Audio engineer

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I entered the world of audio engineering following my inner necessity of recording myself. I got my technical training at Audiofficine under the precious guide of Alessandro Rorato (producer, teacher and Ableton Live trainer), and gained experience at Magister Recording Area. Then… a continue discovery, through DAWs, plugins, Ableton Live, multichannel audio, installations, and recently Max MSP.

My high musical training and international experience help me to deal with the most refined necessities of performers, with the deepest understanding of the music I am working on: I am particularly renowned for my ability of tailoring sounds to the needs of the performers, from capturing the peculiarities of the sources to the final design of the space.

I have worked for the labels Kairos, Stradivarius, Kraak, Col Legno, Acte Préalable, Da Vinci, as well as with many international artists.

I am also active in recording and mixing for images (both in stereo and surround), working for commercials, short movies, and cinema. I gained experience as a sound engineer for live situations, sound design, live electronics and live recordings.

I teach Music Technology at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel.

Collaborations
People:

Labels:
Stradivarius (Italy)
Acte Préalable (Poland)
Caligola Records – Gutenberg Music (Italy)
Carrier Records (USA)
Col Legno (Austria)
Da Vinci Publishing (Japan)
Dodicilune (Italy)
Improvvisatore Involontario (Italy)
Kairos (Austria)
Kraak (Belgium)
New Focus Recordings (USA)

Audio examples:
PERCUSSIONS: Federico Tramontana – Alessandro Milia: Sonazzos
https://open.spotify.com/track/0oBAx7IdDw8vDb9OF3KHdq?si=3f9c04ac4dd44683

ORGANETTO, VOICE & TAMBURELLO, on location – Federica Greco & Paolo Presta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01pRBEsN7Ag

VIOLIN: Marco Fusi – Pierluigi Billone: Equilibrio. Cerchio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOATlcN7f6I

VIOLIN AND VIOLA: Marco Fusi – album “Pierluigi Billone” – ed. Kairos
https://www.kairos-music.com/cds/0015019kai

PIANO: Anna D’Errico – Extract from the album “Giacinto Scelsi Collection Vol.7” – ed. Stradivarius
Giacinto Scelsi – Anna D’Errico

TWO PIANOS: Anna D’Errico and Alfonso Alberti
https://www.stradivarius.it/scheda.php?ID=801157037058700
Recorded at Fazioli Concert Hall

ACCORDION: Luca Piovesan – Study #2 by Yotam Haber – Ed. Col Legno
Yotam Haber – Study #2
https://www.col-legno.com/en/shop/20425-luca-piovesan-sul-tasto

PIANO: Gianluca Badon – Polonaise, Fantasie op. 61
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7mNHGzt0M4

ACCORDION: Claudio Jacomucci – Extracts from the latest album (Cool Memories – Tarantolata) music by Claudio Jacomucci
Claudio Jacomucci excerpts

ACCORDION: Fanny Vicens – Extract from the album “Schrift” – ed. Stradivarius
Stefano Gervasoni – Fanny Vicens

VIOLIN AND PIANO: Jakub Tchorzewski and Dejan Bogdanovich – Extract from Suite Poetique by René de Boisdeffre – ed. Acte Préalable
René de Boisdeffre – suite poetique 4

JAZZ: Enrico Brion Quartet – M.O.M (piano, sax, drum, doublebass)
Enrico Brion – M.O.M.

JAZZ: Simone Di Benedetto Project – Red&Blue (piano, sax, drum, doublebass)
Simone di Benedetto – RedBlue

GUITAR: Maarten Stragier
“Histoire de Si (by Philippe Leroux)”
Philippe Leroux – Histoire de Si

FREE JAZZ: Orchestra Componibile – Lennie (rhodes, drums, vibraphone, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone)
Orchestra Componibile – Lennie

BLUES BAND: Relic Blues Band – Because the pleasure is all mine (voice, harp, guitar, bass, sax, drums)
RBB – because the pleasure is all mine 2

PORTFOLIO:

Audio

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Sounded Voice, Voiced sound
Yu Kuwabara
Kairos (Austria) 2024

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Ibridanze
Paolo Presta
Dodicilune (Italy) 2024

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Winged Seeds
Aya Suzuki
Kraak (Belgium) 2024

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Manuel Beja Santos
Mastering
music by Armando José Fernandes and António Fragoso
2024

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Sonazzos
Alessandro Milia
Stradivarius (Italy) 2022

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The expanded body
Alessandro Perini
Kairos (Austria) 2021

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La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura
Nono, Fusi, Billone
Kairos (Austria) 2020

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Giacinto Scelsi: works for violin and viola
Marco Fusi
Kairos (Austria) 2021

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Maintenance hums
Ian Power
Carrier Records (USA) 2020

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Scapegoat: The Threshing Floor – Plastic Disorder
Mauricio Pauly – Santiago Díez-Fischer
New Focus Recordings (USA) 2020

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Palhaço
Luca Piovesan
BlowOutRecords (Italy) 2020

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Oltre la linea
Giovanni Teso, Quartetto Indaco, Antonella Ruggiero
Libera (Italy) 2020

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Lento trascolorare – Giancarlo Cardini
Agnese Toniutti
Da Vinci Edition (Japan) 2020

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Works for Cello and Piano
Luca Fiorentini, Jakub Tchorzewski
Acte Préalable (Poland) 2018

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Red&Blue 
Simone di Benedetto
Improvvisatore Involontario (Italy) 2018

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ITI KE MI – Equilibrio, cerchio
Marco Fusi – Pierluigi Billone
Kairos (Austria) 2017

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Two Pianos
Anna D’Errico – Alfonso Alberti
Stradivarius (Italy) 2016

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Works for Violin and Piano
Dejan Bogdanovic, Jakub Tchorzewski
Acte Préalable (Poland) 2016

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Schrift
Fanny Vicens
Stradivarius (Italy) 2015

 

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Sul Tasto
Luca Piovesan
Col Legno (Austria) 2014

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Quadrivio
Enrico Brion quartet
Zone di musica (Italy) 2014

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Minimal Klezmer
Janus Sounds (UK) 2013

Video

– Mixing in 5.1 for “The hangar” by Eyas Al Mokdad
– Recording of the accordion parts for “Leo Da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa” here the soundtrack album on Spotify
– Soundtrack recording for the documentary “Il Padiglione sull’acqua” by Caucaso Film, music by Paolo Aralla
– Partial soundtrack recording for “Pete’s last dance” by Benjamin Teske