curated by Leonardo Bigazzi and Camilla Toschi


Macro Marco (Macro Beats) _ dj set
Active since ’94 as a dj, rapper, producer and beatmaker, he is one of the foremost figures on the Italian black scene. Already back in ’99, with his first solo work Roots, he attracted the attention of the public and in those years he collaborated with some among the most important artists on the Italian scene: Casinò Royale, Sud Sound System, Brusco, Turi, Cor Veleno and others. In 2002 he joined the dj-team of the Red Bull Homegroove and took part in the 2003 edition in South Africa where he performed a number of times and collaborated with producers of world fame. Thanks to his victories in various “soundclashes”, challenges among exclusive recordings between two or more than two sound systems, he started to take his own music and mixage technique abroad as well, until he was declared champion of Europe at the Euro Sound War 2006 in Germany. In 2007 he founded the Macro Beats label with which, on the reggae/dancehall side, he produced the highly successful Bullet Era Riddim, a rhythm which became all the rage in evening events halfway round the world, and the single Musica Domina from Gioman & Killacat’s Vruscia album. In the summer of 2009 his first solo cd was issued, The Macro Orchestra – Love Edition, a nu-soul type project boasting the collaboration of artists such as: Patrick Benifei (Casino Royale), Biggie Bash, Julia and Hyst. The dj set went back to its vast musical output of these years:  funk, soul, hip hop e Caribbean music cleverly mixed with his phenomenal technique and his unique, sophisticated taste. 
www.myspace.com/macromarco

Biga aka El-Climatico (Ragnampiza) _ dj set
Francesco "Biga" Bigazzi is one of the purest talents in Italian djing. He can be seen in various groups and ways: as a soloist he is an eclectic dj whose technical know-how and stylistic ease succeeds in mixing hip hop, latin beat, dusty funk and obscure soundtracks in something he calls “El Climatico”; with Andrea Bracali he forms the acclaimed electronic project Ether, devoted to abstract mental beats; together with Pizzo and Herrera he forms the colourful Trio Tenura, a dj team with Caribbean appeal. He is also part of Ragnampiza, a crew of djs/producers/diggers who conduct a radio programme every Monday evening on Controradio, the historical independent Florentine radio.
www.myspace.com/climatico

Selfish_vj set
Selfish is a project of Giovanni Antignano focused on video live performances. His research ranges from video art to visuals and live performance. His live sets are centralized on an obsessive elaboration of the video loop, where the action is continuously replied and stratified until it reaches its fulfilment. From the end of the nineties until today he has been a member of minor and important collectives such as BlindVision, and the conceptual group Timet which he collaborated with for various sound installations (Sonik Park - 4x4 for Papesse Siena Center Contemporary Art, Sonic Garden for Fabbrica Europa, Sonic Garden a night vision for Musicus Concentus). In 2004 he founded the collective Fish-tank, a group that mainly takes care of digital art issues. He took part to several national and international meetings and festivals (VideoMinuto, Station to Station, Polietilene 2.0, Fabbrica Europa, MAF05 Bangkok, Israeli Digital Lab, Weast Coast Nu Music Electronic Art, Biennal of Electronic Art Perth, MUV, Elettrowave, Festival della Creatività...). He also curated the “What' s next? 2006” festival dedicated to audio/video performances.
During the past years Selfish collaborated/performed with Richie Hawtin, Ricardo Villalobos, Fenin, Mark Jones (wall of sound), Dr. Lektroluv, Will White, Argenis Brito, Dinky, Costa, Ad Bourke, Økapi, Autobam, U.S.O. - Unidentified Sound Object, Marco Parente, Marco Messina (99 Posse), Milanese, Dj Shantel, Lorenzo Brusci, Timet, David Cossin, Larry Heard, Ether, Matter among the others.
He's the founder of the video label Zerofeedback.
www.selfish.it
www.zerofeedback.com

photo 2: labrana photography