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Gigi d’Agostino

Robert — Mon, 27 May 2024 00:38:21 +0500

L’Amour Toujours is a powerful song. I heard it a few times before today, never finding out its title or its composer.

And now that I discovered Gigi d’Agostino, I must say that The Riddle and Bla Bla Bla are excellent too, along with their videos.

La Brigue in February 2024

Robert — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 22:44:10 +0500

Robert:

Mountains:

Designs with souls:

A stage:

Fire:

Cervo in July 2023

Robert — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:24:30 +0500

Robert:

There’s a music festival in town right now:

I’m in love with Cervo’s number plaque typography:

Here’s another pretty plaque:

A smol building with an elegant wooden door:

Interesting stickers:

A table:

Esthetically-illustrated packaging:

Fun candles:

Window ornaments:

Some symbol:

Ah, the textures of Italy:

A cat:

A flower:

Some passage:

A road:

A view:

Put your pride on the shelf

Robert — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 22:11:10 +0500

Robert:

“Put your pride on the shelf” is a line in Y. M. C. A. The song was written by a disco group that is literally gay.

Pride is a sin. Make the world noble instead.

Maximising musical euphoria

Robert — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 21:36:50 +0500

Robert:

By not listening to different songs one after another, I don’t become pique-blind to music. I thereby have an instant euphoric rush whenever I hear an energetic track.

Delay gratification.

Good vibrations in unlikely circumstances

Robert — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 03:35:54 +0500

Robert:

I fondly remember having uniquely good vibrations in two unlikely circumstances of the recent past:

living in an Italian-language field school just before the first lockdown, with air filled by the smell of a certain soap;
feeling that January 6th and the crypto bull-run were about to upgrade the world, with ears tuned to eighties’ disco.

How I listen to music

Robert — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 21:05:49 +0500

Robert:

Most of my music-listening goes like this: I discover a great piece and set it on repeat until I either become tired of it or find another banger.

Today I’m enjoying Rino Gaetano’s Gianna, E io ci sto, Ti ti ti ti, and Ping-pong.

Website for “Nel Segno di Bacco”

Robert — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:09:24 +0500

Robert:

“Nel Segno di Bacco” is an Italian artistic group touring the country with a musical play about wine, food, and conviviality.

Its founder Guido Damiani hired me to create an online presentation for potential collaborators and venues. Thus, I built a website:

The client

Guido is a philosopher musician whose principles and thoughts resonate with me. One of the things that he told me really struck a chord: “The voice is the most melodic instrument out there. But it is only when the words go unrecognised that a person can fully appreciate its tune”. That’s why most of his singing is similar to the shamanic eaoeaueao. Overall, his music is a fusion between the primitive, Amazonian, Oriental, Mediterranean, and contemporary; I recommend giving it a listen.

Process

As well as presenting the group, the website hosts its music and Guido’s notes — previously emails sent to friends.

I started work on December 27 with the deadline of January 31, and completed it early, by January 15. This included renting the domain name and server space, setting them up, designing and developing the site, and correcting his notes typographically.

Guido gave me lots of material to work with, but told me that he did not want to overflow the site with information, and even said that the presentation should underpromise.

Step-by-step we nailed it down to what matters most. Event descriptions addressed to each kind of venue were axed in favor of a general overview and a manifest. I first placed an image gallery on the Events page, but figured even that would be excessive.

This structure will change with time, however: as “Nel Segno di Bacco” holds more events, it will make sense to fill up the website with many diverse pictures, videos, and reviews.

Art, wine, food, conviviality — the most important things to know — are up top. Right below them is the promo video — a visual event is best seen to be best understood:

The details follow. Events, Bio, and Music pages all consistently have text followed by a photo and contact details.

I chose to use the elegant typeface Garamond, as it is a default for Italian books. Its case was only made stronger when I discovered that it was already used in some older promotional materials. I chose Inter for places where a serif was not appropriate — mostly in auxiliary elements of the Notes section:

Premium brands opt for a monochrome look. I chose a pleasant sandy tone as the site’s background color, and used black for everything but the links. The large margins too convey a sense of class.

Special thanks to Daniil Chernyak for providing useful tips.

Result

Instead of sending back-and-forth messages about the group, its members can now simply share a link to its website. Guido’s brilliant music and notes are now available for the public to enjoy.

And now, Guido’s review:

In the work that we did, Robert worked very well & very quickly, and was very prepared. Most importantly, Robert has a philosophical vision similar to mine, which is a great advantage for me. The website is fluid and smooth; clients will now be able to grasp our musical message and philosophical vision in little time.

nelsegnodibacco.it

Buskers with speakers

Robert — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:34:21 +0500

Robert:

I have a subconscious and instinctual, but perhaps irrational distrust for buskers with speakers.

LG KP100 ringtones

Robert — Sun, 29 May 2022 16:46:50 +0500

Robert:

Nostalgia:

Touch of Light

Orange Ice

Korobeiniki on guitar

Robert — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:32:45 +0500

Robert:

Playing Korobeiniki — the theme song of the game Tetris — on guitar:

Loud music isn’t music

Robert — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:03:05 +0500

Robert:

Music disappears when loud sounds are rocking the walls. The composition, melody, and energy vanish. Only pounding remains.

Music should let itself be heard without yelling.

Music on hold

Robert — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 23:59:36 +0500

Robert:

Music on hold sucks. I am interested in reading an article or watching a video, but instead I have to pay attention to when the music ends and the operator starting babbling.

The best system would be a nice sound (like Nice’s tram’s, no pun intended) every thirty seconds or so to let me know the phone system didn’t break and that I’m still in the queue.

An anthem for a micronation

Robert — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:37:18 +0500

Robert:

A good anthem for a micronation would be “We believe in memes”.