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|||> SPECTRAL UNIT-->Fractal Expressionism |||> inside Jackson Pollock |||> transmission two

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · Nov 19

A large archive with the musicians of a lifetime and for every post dedicated to each of them an original anthology playlist? Transversal to all genre? Jazz, classical, rock, pop and contemporary? Welcome to (((RadioPianPiano))).

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · Feb 5

SPECTRAL UNIT: Adi Newton+Enrico Marani. Video for "Fractal Expressionism" dedicated to Jackson Pollock with also an essay by Adi Newton (Clock DVA, Anti Group) about the great artist.

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Black and White Polyptych 1950

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · 9d

Mercurial Mutation n°2 -> new track+video from SPECTRAL UNIT [Adi Newton (Clock DVA)+Enrico Marani]

Newton trumpet+electronics, Marani digital treatments+synthesizers and Somerset percussions. ⬇️
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I remember at 16 sitting up all night trying to play the guitar, driving my poor parents nuts … I was an optimistic kind of boy, I was always a glass half-full kind of person.

Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · 3d

To touch the strings of a guitar with gentleness, creating a unique style, and to escape an overwhelming fame in search of a normal life. Today on (((RadioPianPiano))) the Dire Straits.

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Dire Straits: rock

Everything I do has a touch of melancholy and a touch of chaos to it.

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · 3d

Tomorrow on (((RadioPianPiano))).

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · 7d

I see this atmosphere where everyone delights in their own hatred, wishing for violence and heading toward the obvious suicidal outcome.

Like all haters, they end up being hated themselves and becoming prey to the violent.

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · 10d

There are musicians you carry in your heart, and you don’t know why. Today on (((RadioPianPiano))): Kenny Wheeler. His story, also in English, and an original playlist, as always.

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Kenny Wheleer: jazz

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · 9d

Mercurial Mutation n°2 -> new track+video from SPECTRAL UNIT [Adi Newton (Clock DVA)+Enrico Marani]

Newton trumpet+electronics, Marani digital treatments+synthesizers and Somerset percussions. ⬇️
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|||> SPECTRAL UNIT-->Mercurial Mutation n°2 (video)|||> transmission fifteen

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · 13d

SPECTRAL UNIT Adi Newton (Clock DVA)+Enrico Marani this month with Mercury. The new track features Adi on trumpet&electronics, Enrico on digital treatments&synthesizers and Michael Somerset on percussion.

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Mercury (in Latin Mercurius) is a god of Roman mythology with multiple attributes: he was considered the protector of commerce, travelers, thieves, eloquence, athletics, transformations of all kinds, ...

|||> SPECTRAL UNIT-->From The Inside Out (video) |||> inside Mark Rothko |||> transmission eight

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · Feb 5

SPECTRAL UNIT: Adi Newton+Enrico Marani. Video "From The Inside Out" dedicated to Mark Rothko + a new essay by Adi Newton ( Clock DVA ) on the intersections between visual arts and music.

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Vassily Kandinsky / Composition VIII 1923

|||> SPECTRAL UNIT-->Mercurial Contours (video) |||> inside Adolph Gottlieb |||> transmission ten

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · Jun 11

SPECTRAL UNIT [ Adi Newton (Clock DVA)+Enrico Marani (Samora)] “Mercurial Contours” inside Adolph Gottlieb: new track, video and article.

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The tradition of modern art is a tradition of revolution: there’s one revolution after another – for better or for worse.

|||> SPECTRAL UNIT-->Mercurial Mutation n°1 (video) |||> inside Abstract Expressionism |||> transmission twelve

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · Jul 18

SPECTRAL UNIT [ Adi Newton (Clock DVA)+Enrico Marani] Enjoy our web platform with sounds/essays/images and videos available for free. Subscribe our monthly newsletter here--> spectralunit.substack.com

New SPECTRAL UNIT "Mercurial mutation n°1" music&video.
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Isn’t any artistic process, in its essence, mercurial, unstable, temporarily codified, and subject to reworkings and shifts in interpretation?

Everything I do has a touch of melancholy and a touch of chaos to it.

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · 10d

There are musicians you carry in your heart, and you don’t know why. Today on (((RadioPianPiano))): Kenny Wheeler. His story, also in English, and an original playlist, as always.

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Kenny Wheleer: jazz

Samora: ambient, electronic

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · Aug 31

A brief journey through my love of music—the passion that gave birth to (((RadioPianPiano)))—and through my own musical creations with the records I’ve released in recent years. Story, also in English, and an original mix.

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Ovunque ci troviamo, ciò che sentiamo è per lo più rumore. Quando lo ignoriamo, ci disturba. Quando lo ascoltiamo, lo troviamo affascinante. Il rumore di un camion a cinquanta miglia all'ora. Le inter...

|||> SPECTRAL UNIT-->Mercurial Mutation n°2 (video)|||> transmission fifteen

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · 13d

SPECTRAL UNIT Adi Newton (Clock DVA)+Enrico Marani this month with Mercury. The new track features Adi on trumpet&electronics, Enrico on digital treatments&synthesizers and Michael Somerset on percussion.

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Mercury (in Latin Mercurius) is a god of Roman mythology with multiple attributes: he was considered the protector of commerce, travelers, thieves, eloquence, athletics, transformations of all kinds, ...

We do this for the art, not the adulation.

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · 17d

Today on (((RadioPianPiano))) one of the best pop bands from the ’80s and ’90s: XTC. Their story, also in English, and the original playlist as always.

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XTC: new wave, pop

Gorillaz: pop, hip hop, alternative

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · Sep 7

How can one break free from the tired and sterile repetition of the pop star as an icon, performing their own repertoire in stadiums until old age? For example, by doing what Gorillaz did. Story and original playlist as always.

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Gorillaz isn't about anything specific.

|||> Adi Newton-Contra Ciel II (SPECTRAL UNIT Mutation)|||> David Lynch |||> 2explorations |||> transmission fourteen

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · Sep 3

Spectral Unit [Adi Newton (Clock DVA)+Enrico Marani (Samora)] explores one of contemporary art’s most influential—David Lynch—both cinematically, with a track inspired by Eraserhead and with an article examining Lynch’s impact on today's photography.

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Without knowing about each other’s work, Adi Newton and I have recently undertaken a parallel exploration of the figure of David Lynch, the great filmmaker, artist, and musician who recently passed aw...

I believe that any great work of art is, in itself, a form of resistance against a sense of powerlessness.

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · Aug 17

Art as a challenge to the sense of powerlessness and a heroic act against destiny. Today on (((RadioPianPiano))) Thom Yorke. Story, also in English, and the original playlist as always.

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Thom Yorke: other

“I think drum'n'bass music did for the electronic world what graffiti did for the world of art because it was raw and everybody wanted to take from the raw.”

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · Aug 3

(((RadioPianPiano))) is back after the summer break with Goldie, the wizard of drum and bass. Full story (also in Italian) and original playlist.

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Goldie: drum and bass

We do this for the art, not the adulation.

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Enrico Marani @granmartello.bsky.social · 17d

Today on (((RadioPianPiano))) one of the best pop bands from the ’80s and ’90s: XTC. Their story, also in English, and the original playlist as always.

Enjoy and subscribe for free. mrpianpiano.substack.com/p/xtc-new-wa...

XTC: new wave, pop