Afe [news archive 2006]

December 19, 2006

A new Andrea Marutti EP is out now on Taâlem
French label Taâlem has started a new series of net releases. The first item in their catalogue is Andrea Marutti's "Four Leaps Left". This MP3 EP features four tracks that were recorded live in different locations in 2005/2006 and subsequently reworked at the Lips Vago Digital Studio. This release is paired with Ninth Desert's "Recycled Memories", a collection of self-remixes by Cyril Herry. Both releases are available as free downloads here and here.



December 14, 2006

Italians Do It Better reportages are on-line now
Two reports about the Italians Do It Better night @ Arci Blob are on-line now on the Drexkode and Grey Sparkle websites. Click here and here to read them.


December 8, 2006

Afe Christmas sale!
It's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid: choose five titles from the following list and get them shipped worldwide for 40,00 EUR!!!

afe030lcd A.A.V.V. "No Abiding Places", CD-R
afe032lcd True Colour of Blood "The Significance of Secrecy", CD-R
afe041lcd Nat Evans "Post Modern Sound Images", CD-R
afe043lcd Nimh "Frozen", CD-R
afe044lcd Moan "Between/Associated", CD-R
afe046lcd Telepherique "Hörspiele", CD-R
afe050lcd aal "Disc 1 + Inherited and Partially Transmitted", 2xCD-R
afe054cd Raffaele Serra "Le spectre de la rose", CD-R
afe056lcd Luca Sigurtà "La vera macchina d'argento", CD-R
afe059cd Telepherique + Maurizio Bianchi "Zehn Tage (Touka)", CD
afe060lcd Sparkle in Grey "The Echoes of Thiiings / Fadiiing Echoes", 2xCD-R
afe063lcd The Impossible Flower "Roots and Fruits", CD-R
afe065lcd Snotra "All Done By John", CD-R EP
afe066lcd Ornament "Unicorn Lullaby", CD-R
afe068lcd Subinterior "The Chrysalis Secret", CD-R
afe071mcd Anofele + Logoplasm "Gravescapes", MiniCD-R 3"
afe079cd Leeza "Living in a Pixel", CD-R
afe081lcd Two Dead Bodies "Reflect", CD-R
afe082lcd Sidra "A Swampadelic Blessing of Downtown SF (The Official Bootleg)", CD-R
afe083lcd Ur "Triadic Memories", CD-R
afe084lcd Steve Brand "Awakensong", CD-R
afe085lcd Dronæment "Ezoterick Muzick", CD-R
afe088mcd Fhievel "Preghiera per una stella", MiniCD-R 3"
afe50008 Rensek "Rensek EP", MiniCD-R 3"
afe50014 Madame P & The Afeman "April's Fool", MiniCD-R 3"
afe50015 Spiral "Minimum Effort / Maximum Result", CD-R Card

To order please specify which titles you wish to buy and send a PayPal payment to:


This offer ends on December 31st.


November 28, 2006

Andrea Marutti live @ Italians Do It Better

The Afeman is going to wear his human disguise and play a concert as Andrea Marutti very soon. The Italians Do It Better night is set for December the 8th at Arci Blob in Arcore (Milan, Italy). I/O, Aonami, IOIOI and Harshcore will be on stage too. This happening is organized by the nice people at ebriaRecords, please get in touch with them if you need more information: info@ebriarecords.com.


November 6, 2006


New items available in the Mail Order section
There are many new items available for sale in the mail order section of this website, including latest arrivals from and/OAR and Alluvial. Here's a direct link to the distribution catalogue.

A new section: playlist
The Afe website menu features a new section: playlist. This page contains a list of music releases we recently listened and enjoyed. So simple as that, but you may be surprised by some of our office ambience...


October 28, 2006

Audio mastering department is officially open!
Our Audio Mastering Department is officially open now! We offer this service to bands, labels, individuals, etc. who wish to have their own music professionally mastered for production at very friendly prices. Please have a look here for all the details.

