CATERINA BARBIERI is an internationally renowned Italian composer and musician. Her main characteristic is to explore the psycho-physical effects of sound, stimulating memory and perception, and experimenting with the creative potential of computation through a minimalist language, aiming to reach states of alteration, ecstasy, and temporal hallucination.
GIGI MASIN is a crucial figure in experimental music. A self-taught Italian composer, he grew up in the landscape of free radios in the 1970s and later became a legendary figure in contemporary international ambient music. He has written music for theater and is also known as a member of the trio Gaussian Curve.
LEE GAMBLE is a British artist, composer, and producer whose work inquires into themes of time, memory, hallucination, and simulation, blending electronic, noise, ambient, and dance music. Transitioning from early works in the field of noise composition and computer synthesis, he is widely known for his albums and EPs released on influential electronic music labels such as PAN and Hyperdub.
NAJAARAQ VESTBIRK, also known as Courtesy, is a Danish artist who lives between Copenhagen and Berlin. Her multidisciplinary practice stems from the dance floor, viewed as a starting point for investigating the organic and transcendent relationships between strangers. Spanning from installation to composition, DJ sets, and performance, as well as photography and video, under the pseudonym Courtesy, Vestbirk has embarked on numerous tours as a DJ, performing in prestigious venues and festivals worldwide, such as Berghain and Sónar.
OPIUM CHILD is one of the specters haunting NERO, embodying the subharmonic murmur of the tentacular abyss. Temporarily materializing in the guise of Francesco de Figueiredo, its purpose is to plunge the listener into the mental circles of an abstract, lethargic, and dilated psychedelia.