1990s– / LOCAL SCENE
Italy developed small, persistent networks within a context not always friendly to underground parties.
The Italian experience reveals the invisible labour of any scene: finding space, negotiating repression, moving sound and maintaining trust.
More than a list of artists, the history is made by promoters, travellers, sound systems and links with nearby European circuits.
This record is a doorway. The archive would rather declare a gap and invite contribution than fill space with generalisations.
DROP 001 / OBJECTS FROM THE RECORD / SIGNAL FIRST
A small, numbered edition of physical objects made from the archive, by hand, between Portugal and Aotearoa. The Signal hears first: one email, one transmission when it is ready, your number on the list.
You do not need to give an email to use any of this: the archive is open, the machine plays without signing up, and the 24-pattern MIDI pack is public domain. Open the machine →