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Caterina Barbieri

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Caterina Barbieri
Background information
Birth nameCaterina Barbieri
Born (1990-09-14) September 14, 1990 (age 34)
OriginBologna, Italy
Genres
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Musician
Instruments
  • Synthesizers
  • DAW
  • Guitar
Years active2014–present
Labels
Websitecaterinabarbieri.com

Caterina Barbieri (born September 14, 1990) is an Italian composer and musician.[1][2]

Academia

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Prior to and concurrently with her early music career, Caterina studied electroacoustic composition as well as classical guitar at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini in Bologna, in which she earned a bachelor's and master's degree, respectively. She has also earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Bologna with a thesis in ethnomusicology about Hindustani classical music and minimalism.

Music career

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Caterina's work explores consciousness and the psychoacoustic effects of repetition. Most of her compositions make use of modular synthesis, and she was first inspired by the Buchla 200, though she has stated she is less interested in the hardware and prefers to focus on the music itself.[3] She is often cited as a minimalist composer and takes a no-frills approach towards composition.[4][5]

From 2013, she attended the Elektronmusikstudion electronic music studios in Stockholm and, after releasing a split album under the name Morbida with Medicine Bow (2014), composed and produced her solo debut album Vertical, released in 2014 by Cassauna, a sub-label of the U.S.-based Important Records.

Since 2016, Barbieri has collaborated closely with Berlin's historic experimental music and performing arts festival Berlin Atonal, with multimedia projects such as her collaboration with American musician Kali Malone Upper Glossa and her audiovisual show Time-blind with visual artist Ruben Spini.

In 2017, Important Records released on double vinyl the second album Patterns of Consciousness, composed through the exclusive use of the ER-101 four-track sequencer and a harmonic oscillator. According to the artist's intentions, the album would "explore the psycho-physical effects of sound on consciousness through ideally infinite repetition and permutation of patterns." At the time of its release, Patterns of Consciousness was considered one of the best releases of the year by various magazines including The Wire, Fact and Vice.[6][7][8] The same year saw the release of Remote Sensing, a collaboration with Carlo Maria under the name of Punctum.

In 2018, Born Again in the Voltage was released, an album consisting of four tracks for Buchla 200, vocals and cello recorded at Elektronmusikstudion in Stockholm between 2014 and 2015. That release received positive reviews from magazines such as Pitchfork.[9] Shortly after Born Again in the Voltage, a split album with Eleh Wear Patterns was released.

In 2019, she released Ecstatic Computation on Editions Mego, which received excellent reviews from international critics.[10][11][12] Brainwashed called the album the "work of a hyper-intelligent android who has discovered human emotions and feels them very intensely," while Rolling Stone Italia included Ecstatic Computation among the best Italian records of the decade.[13] The same year she was included in the catalogue of the historic music publisher Warp Publishing.

In 2020 she composed the soundtrack for John and the Hole, which was selected for that year's Cannes film festival.[14][15]

In July 2021 she announced the launch of her independent label, light-years.[16] In April 2022 she released the single "Broken Melody" and announced her fifth album Spirit Exit, which was released on July 8, 2022.[17] Recorded during the first two months of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in Milan, the album is also the first in her solo work to feature strings, guitar, and vocals in addition to synthesizer.[18] Critics noted that Spirit Exit was also more taut and condensed in sound compared to previous albums, owing to its development occurring in her home studio.[19]

Barbieri has participated in some of the most important music festivals in the world, from Unsound[20] to Berlin Atonal[21], Primavera Sound[22], Sónar[23], Dekmantel[24], Berghain[25] and CTM[26]. She has also presented her work in prestigious venues such as the Barbican Centre[27] in London, the Berliner Festspiele[28], Haus der Kunst[29] in Munich, the Museo Anahuacalli[30] in Mexico City, the Ruhrtriennale[31] and the Philarmonie de Paris[32] among the many.

