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bio:
URKUMA is Stefano
De Santis, born in the South-east part of Italy.
He began his artistic career as a playwright, and later developed his unique
musical approach to translate his theatre concepts
into sound. The word Urkuma is specific to the FinisTerrae part of Italy and
expresses a state of mind, that is possible to compare with the opposite to the
Buddhist concept of nirvana. Urkuma did releases, performances and
installations in Italy, Poland, Usa, Austria, Swiss, Slovack Rep., Japan and has
collaborated with a wide range of musicians.
Live,
Urkuma is used to play anything within
his reach, including small electronic devices, clarinet, TrumpLoo, home-built
instruments and tapes.
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Selected Live performances:
WienModern
, Wien 03
Raster Gallery ,
Warsaw 03
Next Festival , Bratislava 03
CCC Festival , Bern 04
Transart
, South Tirol-Ita
04
Stazione Topolò
, Udine-Ita 04,05
Amman Studio Session ; duo with Angelica
Castellò, Wien 05
InterpenetrationFestival , Graz-Au 05
Scatole Sonore ,
Roma 06
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Selected Installations:
SoundRes - Loop
house gallery - S. Cesario (LE) - Italy 04
Tomorrow Now: La linea sottile a cura di
Marco Antonini e Francesca Colasante Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa-Venezia 05
[enter ] nature GALERíA GALOU
(www.galeriagalou.com) New York-Usa 06
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Selected Releases and Compilations:
" Rebuilding Pantaleone’s Tree” for Baskaru (France)
http://www.baskaru.com/karu4.htm
"misophonia" for Mik_Musik (Poland)
www.mikmusik.org
"onomatopoeic cigarettes" for Chmafu_Nocords (Austria)
www.nocords.net
"a cricket in the river" for Neus318 (Japan)
http://www.neus318.com
"embedded" for Detterent (Canada)
http://deterrent.net
"sonic
scope 04” for Grain Of Sound (Portugal)
www.grainofsound.com/