Gasparotti: electroacoustic composer merges music, esotericism, and ritual performance

Key facts

• Gasparotti is the pseudonym of Gabriele Gasparotti, born in Carrara in 1987.
• He studied classical piano, viola, composition, and electronic music at the Conservatorio Verdi di Milano.
• He performed with composer Todd Barton.
• His collective Muga Muchū Morphing Theater integrates music, visual arts, and performance.
• Performances are guided by the Tarot of Marseille and celestial transits.
• He uses analog instruments: Korg and Buchla synths, prepared piano, viola, and cello.
• Benedetta Dazzi plays cello and live electronics in his performances.
• First album Extrema Ratio (2018) with Nicola Bogazzi.
• Istantanee vol.1 released December 2019 on Dornwald Records.
• Pie Jesu (2022) recorded in a cemetery, blending music with Christian mysticism.
• Short film La nascita di Zelda v.2.0 screened at the 76th Venice Film Festival (2019).
• Toured with Julinko in the past year.
• He defines art as 'the ability to go toward the void' and music as 'the verb of birds.'
• He rejects the label 'artist,' aspiring to annihilation.
• Favorite works: Maldoror by Isidore Ducasse, Bach's scores, Magritte's La tombe des lutteurs.
• Favorite piece: Stockhausen's Gesang der Jünglinge.
• Upcoming albums with Benedetta Dazzi in 2023.
• Site-specific recordings in 'power places' like a former NATO base and cemeteries.
• On 24 October 2021, he attempted to reactivate antennas at a former NATO base to channel a message.