Punck's new CD is out now on Creative Sources Recordings
Punck's new CD, entitled "A Constant Migration (Between Reality and Fiction)", is out now on portuguese label Creative Sources Recordings. The album is an evolving trip into light drones, clanging rhythms, whispering voices, barking dogs, field recordings, relieving melodies and - most of all - between reality and fiction. The album was supervised by Hue (Matteo Uggeri of Sparkle in Grey) who smoothed and mastered Punck’s sound sculptures. Audio previews from the album are available on Punck's website, have a listen and get in touch with him to order a copy.


October 18, 2006

A new Lips Vago EP is out now on Politicide
Following a very long silence, a new Lips Vago EP is out now in the form of high-quality free downloadble Mp3 files on our good german friends' label Politicide. The EP is described as a voyage trough space and time from the owner of Afe Records... Would you like to take such a trip?


October 14, 2006

New items available in the Mail Order section
A lot of new items are available for sale in the restored mail order section of this website, including latest arrivals from and/OAR, Cold Spring, Electr-Ohm, Radikal Matters, Taâlem/Kokeshidisk, Troniks/PacRec, Smallvoices/A Silent Place and much more. Take a look here to read the distribution catalogue.

Ra.Me.Mu.N.Co. pictures available in the Galleries section
The full photographic reportage made by The Afeman during the glorious days of the Ra.Me.Mu.N.Co. festival organized by our friends at Ebria Records is finally available in the galleries section of this website. Here's the direct link. More galleries are also coming soon.

New Afe releases are taking shape
New Afe releases are slowly taking shape, there are going to be about 15-18 discs included in the next bunch during Spring 2007. Anyway, a few items will probably be released earlier, during the next months. New mp3 files from some of the forthcoming releases are already available in the mp3 section and more are coming soon. If you take a look around the site you will spot more signs of new life in the form of artworks, tracklistings. etc. Have fun.


September 7, 2006

Pins / Buttons Department is now open!
We proudly announce that our Pins / Buttons Department is now open! We offer this service to bands, labels, individuals, etc. who wish to have their own professional-quality pins/buttons manufactured at very affordable prices. Take a look here for all the details.


July 23, 2006

Afe summer sale!
Well, as it usually happens around this time of the year, Afe is now entering stand-by mode and won't be operative until September.

Anyway, we thought about giving all our Afecionados the chance of buying many items from the Afe catalogue at a very special price during August:
choose five titles among the following items and get them shipped by registered air-mail to your door in September for 40,00 EUR!!!!

afe030lcd A.A.V.V. "No Abiding Places", CD-R
afe050lcd aal "Disc 1 + Inherited and Partially Transmitted", 2xCD-R
afe054cd Raffaele Serra "Le spectre de la rose", CD-R
afe056lcd Luca Sigurtà "La vera macchina d'argento", CD-R
afe059cd Telepherique + Maurizio Bianchi "Zehn Tage (Touka)", CD
afe060lcd Sparkle in Grey "The Echoes of Thiiings / Fadiiing Echoes", 2xCD-R
afe063lcd The Impossible Flower "Roots and Fruits", CD-R
afe065lcd Snotra "All Done By John", CD-R EP
afe066lcd Ornament "Unicorn Lullaby", CD-R
afe068lcd Subinterior "The Chrysalis Secret", CD-R
afe071mcd Anofele + Logoplasm "Gravescapes", MiniCD-R 3"
afe079cd Leeza "Living in a Pixel", CD-R
afe081lcd Two Dead Bodies "Reflect", CD-R
afe082lcd Sidra "A Swampadelic Blessing of Downtown SF (The Official Bootleg)", CD-R
afe083lcd Ur "Triadic Memories", CD-R
afe084lcd Steve Brand "Awakensong", CD-R
afe085lcd Dronæment "Ezoterick Muzick", CD-R
afe088mcd Fhievel "Preghiera per una stella", MiniCD-R 3"
afe50014 Madame P & The Afeman "April's Fool", MiniCD-R 3"
afe50015 Spiral "Minimum Effort / Maximum Result", CD-R Card

This offer ends on August 31st. All orders received will be shipped on September the 4th by registered air-mail.

