She's Analog // Frank Rosaly Solo

Een double bill van de Italiaanse band She's Analog en de Puerto Ricaanse drummer en geluidskunstenaar Frank Rosaly. Nieuwe gezichten in Splendor, die een avond samenstellen van collectieve creaties, vrije improvisatie en rijke geluidstexturen.

1st act: Frank Rosaly Solo
Frank Rosaly - drums/percussie

2nd act: She's Analog
Stefano Calderano - gitaar
Luca Sguera - geprepareerde piano, prophet 12
Giovanni Iacovella - drums, live elektronica

She's Analog is an Italian band formed by Stefano Calderano, Luca Sguera and Giovanni Iacovella, all of which are active within the improvised and electronic music scene, both in Italy and internationally. Together they explore the sound possibilities offered by a particular declination of the most classic ensemble: the trio.

Collectively creating music, the group is inspired by a tenuous compositional starting point, which is enriched by the practice of free improvisation. The musicians all contribute to the development of rich and coherent sound textures, which are the result of an accurate process of braiding and blending instrument’s voices, to the point where it is no longer possible to distinguish their source. Compositions are shaped as fragile architectures that never become a limitation for creative expression: these structures carry feelings and suggestions, and let catch a glimpse of an inner space.

The group’s own language is constantly fed by the different influences and backgrounds of the individual musicians: contemporary classical, jazz, post- rock, minimalism and electronics all represent languages that interact dialectically, creating precious landscapes and textures that are always different, emotional and never abstract.
The trio debuted in both Italian and European venues, such as: Casa del Jazz (Rome), Sala Vanni (Florence), Novara Jazz Festival, ZUT! (Foligno), Opus Jazz Club (Budapest), Le Periscope (Lyon).

Stefano Calderano (Maratea, 1974) is a guitarist, composer and improviser. He is part of She’s analog, TellKujira and McCorman, and has played with these groups at many jazz festivals and venues in Italy and Europe, such as Moers festival, Oto cafè, BMC, Umbria jazz, Area Sismica, Angelica, Peryscope, Novara jazz, Jazz all'Aquila, Casa del Jazz, among many others.

Luca Sguera (Milano, 1992) is a pianist, composer and improviser. After several years between Siena, Berlin, Copenagen and Amsterdam he moved to Verona where he is currently based. Luca investigates sound as layering of signs and meanings, through an improvisation and composition practice in which rhythm and timbre play a main role. His latest album piano, exploded was released in 2023 by shhpuma/clean feed. He plays, among others, with She’s Analog, C+C=MAXIGROSS, Goodbye Kings and {scope}. He released records as leader and sideman for Aut, Auand, shhpuma, ROUS, viaindustriae, and Tǔk Music.

Giovanni Iacovella (Formia, 1996) is a drummer and audiovisual artist drifting between the worlds of improvised and electroacoustic music. Key element to his work is the interaction between acoustic and digital sound - a research based on the use of acoustic drums and resonating objects, of which inherent qualities are amplified through sensors, microphones and coding. He has performed at Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Roadburn Festival (Tilburg), Klang (Rome), Germi (Milan), ZUT! (Foligno), De Helling (Utrecht), De Ruimte (Amsterdam), Willem Twee Toonzaal (Den Bosch), Disorder! (Salerno), Time in Jazz (Berchidda), Novara Jazz and many others.

She's Analog op Bandcamp & op Instagram.

Frank Rosaly is a Puerto Rican drummer, composer and sound designer living in Amsterdam. His musical approach stems from an exhaustive study of Jazz, Classical percussion, Improvisation, as well as classical composition and post-classical techniques such as Musique concrète, graphic notation and chance operation. This information is filtered through the prism of the Unknown, Metaphysics, ancient history, rituals and folklore of Latin America and the Caribbean. His journey in sound is a study, his musical contributions are offerings.

After 15 years of musical exploration and development with over 50 musical projects in Chicago from 2001-2016, Frank moved to Amsterdam to further develop his musical approach in a new environment including the worlds of intermediality, sound installation, electronic music synthesis and Dutch music theater (such as Boukje Schweigman, Nicole Beutler, Nineties Productions, Ulrike Quade Company, Paula Koek, De Veenfabriek an Wunderbaum).

Past performance collaborations include Fennesz, David Daniell, Rhys Chatham, Tony Conrad, Bobby Bradford, Joan of Arc, Andy Moor, Nate Wooley, Frode Gjerstad, Matana Roberts, Jeff Parker, Thurston Moore, Peter Brotzmann, Tony Malaby, Roscoe Mitchell, Anthony Coleman, Tony Conrad, Paul Flaherty, Marshall Allen, Louis Moholo, Nels Cline, Eric Boeren, Michael Zerang, Walter Weirbos, White/Light, Doug McCombs, Michael Attias, Michael Moore and Dave Rempis among many others.

As an improviser, Frank is currently active in many projects from Chicago, New York and in Europe. Some groups (some older, some newer) include Silverbones, ¡Todos De Pie!, Ruidoscuro, The Young Mothers, Natural Information Society, Eric Boeren's All Ellington, Duo with Colin Stetson, Duo with Thurston Moore, Health&Beauty, Ryley Walker, OKAPI, Bobby Bradford/Frode Gjerstad Quartet, Rob Mazurek’s Mandarin Movie, The Rempis Percussion Quartet, Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten Quintet, Scorch Trio/Quartet, Nicole Mitchell Ice Crystal Quartet, Jeff Parker/Nels Cline Quartet, Fred Lonberg-Holm’s Valentine Trio, The Jeb Bishop Trio, Jason Adasievicz’s Rolldown, Jorrit Dijkstra’s Flatlands Collective, Chicago Lucern Exchange, Anchor, Jaap Blonk's Retirement Overdue and others. Frank has been featured on over 150 recordings.

Frank Rosaly op Bandcamp.