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ELECTRONIC: Experimental, JAZZ: Free Jazz



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Federico Ughi is an artist based in New York with a particular interest in improvisation.

This is the live recording of a solo concert Federico Ughi played at 577, Brooklyn, NY in Summer 2001. It's the second performance of a series called ULERS (Unrehearsed Live Editing of Recorded Sounds), in which he does live editing of a one hour continuous recording of a journey I have taken. ULERS Two involves sounds recorded in Rome on a journey from Piazza S. Cosimato, Trastevere to Via Alberico II, Borgo Pio.


FEDERICO UGHI
DRUMMER, IMPROVISER AND COMPOSER


He has performed or recorded as a composer, drummer, and electronic musician with such artists as: Daniel Carter, William Parker, Steve Swell, Steve Dalachinsky, Federico Ughiâs Options, Andrea Parkins, Steve Gauci, Tom Abbs, Matt Lavelle, Jaime Fennelly, Fantastic Merlins, Nathan Hanson, Matt Glassmeyer, Sean Moran, Dan Fabricatore, Reuben Radding, Michael McGinnis, Sayuri Goto, Marco Cappelli, Michael Evans in New York and Geoff Simkins, Steve Buckley, Rachel Musson, Rhodri Davies, Phil Durrant, Cinematic Orchestra (Ninja Tune) and Bloody Riot in London, the UK and Italy.


Federico Ughi has toured throughout the USA, Europe, and the UK, performing in many festivals and venues including: Vision Festival NYC, Improvised & Otherwise Festival NYC, Zuid Nederlands Jazz Festival (Holland), Copenhagen Jazz Festival (Denmark), Brighton Jazz Bop Festival UK, Relay 1998 UK, Total Eclipse Festival UK, The Knitting Factory NYC and CBGB in NYC.

In early 2001 Federico Ughi established 577 Records in Brooklyn, New York as an independent record label, through which he promotes his own work, as well as that of selected artists who particularly inspire his artistic vision.