To order please specify which titles you wish to buy and send a PayPal payment to:

We are already working on the next bunch of Afe releases which will be out in late 2006 / early 2007. Be prepared for a lot of nice surprises as usual, please check back later for detailed news.

We wish you a wonderful summertime, as The Tempos used to sing: See You in September!


July 4, 2006

The Afeman interviewed by Igloo Magazine
An interview with your favorite Afeman was published a few days ago in the USA on Igloo Magazine. The interview was conducted by TJ Norris and is available here.


June 24, 2006

Closed for Holidays!!!
Well, The Afeman is going to be on holidays for a couple of weeks. So, what does this mean? Afe will enter stand-by mode, we probably won't be able to reply to incoming e-mail messages and all orders received won't be processed until July the 10th. Till soon!


June 19, 2006

Afe @ Tago Fest 2

Afe will take part to the Tago Fest 2, a three-days long independent music festival organized by Wallace Records, Fratto9under The Sky, Fooltribe, Bar la Muerte and Tago Mago. The festival will be staged from June the 30th to July the 2nd at the Tago Mago Lounge Club in Marina di Massa, Tuscany, Italy. More than 40 independent italian labels will be represented on stage by one or more bands. Our favorite industrialists Ur will play during the second night of the festival, Punck will also perform earlier the same day.

Tago Fest 2


For more information please get in touch with:

Stefano @ Tago Mago: info@tagomago.it / 0585.792583
Gianamaria @ Fratto9under The Sky: info@fratto9.com / 347.7222126
Mirko @ Wallace Records: mirko@wallacerecords.com / 333.9799389


Friday 30th June


18.40 Splinter vs Stalin (Produzioni Pezzente)
19.20 Marcho's (Macaco)
20.00 Le Man Avec Les Lunettes (My Honey)
20.40 A (Die Schachtel)
21.20 M? (special guest)
22.00 Dummo (To Lose La Track)
22.40 Bron y Aur (special guest)
23.20 Uochi Tochi (Burp)
00.00 Appaloosa (Urtovox)
00.40 Comaneci (Fooltribe)
DJ set by Burp

Saturday 1st July


14.20 Kelvin (Sweet Taddy)
15.00 Elton Junk (Anomolo)
15.40 Laghetto (Donnabavosa)
16.20 Father Murphy (Madcap Collective)
17.00 Franklin Delano (Ghost)
17.40 Isobel (Smartz)
18.20 Songs for Ulan (Stout)
19.00 Milaus (Black Candy)
19.30 Punck (Ctrl+Alt+Canc)
20.00 Sedia (Wallace)
20.30 Papier Collés (Setola di Maiale)
21.00 Caboto (Fratto9under The Sky)
21.30 Obsille (Disaster by Choice)
22.00 Motorama (Bar la Muerte)
22.30 3eem (Small Voices)
23.00 ExP (Fratto9under The Sky)
23.30 Ur (Afe)
00.00 GI Joe (Fooltribe)
00.30 Riga + D.B.P.I.T. (Precordings)
01.00 Marquez (Aidoru Associazione)
DJ set by Onga/Martini Bros.

Sunday 2nd July

15.00 Out with a Bang (Vidaloca)
15.40 Skinny Legs + Casper The Friendly Ghost (Recycled Music)
16.20 Blown Paper Bags (Suiteside)
17.40 Bava (Dizlexiqa)
18.20 Edible Woman (Psychotica)
19.00 Agatha (Vurt)
19.40 Kokoro Mayikibo (Mila)
20.20 Mashrooms (Zahr)
21.00 Morkobot (Lizard)
21.40 Infarto Scheisse (Shove)
22.10 IOIOI (Ebria)
22.40 Hell Demonio (Robotradio)
23.10 Polvere (Ame)
23.40 Settlefish (Unhip)
00.10 Sj Esau (Fooltribe)
00.40 Neo (FromScratch)
01.10 St. Ride (Zeit Interference)
DJ set by Chet/Megaplomb


J
une 14, 2006

Trok! Party 2006

Another great night of music is going to happen in Milan in a few days: the closing party of the Trok! 2006 season will be staged on June the 16th at Cascina Autogestita Torchiera senzacqua and will see the participation of Xabier Iriondo, Bruno Dorella, Kokoro Mayikibo, Elton Junk, Bava, Chettary, Stefania Pedretti and many, many others. Please click on the concert poster for more information or visit the Trok! website.


