Andrea Belfi (born 1979) is an Italian electro-acoustic musician and composer. He began playing

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at the age of 14. From 1995 to 1998 he was involved in numerous punk bands. He studied

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, before becoming involved in

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in 2000. He’s been member of

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outfit Medves (with Giuseppe Ielasi, Stefano Pilia, Riccardo Wanke & Renato Rinaldi), the duo Christa Pfangen with Mattia Coletti, the trio Rosolina Mar. From 2002 he's collaborated with a wide range of artists like:

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, Hobocombo, Stefano Pilia,

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, David Maranha, Giuseppe Ielasi, RCF, Riccardo Wanke, Renato Rinaldi. In 2017 Andrea signed to London based label FLOAT and announced his new album Ore.

Selected discography

Solo albums

*''Ned n°2'' CD (Chocolateguns 2002) *''Between Neck & Stomach'' CD (Häpna 2006) *''Knots'' CD (Die Schachtel 2008) *''Wege'' CD (Room 40 2012) *''Dubbing & Doubling'' LP ltd. (ROOM40 2012) *''Natura Morta'' CD (Miasmah Recordings 2014) *''Ore'' CD, LP (FLOAT 2017) *''Strata'' LP, EP (FLOAT 2019)

Collaborations

*''Gilda'' 7" (Halley records 1997) as member of Gilda *''Before and After Dinner'' CD/LP (Wallace records 2005) as member of Rosolina Mar *''Watch me getting back the end'' CD (Die Schachtel 2007) with Mattia Coletti as member of Christa Pfangen *''Pulses and Places'' CD (Korm Plastic 2009) with

*''for tumbling'' CD (Die Schachtel 2010) with Attila Faravelli as member of Tumble *''Now That It's The Opposite, It's Twice Upon A Time'' CD (Trovarobato 2011) with Hobocombo *''Onrushing Cloud'' CD/LP (Blue Chopsticks 2010) with

and Stefano Pilia *''The Myth of Persistence of Vision Revisited'' CD (Zarek CD 2011) with Ignaz Schick *''The Swifter'' LP/FLAC (Wormhole 2012) with Simon James Phillips and BJ Nilsen with The Swifter *'' La Busta Gialla'' CD (Clenchedwrench 2013) with

with Il Sogno del Marinaio *''Brick Mask'' LP+CD (Miasmah 2013) with

with B/B/S/ *''Moondog Mask'' CD/LP (Trovarobato/Lineria 2013) with Hobocombo *''Mud Puddle/We come to Learn'' 7" (ORG Music 2014) with

with Il Sogno del Marinaio *'' Canto Secondo'' CD/LP (Clenchedwrench 2014) with

with Il Sogno del Marinaio *''The Passion Of Joan Of Arc'' CD (Substrata 2018) with Lori Goldston and

As a featured drummer for: *David Grubbs ''The Plain Where the Palace Stood'' LP/CD/DL (Drag City 2013) *Carla Bozulich ''Boy'' LP/CD/DL (Constellation 2014)

Current projects

Il Sogno del Marinaio Il Sogno del Marinaio (Italian for ''The Sailor's Dream'') is an experimental music trio founded in 2009. The band consists of Mike Watt on vocals and bass guitar, Stefano Pilla on guitar and vocals, and Paolo Mongardi on drums. The band has releas ...

, with

and Stefano Pilia *Belfi/Grubbs/Pilia trio, with

and Stefano Pilia *B/B/S/, with

and Erik Skodvin *Hobocombo, with Rocco Marchi and Francesca Baccolini *The Swifter, with Simon James Phillips and BJ Nilsen

Artist-in-residence program

ZKM The ZKM , Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (until March 2016: ZKM Center for Art and Media Technology), a cultural institution, was founded in 1989. and since 1997 is located in a listed industrial building in Karlsruhe, Germany, a former muni ...

, Karlsruhe 2013 *BISAR, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 2011 *Q-O2 werkplaats, Bruxelles 2010 *Harlem Studio, New York 2009

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Belfi, Andrea 1979 births Living people Italian electronic musicians Italian composers Italian male composers