Mediterranean Futures Napoli x Stegi Radio
art work: @giallonapoletano
This mixtape is a collection of field recordings and music related to the Neapolitan area in different ways.
“Scuscenate” in Neapolitan means unmade, and quite messy.
The sounds are threads of the urban weave of the city. I followed some of them, indulged in knots and cut ends: they might suggest something, to then make a mockery out of it; they might play on the line between grotesque and real; they are seducing but rotting; they are rough and fragile at the same time.
From touristification to the revival/resistance of the popular music, from the hectic shopping to racialized soundscapes of the more popular areas, with the musical intervention of different genres from Antonio Raia, Claudio Panariello, La Bestia Carenne, J Lord, Speranza, and Rocco Gitano, this is just another tale about Naples, slowly harsh.
The podcast was hosted within Mediterranean Futures Napoli, curated by Giovanni Napolano.
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Tracklist:
– Polena – La Bestia Carenne
– Lungomare – field recording 14.12.24
– 14 Anni – @___jlord___ (remixed)
– Il butta dentro curioso – field recording 15.12.24
– The Sound Of Voices Mingled With Scraps – Antonio Raia
– Traffic, birds – field recording 15.12.24
– Shopping in San Gregorio Armeno street, Naples – field recording 16.12.24
– Mitologia del Principe – Claudio Panariello
– Fireworks, Naples – 31.12.24
– Bed – Valentina Ciniglio
– Tammurriata (Bruno Fiorente, Fabio Lombardi, Gaetano Genovese, Gianluca Fusco, Silvia Pignataro, Enrico Liguori), centro storico – field recording 7.1.25
– Washing the street, vico Pace a Forcella – progetto audio sonoro vico Pace (Davide Potenza, Giuseppe Pisano, Valentina Ciniglio)
– Sunday morning, vico Pace a Forcella
– Church bells, vico Pace a Forcella, Sunday morning
– Camminante – @speranz57 ft. @roccogitano (re-amped on the roof)
– Carolina’s terrace, vico Pace a Forcella
Night, vico Pace a Forcella
– Il Cecchino – La Bestia Carenne
Thanks to my friends @labestiacarenne, @p_aolomontella, @ntnraia,
@claudio_panariello, @bruno_fiore1, @giuseppe__pisano and @davidepotenza.
To listen, here
Valentina Ciniglio 