09 pm) 18. Eur-Termini (11:32 pm / 11:46 pm) 19. Borgo Pio. (01:19 am) 20. Monte Mario (ex manicomio). (02:09 am) 21. Piazza di Firenze. (07:56 pm) 22. Ponte Milvio. (03:27 am)
SOME PARTS WERE USED FOR THE SOUND DESIGN OF THE MOVIE "DENTRO ROMA / IN THE HEART OF ROME" BY FRANCESCO COSTABILE (CENTRO SPERIMENTALE DI CINEMATOGRAFIA, 2006)
Gianluca "Schlock!" Licciardi (B. 1978) is a self-taught Italian 'cheap electronic' music composer, producer, remixer, sound artist and performer who firmly believes in the possibilities of visual sound.
He scored short/medium length movies and documentaries (the award winning Dentro Roma / In the Heart of Rome, 2006; Massima Punizione, 2006; Entr'acte Cambodgien, 2005) and wrote music for silent movie classics Das Kabinett des dr. Caligari, 1919) and contemporary cult classics (Tetsuo, 1988; Maniac, 1980). Since 2007 he's working with the Nonantola Film Festival, for which he's made available several tracks to be used by the filmmakers involved; also with Murgia Film Festival (2006 and 2007) for which he supervised and edited some afterhours events (performances, live shows and dj-sets). He also published three concept albums, available for free download: Bad Chemistry (2007), broken blossom (2004) and It's Like Having a Madman in the House (2001).
He is currently running Sound Design, etc., for which he is arranging, programming and creating sound design, noises and special sound effects for several artists and companies (CUREPROJECT, THE LOST, LASITUAZIONE, AZIENDA OSPEDALIERA SAN CAMILLO/FORLANINI, NONANTOLA FILM FESTIVAL, MURGIA FILM FESTIVAL, IN/ARCH - ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ARCHITETTURA & CINECITTÀ HOLDING, CENTRO SPERIMENTALE DI CINEMATOGRAFIA, NANOF, BROCHE, MILIA PLVS, HERISTAL/COMUNE DI ROMA, UNDERMYBED, ETC.) + also working on STAR WHORES®, a non-profit and - hopefully - community-built label dedicated to providing high quality, non-commercial, freely distributable dance, house and electro-pop music for download), a pop sideproject called "lucamörde", a sonic translation of Monty Python's Flying Circus and 4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane + a sonic architecture concept developed for iPod, Rome, ext. night.
His remix "Lover - Laure Castelli Garcia" appears on LOVEREMIXED (Lover remix EP) by Eastman (Mode2 Recordings, august 2007), while SCHLOCK! first single THE WORLD ACCORDING TO A SLUT has been released on April 2008 (Mode2 Recordings).
His next goal is AN EXPERIMENT IN tERROR. In the future, he'd love to work on horror movies; he'd also like to meet Dario Argento and Mirco Mencacci...
This space contains links to an extensive selection of schlockworks, so... enjoy! For additional material please use Google. Good luck!
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Reviewer:Caterina24 - - February 20, 2009 Subject: Very Sweet... This is very beautiful, moving. Ho ascoltato soltanto quella del ghetto (per un progetto film).. molto bella, evocativa.
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