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GIANLUCA SCHLOCK! LICCIARDI
SOUND DESIGNER, PRODUCER, SOUND ARTIST, REMIXER
tags / genres: electronica, sound design, indietronica, soundtracks & scoring, pop/rock, ambient, house, sounds for websites & multimedia.
Gianluca "Schlock!" Licciardi (B. 1978) is a self-taught Italian 'cheap electronic' music composer, producer, remixer, sound artist and performer who firmly believes in the possibilities of visual sound.
He scored short/medium length movies and documentaries (the award winning
Dentro Roma / In the Heart of Rome , 2006;
Massima Punizione, 2006; Entr'acte Cambodgien, 2005) and wrote music for silent movie classics
( Das Kabinett des dr. Caligari, 1919) and contemporary cult classics (Tetsuo, 1988;
Maniac, 1980). Since 2007 he ' s working
with Nonantola Film Festival, for which he ' s made available several tracks to be used by the filmmakers involved; also with Murgia Film Festival (2006 and 2007) for which he supervised and edited some
after - hour events (performances, live shows and dj-sets). He also published three concept albums, available for free download: Bad Chemistry (2007),
broken blossom (2004) and It's Like Having a Madman in the House (2001).
He is currently running Sound Design, etc., for which he is arranging, programming and creating sound design, noises and special sound effects for several artists and companies (CUREPROJECT ,
THE LOST , LASITUAZIONE , ANTHONY DE LUCA, PODYOURCAST,
AZIENDA OSPEDALIERA SAN CAMILLO/FORLANINI, NONANTOLA FILM FESTIVAL, MURGIA FILM FESTIVAL, IN/ARCH - ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ARCHITETTURA & CINECITTÀ HOLDING, CENTRO SPERIMENTALE DI CINEMATOGRAFIA, NANOF, BROCHE, MILIA PLVS, HERISTAL/COMUNE DI ROMA, UNDERMYBED, ETC.) + also working on STAR WHORES®, a non-profit and - hopefully - community-built label dedicated to providing high quality, non-commercial, freely distributable dance, house and electro-pop music for download), a pop sideproject called "lucamörde", a sonic translation of Monty Python ' s Flying Circus and 4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane + a sonic architecture concept developed for iPod,
Rome, ext. night .
His remix "Lover - Laure Castelli Garcia" appears on LOVEREMIXED (Lover remix EP) by Eastman ( Mode2 Recordings , august 2007), while SCHLOCK! first single
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO A SLUT has been released on April 2008 (Mode2 Recordings).
His next goal is AN EXPERIMENT IN t ERROR. In the future, he'd love to work on horror movies; he'd also like to meet Dario Argento and Mirco Mencacci...
This space contains links to an extensive selection of schlockworks, so... enjoy! For additional material please use Google. Good luck!
Gianluca "Schlock!" Licciardi (Classe 1978) è un compositore, produttore, remixer, artista del suono e performer auodidatta di musica elettronica "economica" che crede fermamente nelle possibilità del suono visivo.
Ha scritto musiche per corto/mediometraggi e documentari (i premiati
Dentro Roma , 2006, Nastro d'argento 2006 come Miglior Film; Massima Punizione, 2006; Entr'acte Cambodgien, 2005) e sonorizzato classici del cinema muto (Il gabinetto del dr. Caligari, 1919) e contemporanei (Tetsuo, 1988; Maniac, 1980). Dal 2007 collabora con il Nonantola Film Festival (per il quale mette regolarmente a disposizione brani utilizzabili gratuitamente da parte dei filmmaker coinvolti. Ha inoltre collaborato con il Murgia Film Festival (ed. 2006 / 2007) per il quale ha curato proiezioni ed eventi notturni (sonorizzazioni, performance, dj-set). Ha inoltre pubblicato tre concept album, disponibili gratuitamente: Bad Chemistry (2007),
broken blossom (2004) e It's Like Having a Madman in the House (2001).
Al momento si occupa di Sound Design, etc. per numerosi artisti, realtà e professionisti di diversi settori (CUREPROJECT, THE LOST, LASITUAZIONE, ANTHONY DE LUCA, PODYOURCAST, AZIENDA OSPEDALIERA SAN CAMILLO/FORLANINI, NONANTOLA FILM FESTIVAL, MURGIA FILM FESTIVAL, IN/ARCH - ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ARCHITETTURA & CINECITTÀ HOLDING, CENTRO SPERIMENTALE DI CINEMATOGRAFIA, NANOF, BROCHE, MILIA PLVS, HERISTAL/COMUNE DI ROMA, UNDERMYBED, ETC.), lavora su una net label no-profit dedicata alla musica dance/electro-pop (STAR WHORES®), un progetto pop collaterale chiamato "lucamörde", una traduzione sonora di Psicosi delle 4 e 48 di Sarah Kane e un concept di architettura sonora sviluppato per iPod,
Roma, esterno notte .