June 11, 2006

Andrea Marutti live @ BääFest
Last minute news: The Afeman will wear his human disguise again and play a live concert as Andrea Marutti during the closing day of the BääFest in Milan, Italy, on Monday the 12th. Here's a link to the official festival page.

DJ The Afeman went on stage!
The Afeman was kindly invited to join the great Mr. Bugo on stage at the Mi Ami 2006 independent music festival in Milan to play his own remix of the gorgeous "Ggeell", a track included on Bugo's latest album. Here's some pictures.



June 2, 2006

BääFest3
Our friends at ebriaRecords recently announced the definite program of the third edition of the BääFest, musician involved are: A spirale, Sedia, Echran, 3/4 Had Been Eliminated, Bachi da pietra, Air Chamber 3, Scum, Claudio Parodi, Wu Fei, Cristiana Fraticelli e Carlo Ronchi.

Please click on the festival poster for full details or visit the official festival page.
BääFest3


May 29, 2006

Afe on MySpace
Both The Afeman and Afe Records have their own MySpace pages now... Please, have a look at them and let's be friends: isn't our name Another Friendly Edition after all?


May 13, 2006

Krell + The Afeman + Femina Faber play "Electronic Music of Dendera", some pictures
Our best friend ferminadaza (...she did a great job on Aidan Baker's "Dog Fox Gone to Ground" graphics...) has uploaded some concert pictures on her Flickr photostream, you can see them here.


May 5, 2006

Krell + The Afeman + Femina Faber play "Electronic Music of Dendera"
Kipple Officina Libraria has recently released Krell's "Electronic Music of Dendera". Your favorite Afeman collaborated with Krell on this release adding sounds and creating the final master. Paola Bianchi (voice of Ludmila) a.k.a. Femina Faber is also featured on three tracks. On this occasion they will present live rendition of selected tracks from the album.

Femina Faber will also present her "Ictus Libidini" solo set of latin / medieval chants accompanied by majestic industrial rhythms and ambient sounds created by a034, ODRZ, Andrea Marutti, Luca Valisi and herself.

Krell + The Afeman + Femina Faber play "Electronic Music of Dendera"

La Cueva (No-Art Gallery), Via Vigevano 1/A, Milano (Italy)
Concerts begin at 10:00 p.m., admission is free.

For more info write to:


April 30, 2006

New Afe releases are out now!
Here we are at last: 15 new Afe releases are out now for your listening pleasure:

- afe030lcd A.A.V.V. "No Abiding Places"
- afe063lcd The Impossible Flower "Roots and Fruits"
- afe065lcd Snotra "All Done By John"
- afe068lcd Subinterior "The Crhysalis Secret"
- afe071mcd Anofele & Logoplasm "Gravescapes"
- afe077lcd Aidan Baker "Dog Fox Gone to Ground"
- afe079cd Leeza "Living in a Pixel"
- afe081lcd Two Dead Bodies "Reflect"
- afe082lcd Sidra "A Swampadelic Blessing of Downtown SF - The Official Bootleg"
- afe083lcd Ur "Triadic Memories"
- afe084lcd Steve Brand "Awakensong"
- afe085lcd Dronæment "Ezoterick Muzick"
- afe088mcd Fhievel "Preghiera per una stella"
- afe50014 Madame P & The Afeman "April's Fool"
- afe50015 Spiral "Maximum Result / Minimum Effort"



April 23, 2006

New Afe releases out soon!
All right, everything is ready at last and we are currently assembling all the pieces together. Our new releases are going to be available for sale in a few days, as soon as the website will be updated with more information about all of them. Stay tuned, till soon!