The album Myuthafoo, recorded at the same time as Ecstatic Computation, was released on June 19, 2023 on the composer's light-years imprint.[33]

In 2023, the song Fantas for Electric Guitar, taken from the album Fantas Variations and performed with Walter Zanetti, was chosen for the soundtrack of the extended version of Il popolo delle donne by Yuri Ancarani, a documentary selected for the 20th edition of Giornate degli Autori at the 80th Venice Film Festival.[34]

In 2024, Barbieri participated in the Venice Biennale with a music piece co-composed with Kali Malone for Massimo Bartolini’s organ at the Italian Pavilion[35] and she also premiered new work Womb in Paris, commissioned by IRCAM and Centre Pompidou for the 350 loudspeaker system at ESPRO.[36]

On November 5, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Venice Biennale appointed her as Artistic Director of the Music Department for the two-year period 2025-2026.[37]

Discography

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Studio albums

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  • 2014 – Morbida/Medicine Bow (as Morbida, split with Medicine Bow)
  • 2014 – Vertical
  • 2017 – Remote Sensing (as Punctum, with Carlo Maria)
  • 2017 – Patterns of Consciousness
  • 2018 – Bestie Infinite/Wear Patterns (split with Eleh)
  • 2018 – Born Again in the Voltage
  • 2019 – Ecstatic Computation
  • 2021 – Fantas Variations
  • 2022 – Spirit Exit
  • 2023 – Myuthafoo
EPs
  • 2016 – XKatedral Volume III (with Ellen Arkbro & Kali Malone)
  • 2018 – Sogno che suona

References

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  1. ^ "bio". Caterina Barbieri. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  2. ^ "birthday". instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Caterina Barbieri on synthesis, minimalism and creating living organisms out of sound". Fact Magazine. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  4. ^ "CATERINA BARBIERI: NEW TACTICS FOR ELECTRONIC MUTANTS". Digitcult.it. Digicult. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  5. ^ "The Italian composer distills her creative process with Maya-Roisin Slater". RA. RA (Resident Adviser). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Listen to The Wire's top 50 releases of 2017". The Wire. December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  7. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2017". Fact. December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Boomkat: Top Releases 2017". Boomkat. December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Born Again in the Voltage". Pitchfork. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  10. ^ "2019's Best Albums". RA. December 2019.
  11. ^ "Quietus Albums Of The Year 2019". The Quietus. December 2019.
  12. ^ "The Wire's Top Releases Of 2019". The Wire. December 2019.
  13. ^ "I 50 migliori dischi italiani del decennio". Rolling Stone Italia. 23 June 2019.
  14. ^ Rooney, David (2021-01-30). "'John and the Hole': Film Review | Sundance 2021". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  15. ^ "Music". Caterina Barbieri. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Caterina Barbieri And Lyra Pramuk Team Up For New Track". The Quietus. The Quietus. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  17. ^ By Fact, Commissions (20 April 2022). "Caterina Barbieri shares transcendent visual for 'Broken Melody'". Fact Magazine. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  18. ^ Cetin, Marisssa (21 April 2022). "Caterina Barbieri Announces New Album, 'Spirit Exit', Shares Track: Listen". DJ Mag. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  19. ^ Greene, Linnie (8 July 2022). "Spirit Exit Caterina Barbieri". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  20. ^ "Caterina Barbieri". unsound.pl.
  21. ^ Bruce-Jones, Henry. "Caterina Barbieri, Actress and Fis featured in Berlin Atonal 2018 recap video". factmag.com. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  22. ^ "Caterina Barbieri (IT)". primaverasound.com.
  23. ^ "Caterina Barbieri Live AV". sonar.es. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  24. ^ "Dekmantel 2019". sentireascoltare.com.
  25. ^ "Klubnacht 14.12.2019". berghain.berlin.
  26. ^ "Technosphärenklänge #4: Concerts". hkw.de. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  27. ^ "Sounds and Visions Session Five Ex-Eye + Caterina Barbieri". barbican.org.
  28. ^ "Caterina Barbieri". berlinerfestspiele.de.
  29. ^ "TUNE. Live 2022". hausderkunst.de.
  30. ^ "Caterina Barbieri". mutek.org.
  31. ^ "EXTRA LIFE". ruhrtriennale.de.
  32. ^ "Echo Collective joue "Amnesiac" (Radiohead) + 1re partie : Caterina Barbieri". philharmoniedeparis.fr.
  33. ^ Simpson, Paul, Myuthafoo - Caterina Barbieri, Allmusic, retrieved 2024-03-27
  34. ^ Bozzeda, Bianca. "Yuri Ancarani, la violenza maschile sulle donne è probabilmente il problema principale d'Italia". ilgiornaledellarte.com. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  35. ^ "Du Qui/To Hear". Venice Biennale. April 2024.
  36. ^ "Womb at IRCAM Paris".
  37. ^ "Caterina Barbieri is the new Artistic Director of the Music Department". labiennale.org. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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