Il suo remix "Lover - Laure Castelli Garcia remix" appare su LOVEREMIXED (Lover remix EP) di Eastman (Mode2 Recordings, agosto 2007), mentre il primo singolo a nome SCHLOCK!,
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO A SLUT , è stato pubblicato il 18 aprile 2008 (Mode2 Rec.).
Il suo prossimo obbiettivo è
AN EXPERIMENT IN t ERROR . In futuro, desidererebbe lavorare su film horror; gli piacerebbe anche conoscere Dario Argento e Mirco Mencacci.
Questo sito contiene collegamenti ad un'ampia selezione dei suoi lavori, quindi buon ascolto! Per ottenere materiale aggiuntivo, siete invitati a usare Google. Buona fortuna!
DISCOGRAPHY (DIGITAL RELEASES)
EASTMAN
[with Jordan Bailey]: LOVEREMIXED (LAURE CASTELLI GARCIA REMIX) MODE 2 RECORDINGS (RELEASE: 17.08.2007)
i TUNES
SCHLOCK!: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO A SLUT (4 TRACK SLUT PACK) MODE2 RECORDINGS (RELEASE: 18.04.2008)
i TUNES
SCHLOCK!: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO A SLUT (DIRTY REMIX PACK) MODE 2 RECORDINGS (RELEASE: 04.07.2008)
iTUNES
EASTMAN [with Pj Nfx]: SHIVER (SHIVER - RADIO VERSION) MODE2 RECORDINGS (RELEASE: 07.11.2008)
iTUNES
MODE2: EINS [Mixtape] (THE WORLD ACCORDING TO A MONSTER COCK) MODE2 RECORDINGS (RELEASE: 05.12.2008)
iTUNES
NAOMMON: MAKE IT RIGHT (I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE) MODE2 RECORDINGS (RELEASE: 17.04.09)
LEEVEY
[feat Crystin]: WAKE UP LITTLE LOVE (BIG SLEEP MIX) MODE2 RECORDINGS
(RELEASE: 17.04.09)
SCHLOCK!: YOU CAN'T MAKE A SOUND EP MODE2 RECORDINGS (RELEASE: TBA)
SCHLOCK!: GREATEST sHIT vol. I: 1978-2009 MODE2 RECORDINGS (RELEASE: TBA)
DISCOGRAPHY (MISCELLANEA)
SCHLOCK!: ROME, EXT. NIGHT
/ ROMA, ESTERNO NOTTE (MY FORMICA TABLE / FOETAL ORANGE 2008 RELEASE) FREE DOWNLOAD
SCHLOCK!: AN EXPERIMENT IN tERROR
PREVIEW
VV. AA.: SONORA COMMEDIA (INFERNO, CANTO XI; PURGATORIO, PARADISO, CANTO XI) KIPPLE (RELEASE: 18.01.2009) BUY
RESUME
AUDIO-REEL
(STRICTLY FOR FILM PRODUCERS, COMPANIES AND DIRECTORS, FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES)
MP3 96 KBS, TRT: 14' - REQUIRES ADOBE FLASH PLAYER
RELATED LINKS:
MYSPACE
MTV QOOB
(SOUNDTRACKS)
MODE2 RECORDINGS
AN EXPERIMENT IN tERROR MINI SITE
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO A SLUT MINI SITE
STAR WHORES® (YOUTUBE )
STAR WHORES ® (QOOB)
OLD SCHLOCK! WEBSPACE (FEATURING FILM CLIPS)
STAR WHORES® REMIXES VOL. 1
STAR WHORES® ABANDONED PAGE
STAR WHORES® (MYSPACE )
BABULOUS
FILMAKA
ROMA, ESTERNO NOTTE / ROME, EXT. NIGHT (soundtoys)
BROKEN BLOSSOM
CONTACT INFORMATION:
GIANLUCA LICCIARDI
Sound Design, etc., Roma, Italy
phone: +39.347.1133043
faxmachine: +39.02.700.547.542
e-mail: [email protected]
This site and related material on links © 2009 Gianluca Licciardi
GOODBYE?