Giulia Rae is the solo project of Giulia Francavilla, an Italian composer, researcher, performer and sound designer based in Turin, Italy. In academia, she obtained her Master's degree from the Sonology Institute in Den Haag, Netherlands, where she works as a Research Associate. In the real world, she first started performing in the local punk and noise-rock scene. Later, she started exploring new pathways cutting across algorithmic and club-oriented music as Giulia Rae, performing across Europe and publishing on labels such as Light Item, Ovaal, Intersezioni, Solium Records, Guerrilla Bizarre. Since 2021 she carries out a series of acousmatic compositions for multichannel systems entitled Flow States, where she explores data-driven composition and 3D sound. During 2022 she worked as an artist in residency in the studio for 3D audio at the University of Paris VIII and at iMAL studios in Brussels.
The notions of immersive sound and listening experience shape Nocturnal Drift, Raeโs latest EP. The music follows a slow pace, as suggested by the title - creating a space within sound, and giving the listener the possibility to explore it. The landscape alternates between dreamy and nightmarish; between close-ups and long shots; between sonic objects which are easy to grasp and impossible to seize.
Nocturnal Drift, closing the release, was born as a site-specific multichannel piece made for Kinetic Sounds, a custom-built sound system of rotating speakers developed by Klankvorm and Macular Collective. It was composed in May 2022 during a 3-week residency at iMAL (Brussels) and then readapted for stereo.
Spinning Tree and Canyon Blu came later, still embracing those traces of absurdity felt through shaking gear, cyclical gusts of warm wind, circuits hidden by the trees.
The EP comes as a limited edition cassette, whose artwork was created by LAPO SORRIDE.
composed and mixed by Giulia Rae
mastered by Francesco Ameglio
artwork by Lapo Sorride
Sculptures, Installations, Photo and Editing by Lapo Sorride
Light Assistant Giulia Rae
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