ILLÀCHIME quartet . biography

illàchime quartet

sounds and rumors gathered from a changeable and inconstant external world form the base for the interventions of the musicians of rough and terse lines, sometimes minimalistic and disarmonic, often improvised. the sound is that that would evoke the idea of cinematographic music and has as a characteristic and soley constant element a strong and continous tension pervading each composition.
in this imaginary film which runs slowly and nervously, the voices of the engine of a silos sampled in the port of naples; the sound ambience in the courtyard in moscow on a winter’s day, the brirdsong; become the ideal background sounds. the same goes for a faulty microphones which becomes a perfect bass drum.
over these elements the musicians intervein as a contemporary music quartet. they create parts following circular sequences, interact with electronic machines and add to this the use of acoustic instruments – piano, guitar and cello – along with disturbed and disturbing electroacoustic insertions whose rhytmical elements play with broken time patterns of a nervous character.
the idea of continous interchange between sounds and noise taken from surrounding reality which is shut out and the interventions of the musicians closed in, gives life to the structure on which the live show project i.q. leans. a visionary concert that nears the dimension of dreams aiming at touching the deeper emotions of the listener, it aims at linking the public to the four musicians on a stage in a common inward experience.

with i.q. collaborate the cellist marco di palo, the drummers daniele bucci and carlo di gennaro, the guitarist mimmo fusco, the musician marco pierno, the artist federico fernicola, the webmaster tony carnevale, the graphic studio etacom, the video-maker giuseppe bella.

illàchime quartet live

this spectacle, despite having many synthetic sounds among its components, owes most of its character to the instrumental interventions of the musicians whose contributions are both acoustical and electroacoustical.
the musician interact using the sound at choice from the reality of musical sounds they are interpreting in the form of obbligations and improvvisation. in this way the samples which are played during the performance rather than limiting the musicians allow them to express themselves and interact freely this inverting the traditional relationship between man and machine
the sounds and musical interventions are continously intense, incessant, nervous and ever growing with a rough tension. the i.q. music aims abolishing any filtering between artist and public. the ultimate objective is to embrance the musicians and public to a point of completeness that becomes an osmosis of deep sensations and emotions.
live i.q. presents itself as a contemporary music quartet of austere visual aspect which interprets cinematographic music with strongly disturbing expressive elements; this sound is essential and thorny and long frames images intertwining with minimalism, post rock and hints of dark. this creating a blatantly transversal sound. seventy minutes of intense interchange between music and reality.

fabrizio elvetico
 
was born in naples and studied piano and composition gaining his diploma in choral music in 1986 and graduating in studies of the history of aesthetics doing a thesis on the works of pierre boulez. his compositions have been performed in public by pholyphonic choirs and chamber music ensembles under his direction in 1995 he formed the group audiopan which was specialised in musical research and has done various radio broadcast for the rai (italian national radio and television network) and recorded various cd compilations. he has an important studio and concert activity also with the group andreasbanda and with psychotomy has extended to film, audiovisual and artistic sound installation his activity. he has also taught studies of multimedial urban communication and given seminars in the formation and updating of music information technology for various state institute in naples along with his work as an officially trained steinberg teacher of software application in professional audio work. fabrizio elvetico is also professor of general aesthetic studies at the national music college of trapani (sicily).

gianluca paladino
 
born in naples, is a musician and arranger who has worked in naples, rome and milan with different groups, performing in series of concert and festivals all over italy; has made four cds as well as other studio production. he works in studio re-mixing and in hd recording and also with his normal guitar and bass-guitar session. he has worked often with samples from reality and has a database of samples done in italy and abroad. he has created the project trilobite sonorizzazioni in 1999 doing production of ambience music for shows and events in naples, rome, milan and kassel. he has also worked as a consultants for various ngo’s in coordination of the work of cultural and development activities.