Afe live-sets @ Ra.Me.Mu.N.Co
.
My friends at Ebria Records gave me th
e chance to be the "artistic director" (wow!!!) of the May edition of Ra.Me.Mu.N.Co. (...which can be roughly translated as "Monthly parade of non conventional music"...). Here's the detailed program I came up with:

03.05.2006


10.05.2006


17.05.2006

24.05.2006



Ra.Me.Mu.N.Co., May 2006


Luca Sigurtà / Fhievel [live electronics / field-recordings / objects]
Manuele Cecconello [video]

Punck [laptop / field-recordings / video]
Sparkle In Grey [minimal rhythms / field recordings / melancholic melodies]

Logoplasm [field-recordings / memories / noise & feedback]

Fausto Balbo / Vito Morano [live electronics / self-built kalimba / Butoh performance]


Il Circolo, Via E. D'Adda 11, Mariano Comense (Como, Italy)
Concert begins at 10 p.m., admission is free.

Click here to view a map, f
or more info write to:


February 22, 2006


The Afeman Goes Live: Rome
The Afeman is going to wear his human disguise again and play a concert as Andrea Marutti very soon:

Scatole sonore @ Rialto Sanrambrogio

March 2, Rome (Italy), Scatole Sonore @ Rialto Santambrogio. Madame P and Roberto Bellatalla will be on stage too. The concert will culminate in a collective improvisative session.
Concerts begins at 10 p.m., ticket costs 7 EUR.

For more info write to:


February 13, 2006

Spandau Bullet

Spandau Bullet

They've done it again! Yes, our friends at Nuke Satori have released a great free downloadable compilation of covers and remixes of the most gorgeous Duran Duran tracks created by some of the most talented italian underground artists! What are you still doing here?!? Go!


January 25, 2006

Krell: Electronic Music of Dendera

Electronic Music of Dendera

Kipple Officina Libraria has recently released Krell's second album entitled "Electronic Music of Dendera". Your favorite Afeman collaborated with Krell on this release adding sounds and creating the final master. Paola Bianchi (voice of Ludmila) is also featured on three tracks. Here's some more information about this work. Please visit Kipple's website to order copies.


January 23, 2006

A new section: live
The Afe website menu features a new section: live. This page will be constantly updated with information about forthcoming concerts of musicians/bands related to Afe or other friendly labels...

The Afeman Goes live: reportage by Drexkode
A textual/photographic report about the concert I played last week in Mariano Comense is now available on the Drexkode website. Click here to read it.



January 10, 2006

The Afeman goes live: Mariano Comense
Your favorite Afeman is going to wear his human disguise again and play a concert as Andrea Marutti very soon:

Ra.Me.Mu.N.Co., January 2006

January 18, Mariano Comense (Como, Italy) at Il Circolo.
Concert begins at 10 p.m., admission is free.

For more info write to:


January 4, 2006

...a gift for... (°I°)
Well, althought Afe is not turning into a net-label (...new CD-R releases are coming soon...), we are very proud to annouce a new stunning mp3 release made in collaboration with Grey Sparkle, Moriremo Tutti, Ctrl+Alt+Canc, Sine3pm, TraZeroeUno, Wallace and Tanderion: as the title aptly suggests, ...a gift for... (°I°) is a "gift" for Etero Genio a.k.a. Mario Biserni, one of the best italian underground music journalists. It includes exclusive contributes by 3/4HadBeenEliminated, aal, Andrea Belfi, Cría Cuervos, Elio Martusciello, fAb + (etre), Fabio Selvafiorita, Giuseppe Ielasi + Nicola Ratti, I/O, IOIOI, kar, Klaaro, Logoplasm, Madame PRosa, Andrea Marutti + Giuseppe Verticchio, MB, Mugen, Norm, OvO, Passo Uno, Pirandèlo, Pleo, Punck, S.Talker Inc., Luca Sigurtà + fhievel, Sinistri, Sparkle in Grey and Talk Show Host. Enjoy the music!!!

 

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