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Stefano Giust

Stefano Giust is an improviser musician, performer, electronic music composer and producer.

Born in Unterseen, Switzerland, in March 1968, currently he lives in Pordenone, Italy. He is a self-taught musician and he has started recording his music when he was 14 in a solo-project named Opera, for Italian label Old Europa Café.

He has recorded more than 70 albums with his own main projects or as co-leader, mainly improvised music, avant-jazz and electronic music.

As drummer he has played with Dominik Gawara, Gianni Gebbia, Daniele Pagliero, Vincenzo Vasi, Roy Paci, Xabier Iriondo, Roberto Bellatalla, Luc Ex, Edoardo Marraffa, Chris Iemulo, Andy Diagram, Sakis Papadimitriou, Patrizia Oliva aka Madame P, Edoardo Ricci, Giorgia Sylleou, Carlo Actis Dato, Jacopo Andreini, Mat Pogo, Luigi Lullo Mosso, Giorgio Pacorig, Ioioi, Andrej Bako, Karen O'Brien, Gareth Mitchell, Michel Le Maigne, Gianni Lenoci, Bartolomeo Sailer aka Wang Inc., Teho Teardo, Norontako Bagus Kentus, Igor Alban Chevalier, Luca Vortex, Roberto Ottaviano, Bart Maris, Luca Cartolari, Alessandro Cartolari, Domenico Caliri, Fred Casadei, Victor L. P. Young, Lorenzo Commisso, Walter Belloni, Valeria Merlini, Marino José Malagnino, João Filipe, André Coelho, Patrizio Pica aka Ben Presto, Renato Ciunfrini and many others; poets Federico Tavan, Bruno Clocchiatti; with groups Le Bambine, Orbitale Trio, Gbur, Margine, Kongrosian Trio, Babelis Project, Nudocrudo, Maisie, Bologna Improvisers Orchestra, Black Taper Taiga, Trio Solzenicyn, Suonimmagine, DIN-Collective (UK), Rediffusion (UK), Roy Paci’s Furious Alchemy Collective, Sektor 304 (PT), Skinstrings, Squame, Papiers Collés, Ipersensity, L'Amorth Duo, Camusi.

He has toured Italy, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenja.

He has played at improvised music festivals like Italian Jazz Rebels Festival (Bologna '03), Pre Sonar Event (London '05), Scatole Sonore at Rialtosantambrogio (Roma '07, '08); artistic contexts like the 48th Venice Biennale (1999), B.I.G. Biennale Internazionale Arte Giovane (Torino '02); art galleries like Neon Campobase (Bologna '05), Galleria Contemporaneo (Venezia '07), Illuseum (Amsterdam '07); theaters like Teatro Miela (Trieste '04); cultural centers like Leoncavallo (Milano), The Foundry (London '07), Galeria Zé Dos Bois ZDB (Lisboa '07), La Centrale (Bordeaux '07); University like Academy of Fine Arts (Bologna '05); live performance at radio broadcasters like Resonance 104.4FM by London Musicians' Collective (London '05).

He is a composer of acousmatic, electronic and creative music; some of his works have been used by experimental film director Giovanni Andreotta; for video-installations by Gorazd Krnc, Toni Mestrovic, Alessandro Amaducci, Sammlerfamilie/Filoart, Renzo Cevro-Vukovic, Iris Ollschewski and many others. The multimedia project Papiers Collés is rewarded by Italian Ministry of Instruction - Department of Arts and Research (2005).

In 1993 he has founded the underground record label Setola di Maiale - musiche non convenzionali ( www.setoladimaiale.net ) a network/catalogue of avant-garde musicians: up to now he have produced more than 120 albums involving about 180 musicians.

He has organized festivals of contemporary music connected to Setola di Maiale's productions.

stefanogiust@alice.it | http://www.myspace.com/stefanogiust | http://www.setoladimaiale.net